The Nov. 14 edition of Fortune magazine features its annual 50 Most Powerful Women in Business report. Meg Whitman, eBay chairman and CEO, ranks at the top of the list for a second year. Oprah Winfrey, chairman of Harpo, who ranked No. 6 last year, moves up to the No. 4 spot, and Sara Lee President and CEO Brenda Barnes zoomed from ranking 39 in 2004 to No. 3 this year.
The top 10
Meg Whitman, 49, chairman and CEO, eBay
Anne Mulcahy, 52, chairman and CEO, Xerox
Brenda Barnes, 51, president and CEO, Sara Lee
Oprah Winfrey, 51, chairman, Harpo
Andrea Jung, 47, chairman and CEO, Avon
Pat Woertz, 52, executive vice president, Global Downstream
Sallie Krawcheck, 40, chief financial
officer and head of strategy, Citigroup
Abigail Johnson, 43, president, Fidelity Employer Services, Fidelity
Karen Katen, 56, vice chairman, president of human health, Pfizer
Judy McGrath, 52, chairman and CEO, MTV Networks, Viacom
10 highest paid
Meg Whitman, eBay, $29.9 million
Andrea Jung, Avon, $22.1 million
Suzanne Johnson, Goldman Sachs, $17.5 million
Zoe Cruz, Morgan Stanley, $17.5 million
Ann Daly, Dreamworks, $16.8 million
Marie Toulantis, Barnes & Noble, $15.8 million
Patricia Russo, Lucent, $15.5 million
Anne Mulcahy, Lucent, $15.5 million
Myrtle Potter, Genentech, $14 million
Susan Desmond-Hellman, $13.4 million




