1998 Fortune 50 Most Powerful Women in American Business

Here's the alphabetical list of the most powerful women in American business as ranked by Fortune Magazine

• Oprah Winfrey (born 1953)

  American actress and television personality.

  • 2nd Most Powerful Woman, Chairman, Harpo Entertainment Group
• Carleton (Carly) Fiorina (born 1954)

  American businesswoman

  • 1998 Most Powerful Woman, CEO, President, Hewlett-Packard
• Heidi Miller
  • 3rd Most Powerful Woman, CFO, Travelers Group
• Shelly Lazarus
  • 4th Most Powerful Woman, Chairman, CEO, Ogilvy & Matter
• Marjorie Scardino
  • 10th Most Powerful Woman, CEO, Pearson
• Martha Stewart
  • 11th Most Powerful Woman, Chairman, CEO, Martha Stewart Living, Omnimedia
• Abby Joseph Cohen (born 1952)
  • 9th Most Powerful Woman, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs
• Andrea Jung
  • 8th Most Powerful Woman, President, COO, Avon
• Sherry Lansing
  • 5th Most Powerful Woman, Chairman, Motion Picture Group, Paramount Pictures
• Marilyn Carlson Nelson
  • 7th Most Powerful Woman, Chairman, CEO, Carlson Cos
• Jill Barad
  • 6th Most Powerful Woman, Chairman, CEO, Mattel