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. (more)

Four of the Most Powerful Women are also among the best-compensated, such as No. 3-ranked Meg Whitman, who made $16.2 million last year. Which other corporate women raked it in - and how much did they earn? (more)

Executives like Motorola's Padmasree Warrior are on the way up. Will they make the Most Powerful Women list next year? (more)

Just one woman under 40 made the Most Powerful Women list this year: GE's 39-year-old Charlene Begley. See the Power 50 sorted by age. (more)