Call it the year of the Most Powerful Woman CEO. As a matter of fact the top seven positions on the 2006 list are held by chief executives. And the winners are…

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1 Indra Nooyi PepsiCo
2 Anne Mulcahy Xerox
3 Meg Whitman eBay
4 Pat Woertz Archer Daniels Midland
5 Irene Rosenfeld Kraft Foods
6 Brenda Barnes Sara Lee
7 Andrea Jung Avon
8 Oprah Winfrey Harpo Inc.
9 Sallie Krawcheck Citigroup
10 Susan Arnold Procter & Gamble
11 Christine Poon Johnson & Johnson
12 Judy McGrath Viacom
13 Anne Sweeney Disney Media Networks
14 Ann Livermore Hewlett-Packard
15 Ann Moore Time Inc.
16 Ginni Rometty IBM
17 Susan Desmond-Hellmann Genentech
18 Abigail Johnson Fidelity
19 Zoe Cruz Morgan Stanley
20 Susan Ivey R.J. Reynolds Tobacco
21 Ellen Kullman DuPont
22 Charlene Begley General Electric
23 Amy Brinkley Bank of America
24 Lois Quam UnitedHealth Group
25 Heidi Miller J.P. Morgan Chase
26 Carol Meyrowitz TJX Cos.
27 Ursula Burns Xerox
28 Martha Stewart Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia
29 Linda Dillman Wal-Mart
30 Shelly Lazarus Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide
31 Mary Minnick Coca-Cola
32 Pat Curran Wal-Mart Stores
33 Lisa Weber MetLife
34 Mary Sammons Rite Aid
35 Joanne Maguire Lockheed Martin
36 Doreen Toben Verizon
37 Colleen Goggins Johnson & Johnson
38 Cathleen Black Hearst Magazines
39 Carrie Cox Schering-Plough
40 Paula Rosput Reynolds Safeco
41 Amy Pascal Sony
42 Dawn Hudson PepsiCo
43 Deirdre Connelly Eli Lilly
44 Ellyn McColgan Fidelity
45 Claire Watts Wal-Mart Stores
46 Catherine West J.C. Penney
47 Nancy Peretsman Allen & Co.
48 Diane Gulyas DuPont
49 Christina Gold Western Union
50 Stacey Snider Viacom

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