1999 Fortune 50 Most Powerful Women in American Business

In 1998 Fortune Magazine started ranking the 50 most powerful American women in business. Here's the alphabetical list for 1999.

• Oprah Winfrey (born 1953)

  American actress and television personality.

  • 26th Most Powerful Woman, Chairman, Harpo Entertainment Group
• Carleton (Carly) Fiorina (born 1954)

  American businesswoman

  • 1999 Most Powerful Woman, CEO, President, Hewlett-Packard
• Heidi Miller
  • 2nd Most Powerful Woman, CFO Citigroup
• Mary Meeker
  • 3rd Most Powerful Woman, Managing Director, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter
• Shelly Lazarus
  • 4th Most Powerful Woman, Chairman, CEO, Ogilvy & Matter
• Meg Whitman
  • 5th Most Powerful Woman, CEO, President eBay
• Debby Hopkins
  • 6th Most Powerful Woman, SVP, CFO Boeing
• Marjorie Scardino
  • 7th Most Powerful Woman, CEO Pearson
• Martha Stewart
  • 8th Most Powerful Woman, Chairman, CEO Martha Stewart Living, Omnimedia
• Nancy Peretsman
  • 9th Most Powerful Woman, EVP, Managing Director, Allen & Co.
• Pat Russo
  • 10th Most Powerful Woman, EVP Strategy, Business Development, & Corporate Operations, Lucent Technologies
• Patricia Dunn
  • 11th Most Powerful Woman, Chairman, Barclays Global Investors
• Abby Joseph Cohen (born 1952)
  • 12th Most Powerful Woman, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs
• Ann Livermore
  • 13th Most Powerful Woman, CEO, President Enterprising Computing, Hewlett-Packward
• Andrea Jung
  • 14th Most Powerful Woman, President, COO, Avon Products
• Sherry Lansing
  • 15th Most Powerful Woman, Chairman: Motion Picture Group, Paramount Pictures
• Karen Katen
  • 16th Most Powerful Woman, EVP Global, President U.S. Pharmaceuticals Group, Pfizer
• Marilyn Carlson Nelson
  • 17th Most Powerful Woman, Chairman, CEO Carlson Cos
• Judy McGrath
  • 18th Most Powerful Woman, President, MTV & M2
• Lois Juliber
  • 19th Most Powerful Woman, EVP, COO Developed Markets, Colgate-Palmolive
• Geraldine (Gerry) Laybourne (born 1947)

  American cable television executive and entrepreneur

  • 20th Most Powerful Woman, Chairman, CEO Oxygen Media
• Judith Estrin
  • 21st Most Powerful Woman, SVP, Chief Techlogy Officer CISCO Systems
• Cathleen "Cathie" Black
  • 22nd Most Powerful Woman, President Hearst Magazines
• Linda Sanford
  • 23rd Most Powerful Woman, General Manager Global Industries, IBM
• Ann Moore
  • 24th Most Powerful Woman, President, People Magazine Group, Time Inc
• Jill Barad
  • 25th Most Powerful Woman, Chairman, CEO, Mattel
• Judy Lewent
  • 27th Most Powerful Woman, SVP, CFO Merck
• Joy Covey
  • 28th Most Powerful Woman, Chief Strategy Officer Amazon.com
• Rebecca Mark
  • 29th Most Powerful Woman, Chairman, CEO Azurix
• Deborah Willingham
  • 30th Most Powerful Woman, VP Business and Enterprise Division Marketing, Microsoft
• Dina Dublon
  • 31st Most Powerful Woman, EVP, CFO Chase Manhattan
• Patricia Woertz
  • 32nd Most Powerful Woman, President Chevron Products
• Lawton Fitt
  • 33rd Most Powerful Woman, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs
• Ann Fudge
  • 34th Most Powerful Woman, EVP Kraft Foods
• Carolyn Ticknor
  • 35th Most Powerful Woman, CEO, President, Laserjet Imaging Systems, Hewlett-Packard
• Dawn Lepore
  • 36th Most Powerful Woman, Vice Chairman, Chief Information Officer, Charles Schwab
• Jeannine Rivet
  • 37th Most Powerful Woman, CEO UnitedHealthCare
• Jamie Gorelick
  • 38th Most Powerful Woman, Vice Chairman, Fannie Mae
• Jan Brandt
  • 39th Most Powerful Woman, President Marketing, America Online
• Bridget Macaskill
  • 40th Most Powerful Woman, CEO, President, Oppenheimer Funds
• Jeanne Jackson
  • 41st Most Powerful Woman, CEO, Banana Republic
• Cynthia Trudell
  • 42nd Most Powerful Woman, VP, General Motors
• Nina Disesa
  • 43rd Most Powerful Woman, Chairman, Chief Creative Officer, McCann-Erickson New York
• LInda Wachner
  • 44th Most Powerful Woman, Chairman, CEO, Wamaco, Authentic Fitness
• Marion Sandler
  • 46th Most Powerful Woman, Co-Chairman, Co-CEO, Golden West Financial
• Darla Moore
  • 45th Most Powerful Woman, President, Rainwater Inc.
• Michelle Anthony
  • 47th Most Powerful Woman, EVP Sony Music Entertainment
• Orit Gadiesh
  • 48th Most Powerful Woman, Chairman, Bain & Co
• Charlotte Beers
  • 49th Most Powerful Woman, Chairman, J. Walter Thompson
• Abigail Johnson
  • 50th Most Powerful Woman, SVP, Fidelity Investments