15 Most Powerful Women in Business – 2008

FORTUNE’s annual ranking of America’s leading businesswomen

1. Indra Nooyi
Chairman and CEO PepsiCo (PEP)
2007 rank: 1 Age: 52

2. Irene Rosenfeld
Chairman and CEO Kraft Foods (KFT)
2007 rank: 5 Age: 55

3. Pat Woertz
Chairman, President, and CEO Archer Daniels Midland (ADM)
2007 rank: 6 Age: 55

4. Anne Mulcahy
Chairman and CEO Xerox (XRX)
2007 rank: 2 Age: 55

5. Angela Braly
President and CEO Wellpoint (WLP)
2007 rank: 4 Age: 47

6. Andrea Jung
Chairman and CEO Avon Products (AVP)
2007 rank: 9 Age: 50

7. Susan Arnold
President, Global Business Units Procter & Gamble (PNG)
2007 rank: 7 Age: 54

8. Oprah Winfrey
Chairman Harpo
2007 rank: 8 Age: 54

9. Brenda Barnes
Chairman and CEO Sara Lee (SLE)
2007 rank: 10 Age: 54

10. Ursula Burns
President Xerox (XRX)
2007 rank: 11 Age: 50

11. Ann Livermore
EVP, Technology Solutions Group Hewlett-Packard (HPQ)
2007 rank: 13 Age: 50

12. Anne Sweeney
Co-Chair, Disney Media Networks; President, Disney-ABC Television Group Walt Disney (DIS)
2007 rank: 15 Age: 50

13. Susan Desmond-Hellmann
President, Product Development Genentech (DNA)
2007 rank: 21 Age: 51

14. Ginni Rometty
SVP, Global Business Services IBM (IBM)
2007 rank: 17 Age: 51

15. Ellen Kullman
President Dupont (DD)
2007 rank: 25 Age: 52

 

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