FORTUNE 50 Most Powerful Women in Business
FORTUNE’s annual ranking of America’s leading businesswomen
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Rank Name Company Age
22 Charlene Begley General Electric 39
9 Sallie Krawcheck Citigroup 41
32 Pat Curran Wal-Mart Stores 42
33 Lisa Weber MetLife 43
18 Abigail Johnson Fidelity 44
50 Stacey Snider Viacom 45
24 Lois Quam UnitedHealth Group 45
45 Claire Watts Wal-Mart Stores 46
43 Deirdre Connelly Eli Lilly 46
31 Mary Minnick Coca-Cola 46
20 Susan Ivey R.J. Reynolds Tobacco 47
46 Catherine West J.C. Penney 47
13 Anne Sweeney Disney Media Networks 48
14 Ann Livermore Hewlett-Packard 48
27 Ursula Burns Xerox 48
41 Amy Pascal Sony 48
42 Dawn Hudson PepsiCo 48
7 Andrea Jung Avon 48
39 Carrie Cox Schering-Plough 49
16 Ginni Rometty IBM 49
17 Susan Desmond-Hellmann Genentech 49
29 Linda Dillman Wal-Mart 50
23 Amy Brinkley Bank of America 50
21 Ellen Kullman DuPont 50
40 Paula Rosput Reynolds Safeco 50
3 Meg Whitman eBay 50
1 Indra Nooyi PepsiCo 50
48 Diane Gulyas DuPont 50
19 Zoe Cruz Morgan Stanley 51
10 Susan Arnold Procter & Gamble 52
26 Carol Meyrowitz TJX Cos. 52
44 Ellyn McColgan Fidelity 52
35 Joanne Maguire Lockheed Martin 52
37 Colleen Goggins Johnson & Johnson 52
47 Nancy Peretsman Allen & Co. 52
5 Irene Rosenfeld Kraft Foods 52
8 Oprah Winfrey Harpo Inc. 52
11 Christine Poon Johnson & Johnson 53
2 Anne Mulcahy Xerox 53
6 Brenda Barnes Sara Lee 53
4 Pat Woertz Archer Daniels Midland 53
25 Heidi Miller J.P. Morgan Chase 53
12 Judy McGrath Viacom 54
15 Ann Moore Time Inc. 56
36 Doreen Toben Verizon 56
30 Shelly Lazarus Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide 59
49 Christina Gold Western Union 59
34 Mary Sammons Rite Aid 60
38 Cathleen Black Hearst Magazines 62
28 Martha Stewart Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia
Corra would like to congratulate these fifty women for their achievements in industry. While we almost always urge for background checks, this is one time we can honestly say these women are who they say they are.
That said, if your employment candidate isn’t on a list like this, we suggest strongly that your human resource department always conduct a background check. There is nothing more cost effective than pre-employment screening to reduce your llitigation risks and to help avoid employee turnover, employee theft and violence in the work place.
Remember what Corra says, Check them out before you hire.
