Revista Fortune a publicat topul celor mai puternice 50 de femei de afaceri din Statele Unite. Daca in urma cu 10 ani, vedeam prea putine reprezentante ale sexului frumos in pozitii-cheie de conducere, in 2005, doamnele reusesc sa se afle in managementul unor institutii bancare importante, companii de top din SUA (General Electric, Chevron, IBM, Xerox, Procter & Gamble, etc.)

Singurul domeniu ramas 100% barbatesc este cel al fondurilor mutuale.

1 Meg Whitman presedinte eBay

2 Anne Mulcahy presedinte Xerox

3 Brenda Barnes presedinte Sara Lee

4 Oprah Winfrey presedinte Harpo

5 Andrea Jung presedinte Avon

6 Pat Woertz director executiv Chevron

7 Sallie Krawcheck director financiar Citigroup

8 Abigail Johnson presedinte Fidelity

9 Karen Katen vice-presedinte Pfizer

10 Judy McGrath presedinte Viacom/MTV

11 Indra Nooyi director financiar PepsiCo

12 Christine Poon vice-presedinte Johnson&Johnson

13 Ann Moore presedinte Time Inc.

14 Pat Russo presedinte Lucent Technologies

15.Ginni Rometty director executiv IBM

16 Anne Sweeney co-presedinte Walt Disney

17 Susan Arnold vice-presedinte Procter & Gamble

18 Ann Livermore director executiv Hewlett-Packard

19 Zoe Cruz presedinte Morgan Stanley

20 Charlene Begley director executiv General Electric

21 Martha Stewart fondator Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia

22 Anne Stevens director economic Ford Motor

23 Susan Desmond-Hellmann presedinte Genentech

24 Susan Ivey director executiv R.J. Reynolds Tobacco

25 Amy Woods Brinkley director ofiteri de risc Bank of America

26 Shelly Lazarus director executiv Ogilvy &Mather

27 Irene Rosenfeld presedinte Frito-Lay

28 Heidi Miller director executiv J.P. Morgan Chase

29 Linda Dillman director economic Wal-Mart

30 Mary Minnick presedinte marketing Coca-Cola

31 Carol Bartz presedinte Autodesk

32 Doreen Toben director financiar Verizon

33 Stacey Snider presedinte Universal Pictures

34 Cathleen Black presedinte Hearst Magazines

35 Lisa Weber presedinte MetLife President

36 Lois Quam director executiv United Health Group

37 Carrie Cox director economic Schering-Plough

38 Nancy Peretsman director economic Allen & Co.

39 Mary Sammons presedinte Rite Aid

40 Susan Decker director economic Yahoo

41 Dawn Hudson director executiv PepsiCo North America

42 Amy Pascal vice-presedinte Sony Pictures Entertainment

43 Claire Watts director economic Wal-Mart

44 Vivian Banta vice-presedinte Prudential Financial

45 Ellyn McColgan presedinte Fidelity Brokerage

46 Ellen Kullman vice-presedinte DuPont Group

47 Barbara Desoer director executiv Bank of America

48 Ursula Burns vice-presedinte Xerox

49 Safra Catz co-presedinte Oracle

50 Kathy Cassidy director economic General Electric