50 Most Powerful Women in Business 2007 | Fortune Magazine

50 Most Powerful Women in Business 2007 | Fortune Magazine

FORTUNE 50 MOST POWERFUL WOMEN IN BUSINESS 2008 2007 2006 2005 FORTUNE's annual ranking of America's leading businesswomen

And the winners are...

Women have come a long way (don't say 'baby') - and they're not slowing down. The credentials of this year's top 50, including 13 newcomers, are the strongest yet. (More)

1. Indra Nooyi, PepsiCo	6. Pat Woertz, ADM
2. Anne Mulcahy, Xerox	7. Susan Arnold, P&G
3. Meg Whitman, eBay	8. Oprah Winfrey, Harpo Inc.
4. Angela Braly, Wellpoint	9. Andrea Jung, Avon
5. Irene Rosenfeld, Kraft Foods	10. Brenda Barnes, Sara Lee
• See the Power 50

MOST POWERFUL WOMEN SUMMIT

Global warming tops the agenda At Fortune’s summit, environmental activist Frances Beinecke explains why planet Earth is on everyone's mind. (More)	Teaching girls to succeed A school set up by the late Texas Gov. Ann Richards aims to help prepare underprivileged girls for work, college and life. (More)
• Carol Loomis on the executive gender gap • Labor’s most powerful woman Wal-Mart exec: Changing America's health care Shirley Ann Jackson: The global energy race CARE’s Helene Gayle: Fighting global poverty Wellpoint's dark horse CEO No. 6 Pat Woertz: Inside agri-giant ADM CEO Julia Stewart: IHOP's new recipe	• W.L. Gore’s Terri Kelly: Pick your own boss Citi’s Lisa Caputo: Take career risks No. 49 Julia Stewart: Passion about your work Ann Moore: Staying motivated at work More women, more profit Leadership 101 A gathering of powerful women • Summit: sexism or smart move • Breakfast Club: Nora Ephron and Julia Stewart

25 Highest-paid

Twelve of the Most Powerful Women are also among the best-compensated, including eBay's Meg Whitman, who took home a cool $11 million. Which corporate women raked in even more last year? (More)

• 25 Best-paid men	• The gender gap exaggerated
• Blog: Are women paid fairly?

6 CEOs-to-be

These executives, all on this year's list, are clearly capable of leading a major company someday. (More)

• 4 rising stars	• 7 perennial powers
• 12 newcomers	• 13 who fell off the list - and why

Young and powerful

Half the women on this year's list are 50 or younger, including 42-year-old Sallie Krawcheck. See the Power 50 sorted by age. (More)

100 years of power

From Mary Pickford to Carly Fiorina, the most powerful businesswomen by decade. (More)

• 10 years of powerful women: Top 3

50 Global leaders

See which women executives are on top of the world. (More)

• 4 international women to watch