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Powerful businesswomen

Anne M. Mulcahy is chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Xerox Corporation, Stamford, Conn.

An inspirational note from her life: Mulcahy joined Xerox as a field sales representative in 1976 and rose through the ranks.

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Brenda C. Barnes is the president, chairman and chief executive of Sara Lee, and previously was the first female CEO of PepsiCo.

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Xie Qihua: Once known as the steel woman of China Qihua managed the world's No.6 steel group with a 20-million-ton yearly output Baosteel Group.

Although she's past the retirement age and has given up her chief executive title at the company, Xie is still in charge.

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Sallie Krawcheck: Sallie Krawcheck is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Citi Global Wealth Management.

Sallie’s meteoric rise on Wall Street is attributed to her success in turning around and accelerating growth in, a number of underperforming financial services businesses.

She rose to CFO but was returned in January 2007 to her previous job, a move interpreted by some on Wall Street as a shift to a lower-profile position.

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Safra Catz: Chief Financial Officer of Oracle, Catz was named the most powerful and highest paid businesswoman by Forbes in 2006.

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Patricia Dunn: This former Hewlett-Packard chairwoman, Dunn is now known more for having been indicted in association with the company's spying scandal.

It took a financial settlement to close one of a few unresolved aspects of a spying scandal that tarnished Hewlett-Packard and brought down Dunn, and several high-ranking executives.

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Patricia Russo is the current chief executive officer of Alcatel-Lucent, one of the world's largest communication equipment manufacturers.

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Oprah Gail Winfrey: Often referred to simply as Oprah, this American television host, media mogul, and philanthropist is a well known face.

She has been ranked the richest African American of the 20th century,the most philanthropic African American of all time, and the world's only black billionaire for three straight years.

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Melinda Gates: Co-founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is more than just the wife of Bill Gates.

In December 2005, she and her husband, along with musician Bono, were named by Time as Persons of the Year.

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Meg Whitman: When the CEO of pioneering online auctioneer eBay Inc retired, she did so undoubtedly as the czarina of Net auctions.

She has been whiling away her retirement on the John McCain's campaign circuit, introducing McCain at business events.

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Marjorie Morris Scardino, is the CEO of Pearson PLC. She became the first female Chief Executive of a FTSE 100 company when she was appointed CEO of Pearson in 1997

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Anne Lauvergeon: Anne Lauvergeon is a businesswoman, and president of French nuclear giant Areva.