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