Most Powerful Women in Business

24. July 2010 · Write a comment · Categories: Business News · Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , ,

If one is looking for the most powerful women in business, the work has been done by the editors of Fortune magazine. Each year that publication lists not only the most powerful women in business but the highest paid . The magazine also lists the women considered most powerful globally…at least by Fortune’s adjudicators. Some women excel in each of these categories.

While the most powerful women in business are logically the highest paid,this is not 100% applicable..Listed by Fortune as the most powerful women in business, Indra Nooyi is Chairman and CEO of Pepsico. At just 61 years of age, this Indian born woman has achieved great status in the business world as the most powerful woman in business, by steering Pepsico to increased growth and profitability.

By contrast in looking for the most powerful women in business, one learns that Zoe Cruz, listed as 16th in the list of most powerful women in business, is number one in terms of earnings. This very powerful woman in businss presides over Morgan Stanley, a financial giant, and earns an annual salary of $30 million.

In considering the most powerful women in business one must of course look to the international scene as well. The most powerful women in business are involved in every area of business in many countries. Typical is Anne Lauvergeon, Executive Chairman of Areva, a nuclear company in France. In The Netherlands, another of the most powerful women in business is Chairman and CEO of a major… Read the rest

Salaries of Women in Business

11. July 2010 · Write a comment · Categories: Business News · Tags: , , , , ,

In considering salaries of women in business we will discuss salaries of women employed by various businesses and institutions, rather than income of women owning their own businesses. The salaries of women in business have undergone major change in the last few decades, but salaries of women in business still lag behind those of men in comparable positions.

To go back a few years in considering salaries of women ;in business, one might look at an example or two. For instance, salaries of women in the advertising business might be compared to that of their male counterparts in a medium sized advertising agency. While a woman copywriter might be earning $200 per week working on a major account her male fellow worker would earn $300 to $400 for comparable work. The salaries of women in business in other areas were comparably beneath those of men. Of course the salaries of women in business as well as those of men were overall much lower a few decades ago.

In the aforementioned business, salaries of women in business have vastly improved. In many other areas, the financial field, for instance, salaries of women in business have reached all time highs. However, the salaries of women in business still lag behind those of male counterparts in most industries.

The salaries of women in business at the top would have astonished working women of a few decades ago. Most would have found it unbelievable that a woman executive could earn $30 million annually, which… Read the rest

« Older articles