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2006 rank:Â Â 9
Age: 42
It’s been a turbulent time for the banking giant ($89.6 billion in revenues; $240 billion market cap) and also for Krawcheck, who used to be chief financial officer. Amid problems with the stock and the ouster of Todd Thomson, Krawcheck was reassigned to his post as head of the $10 billion wealth management business. The move shrinks her profile on Wall Street, but it also proves that CEO Chuck Prince counts on her to calm troubled waters.
2006 rank:Â Â 13
Age: 49
In 2006, Media Networks’ operating income rose 12.5%, and revenues 10.8%, to $14.6 billion. Sweeney also added High School Musical to her roster of hit shows (Grey’s Anatomy, Dancing With the Stars). The Disney Channel phenomenon made it big on cable, the web, iTunes, and the stage, showing that she has a grip on multiplatform entertainment. Disney-ABC Television just signed a deal to offer its shows on AOL.
2006 rank:Â Â 12
Age: 55
MTV Networks delivers more than half of parent Viacom’s sales. Revenues in McGrath’s division rose 7% last year, to $7.2 billion, and operating income 11%. But youth culture is fickle, and MTV’s buzz has lessened since her mentor, Tom Freston, was fired in 2006. McGrath has her reputation for cutting-edge creativity riding on two projects: a social networking platform, Flux, and an investment in VBS.tv, the online video offshoot of hipster magazine Vice.
2006 rank:Â Â Return
Age: 44
Yahoo is smaller than Google, slower growing, and decidedly less fashionable. Google’s stock has risen smartly in the past year; Yahoo’s has fallen. But Decker’s career is only going up. A stock analyst who joined Yahoo as CFO in 2000, she was promoted to president in June to lead a turnaround. Warren Buffett gave her his vote of confidence: He named her to the Berkshire Hathaway board this year.
2006 rank:Â Â New
Age: 51
Greene has run VMware since founding it in 1998 with her husband, Mendel Rosenblum. She sold the company to EMC in 2004 for $625 million, then stayed on to continue running it. Still majority-owned by EMC but spun off in an August IPO, VMware is the fastest-growing and most influential enterprise software company Silicon Valley has seen in a decade – and worth a cool $26 billion.
2006 rank:Â Â 23
Age: 51
Like all the big banks, Bank of America has seen brighter days; its stock is trailing the S&P over the past year. But the situation could have been much worse. Brinkley sets the standards for market and operational risk; that BofA, which has huge retail operations, wasn’t too entangled in the subprime mess is to her credit. BofA is even trying to take advantage of the turmoil, investing $2 billion in troubled Countrywide Financial. After all, managing risks sometimes means taking them.
2006 rank:Â Â 22
Age: 40
After running GE Plastics for two years – and overseeing the first new polymer since the 1980s – Begley helped sell the unit to Saudi Basic Industries in May for $11.6 billion, a price that was considered a pleasant surprise. Now she’s running GE Enterprise Solutions, a new business focused on boosting productivity through technology and automation solutions. GE estimates that it will be an $11.6 billion operation. Begley will report directly to CEO Jeff Immelt.
2006 rank:Â Â 25
Age: 54
Miller’s division generates 14% of J.P. Morgan Chase’s $61 billion in revenues. Operating profits rose 21% last year and are heading up this year too. In the first half of 2007, Miller increased assets under custody by 32%, to $15.2 trillion; she oversees operations in 39 countries. She reports directly to CEO Jamie Dimon, her longtime mentor.
2006 rank:Â Â New
Age: 38
Sandberg’s division has helped make Google’s online ad network one of the world’s largest, and it accounts for more than half the company’s $10.6 billion in revenues. She is the youngest woman on our list.
2006 Total compensation: $9 million
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