Count down of the worlds most powerful women begins!
At number 50: Maggie Wilderotter
Chairman and CEO
Frontier Communications (FTR)
2008 rank: New
Age: 54
Maggie Wilderotter has received various awards from National Cable Television Association (NCTA) for her contributions to the television industry. She received the 1999 Outstanding Mentor Award from the Women in Cable and Telecommunications Foundation and its Top 10 Women in Cable & Telecommunications Award in 1989.
The Microsoft and AT&T alum made a big bet by agreeing to acquire Verizon assets for $8.6 billion. The deal is expected to create a company with $6.5 billion in revenue and propel it onto the Fortune 500. In her spare time this Yahoo, Xerox, and P&G board member helps out at her husband's vineyard.
These are the women who have made big waves in business industry:
These are the women who have made big waves in business industry:
49. Amy PascalCo-chairman, Sony Pictures Entertainment
Sony (SNE)
2008 rank: Return
Age: 51
Amy Pascal (born 1958) is Co-Chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc (SPE) and Chairman of SPE's Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group. She oversees all development, production and marketing activities at Columbia Pictures. She was listed as number one on the 15th annual Women in Entertainment Power 100 list published in 2006 by the Hollywood Reporter.
With parent Sony operating at a loss, Pascal's winners (including the recent "Julie & Julia") help. Her division's revenue reached $7.3 billion last year, and Pascal has generated $1 billion-plus in domestic box office sales every year since 2002.
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