“50 Women to Watch” List from Wall Street Journal
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Wall Street Journal has compiled a list of 50 women from across the world in its “The 50 Women to Watch” list for 2007 saying, “a new generation of women leaders who grew up watching pioneering women break into the executive suite has moved into the corner offices of some of the world’s largest companies.” It’s an annual ranking of women who Journal editors “believe have the potential to make a significant impact on business in the year ahead.”
The list is topped by America’s largest health insurer Well Point Inc’s president and CEO Angela Braly, followed by Pepsi Co Inc’s Chairperson and CEO Indra Nooyi at the 2nd rank and European Union Anti-Trust Chief Neelie Kroes.
Angela Braly, 46, became CEO of WellPoint on June 1, making the Indianapolis-based health insurer the largest U.S. corporation with a woman as its chief. In 2006, WellPoint ranked 35th on Fortune magazine’s list of largest American companies, with $57 billion in revenue. WellPoint, headquartered in Indianapolis, is the parent of Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, which bases its local operations in Mason.
“As the number of America’s uninsured climbs toward 50 million and the momentum for health reform intensifies, Ms. Braly will play a big role in shaping the debate,” The Journal said.
Braly replaced Larry Glasscock, who retired but remains WellPoint’s chairman.
The other two women among the top five are Morgan Stanley Co President Zoe Cruz and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Chairman Sheila Bair.
Two high-level executives at Procter & Gamble Co. are among the 50 women the Wall Street Journal Online thinks will have a significant impact on the business scene next year. Susan Arnold ranked 12th and Melanie Healey ranked 30th among the WSJ’s “50 Women to Watch 2007″ list released Monday. They’re part of the pipeline of rising executives that are expected to boost the number of women in corporate officer positions at Fortune 500 companies, which stands at about 16 percent now.
Hyundai Group chairwoman Hyun Jeong-eun ranked 36th on a list of “The 50 Women to Watch.” The WSJ noted her role in “helping to introduce capitalist principles to North Korea” through the group’s North Korean business projects, which Hyun has led since the 2003 suicide of her husband and the group’s then chairman Chung Mong-hun.
Ranking No. 28 is Angela Ahrendts, 47, a native of New Palestine. She is chief executive of luxury label company Burberry Group.
Global risk executive Amy Woods Brinkley ranked No. 13. Last year, she was No. 31 on the list.
Frances Aldrich Sevilla-Sacasa, president of the bank’s U.S. Trust wealth-management unit, came in at No. 32. She was not on the list last year.
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