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PepsiCo's and J&J's top women on the move
Fortune's No. 1 Most Powerful Woman, PepsiCo (PEP) Chairman and CEO Indra Nooyi, delivered disappointing quarterly earnings this morning and said that the company will close up to six plants and cut 3,300 jobs. PepsiCo stock is down 9% to $56 in midday trading.
Meanwhile, another Most Powerful Woman--a newcomer to the 2008 rankings released two weeks ago--is on a roll. Johnson & Johnson's (JNJ) Sheri McCoy, No. 44 on our MORE
Patricia Sellers - Oct 14, 2008 1:11 PM ET -
Power Point: Combine can-do and must-do
"It's a can-do spirit with a must-do responsibility that together generate great results."
- PepsiCo (PEP) chairman and CEO Indra Nooyi at the Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit earlier this month. Nooyi is No. 1 on Fortune's 2008 Most Powerful Women list. PepsiCo reports earnings Tuesday morning.
Patricia Sellers - Oct 13, 2008 7:58 PM ET -
Random bits of hope
It's hard to be hopeful. Turmoil in the financial markets is spreading geographically and psychologically. The Dow closed down 508 points today. At last week's Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit, we heard plenty about stress and sleep deprivation -- starting with Warren Buffett's comments on a clearly exhausted Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson. Sallie Krawcheck, who is leaving her high-level post at Citigroup (C), and Barclays Capital (BCS) vice chairman Barbara Byrne MORE
Jessica Shambora, Writer-Reporter - Oct 7, 2008 7:22 PM ETPosted in: Apple, banks, Barbara Byrne, Barclays, berkshire hathaway, CEOs, Cisco, Citi, Citigroup, consumer goods, eBay, Facebook, FDIC, FORTUNE Most Powerful Women Summit, FORTUNE MPWomen, Google, Hank Paulson, Indra Nooyi, Leadership by Geoff Colvin, management, markets, Mary Meeker, McCain, Meg Whitman, mobile device market, Morgan Stanley, Obama, Padmasree Warrior, PepsiCo, politics, Postcards, Power Shift, presidential race, Sallie Krawcheck, Sheila Bair, Sheryl Sandberg, Silicon Valley, stock market, technology, telecom, Wachovia, Wall Street, Warren Buffett, Wells Fargo -
Buffett and more at Fortune's MPWomen Summit
Greetings from Southern California! We're here for Fortune's 10th annual Most Powerful Women Summit which, even with all that turmoil across the global markets, is drawing the heaviest hitters in business, starting with Warren Buffett and Lloyd Blankfein.
The world's greatest investor and the Goldman Sachs (GS) CEO will be at our opening dinner tonight. It's a crazy coincidence since we invited these two men (our first time inviting men) months ago. Then, last week, the MORE
Patricia Sellers - Oct 1, 2008 1:57 PM ETPosted in: ADM, Andy Serwer, Ann Moore, banks, Carol Loomis, CEO, CEOs, debate, Fortune Most Powerful Women list, FORTUNE Most Powerful Women Summit, FORTUNE MPWomen, Goldman Sachs, Goldman Sachs/Fortune Global Women Leaders Award, Indra Nooyi, Joe Biden, Lloyd Blankfein, Martha Stewart, Meg Whitman, Melinda Gates, Most Powerful Women, Most Powerful Women Summit, MPWomen, MPWomen Go Global, MPWomen list, MPWomen Summit, P&G, Pat Woertz, PepsiCo, philanthropy, Postcards, Procter & Gamble, Sarah Palin, Silicon Valley, Susan Arnold, Ursula Burns, Wall Street, Warren Buffett, Wii, Xerox -
Most Powerful Women: The list about the list!
We've spent the last three months slicing and dicing the accomplishments and career histories of the most powerful women in business -- far too many facts and figures to fit into our Most Powerful Women package in the magazine. Here are 10 intriguing facts that we couldn't find space for in print:
Youngest woman to ever appear on the list: Marissa Mayer, VP of Search and User Experience at Google (GOOG). MORE
Jessica Shambora, Writer-Reporter - Sep 30, 2008 12:11 PM ETPosted in: Andrea Jung, Anne Mulcahy, Avon, AVP, Brenda Barnes, Carol Meyrowitz, CEO, CEOs, Citigroup, Credit Suisse, CS, DD, Diane Greene, DuPont, Ellen Kullman, Erin Callan, Fortune Most Powerful Women list, FORTUNE MPWomen, Google, Harpo, Heidi Miller, Indra Nooyi, Irene Rosenfeld, JPM, JPMorgan Chase, Katie Benner, KFT, Kraft, Leadership by Geoff Colvin, LEH, Lehman Brothers, Marissa Mayer, Meredith Whitney, Morgan Stanley, mp, MPWomen, MPWomen list, MS, Oppenheimer, Oprah, Oracle, PEP, Pepsi, PepsiCo, Postcards, Proct, Safra Catz, Sallie Krawcheck, Sara Lee, SLE, Susan Arnold, Susan Chambers, TJX, Ursula Burns, VMW, VMWare, Wal-Mart, Xerox, Zoe Cruz -
Fortune's 2008 Most Powerful Women are...
Coming on Monday...more turmoil in the markets? Let's hope not! Here's one thing you can bet on: Fortune's 2008 Most Powerful Women in Business list.
That's right, we just sent it to the printer, and you should see it online Monday morning. You'll see surprises. I can't give too much away (the women who made the list are being called this afternoon with the news that they made Fortune's rankings). But I MORE
Patricia Sellers - Sep 26, 2008 3:10 PM ETPosted in: banks, CEOs, Citi, Citigroup, consumer goods, eBay, Erin Callan, Facebook, FORTUNE MPWomen, Google, Indra Nooyi, Leadership by Geoff Colvin, Lehman Brothers, management, Morgan Stanley, Most Powerful Women, MPWomen list, PepsiCo, Postcards, Power Shift, Sallie Krawcheck, Silicon Valley, technology, Wall Street, women, Yahoo, Zoe Cruz -
How to be a Fortune Most Powerful Woman: Step 1
We constantly field queries from PR specialists, HR bosses, CEOs, and even wannabe Most Powerful Women, who ask: How does one make Fortune's annual MPWomen list? Throughout this week, I'll give you the lowdown about how we select women leaders for the list, now 10 years old. First of all, I should tell you that the Fortune MPWomen lists -- ranking 50 women in the U.S. and 50 women who MORE
Patricia Sellers - Jul 14, 2008 11:56 AM ETPosted in: Angela Braly, Anne Mulcahy, Carly Fiorina, CEOs, FORTUNE MPWomen, Indra Nooyi, Jill Barad, Leadership by Geoff Colvin, Mattel, MPWomen, Oprah, PepsiCo, Postcards, Wellpoint
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Fortune senior editor at large Pattie Sellers has written some of Fortune's most talked-about cover stories, including "Marissa Mayer: Ready to Rumble at Yahoo," "Oprah's Next Act," "Can Meg Whitman Save California?" "The $100 Billion Woman" (Melinda Gates), and "Remodeling Martha" (Martha Stewart). She has helped oversee Fortune's "Most Powerful Women in Business" package every year since its launch in 1998. Pattie is Executive Director of the Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit, the preeminent gathering of women leaders in business and beyond. She oversees MPW programs that enable women leaders to extend their influence and empower the next generation—such as Fortune MPW Entrepreneurs and the Fortune-U.S. State Department Global Women Leaders Mentoring Partnership. Beyond her Fortune duties, she is also developing Live Content across Time Inc. Pattie grew up in Allentown, PA, graduated from the University of Virginia, and started at Fortune in 1984. Her blog, Postcards, is about how power players lead, manage others, and navigate their careers.
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