Highest Paid Women

Highest Paid Women

Highest Paid Women. Which corporate women raked it in - and how much did they earn?

1. Carol Bartz
President and CEO
Yahoo! (YHOO)

2009 Total compensation: $47.2 million*
2010 Most Powerful Women rank: 10

2. Safra Catz
President
Oracle (ORCL)

2009 Total compensation: $36.4 million
2010 Most Powerful Women rank: 11

3. Carrie Cox
Former EVP and President, Global Pharmaceuticals
Schering-Plough

2009 Total compensation: $23 million

4. Irene Rosenfeld
Chairman and CEO
Kraft Foods (KFT)

2009 Total compensation: $22.1 million
2010 Most Powerful Women rank: 2

5. Wellington J. Denahan-Norris
Vice Chairman, Chief Investment Officer and COO
Annaly Capital Management (NLY)

2009 Total compensation: $21.6 million

6. Pamela H. Patsley
Chairman and CEO
Moneygram International (MGI)

2009 Total compensation: $17.9 million

7. Susan M. Ivey
Chairman, President and CEO
Reynolds American (RAI)

2009 Total compensation: $16.2 million
2010 Most Powerful Women rank: 22

8. Martine A. Rothblatt
Chairman and CEO
United Therapeutics (UTHR)

2009 Total compensation: $15.8 million

9. Carol M. Meyrowitz
President and CEO
TJX Companies (TJX)

2009 Total compensation: $14.8 million
2010 Most Powerful Women rank: 17

10. Indra Nooyi
Chairman and CEO
PepsiCo (PEP)

2009 Total compensation: $14.2 million
2010 Most Powerful Women rank: 1

Source:CNN