Most Powerful Women In Business

Fortune magazine published its annual list of the 50 most powerful women in business. Meg Whitman, the CEO of ebay, again leads the pack. Rankings were based on the size and importance of the business and the "clout, career trajectory, and cultural and social impact" of the executive. There is a lot of good role model information in these articles.

Interestingly, compensation was not one of the specific yardsticks used to calculate the 50 most powerful women. Here are a couple of interesting articles related to that aspect:

• Why Men Earn More
• CEOs Are Overpaid