Fortune: 50 Most Powerful Women (2006)

Call it the year of the Most Powerful Woman CEO. In fact the top seven positions on the 2006 list are held by chief executives.

However, if you are an aspiring women of power, don't plan on making Fortune's top 5 unless you at least 50 years of age (at least in 2006).


Click HERE to see Fortune's top 50.






Here's a peek at the top 10:

1. Indra Nooyi

CEO, PepsiCo (PEP)
2005 rank: 11
Age: 50

2. Anne Mulcahy

Chairman and CEO, Xerox (XRX)
2005 rank: 2
Age: 53

3. Meg Whitman

CEO and President , eBay (EBAY)
2005 rank: 1
Age: 50

4. Pat Woertz

CEO and President, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM)
2005 rank: 6
Age: 53

5. Irene Rosenfeld

CEO, Kraft Foods (MO)
2005 rank: 27
Age: 52

6. Brenda Barnes

Chairman and CEO, Sara Lee (SLE)
2005 rank: 3
Age: 53

7. Andrea Jung

Chairman and CEO, Avon (AVP)
2005 rank: 5
Age: 48

8. Oprah Winfrey

Chairman, Harpo Inc.
2005 rank: 4
Age: 52

9. Sallie Krawcheck

CFO, Head of Strategy, Citigroup (C)
2005 rank: 7
Age: 41

10. Susan Arnold

Vice Chair, Beauty and Health, Procter & Gamble (PG)
2005 rank: 17
Age: 52