2000 Fortune 50 Most Powerful Women in American Business

n 1998 Fortune Magazine started ranking the 50 most powerful American women in business. Here's the alphabetical list for the year 2000.

• Oprah Winfrey (born 1953)

  American actress and television personality.

  • 15th Most Powerful Woman, Chairman, Harpo Entertainment Group
• Carleton (Carly) Fiorina (born 1954)

  American businesswoman

  • Most Powerful Woman in year 2000, Chairman and CEO, Hewlett-Packard
• Heidi Miller
  • 20th Most Powerful Woman, CFO and SEVP Strategic Planning and Analysis, Priceline.com
• Mary Meeker
  • 6th Most Powerful Woman, Managing Director and Analyst, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter
• Shelly Lazarus
  • 7th Most Powerful Woman, Chairman and CEO, Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide
• Meg Whitman
  • 3rd Most Powerful Woman, President and CEO, eBay
• Debby Hopkins
  • 2nd Most Powerful Woman, EVP and CFO, Lucent Technologies
• Martha Stewart
  • 9th Most Powerful Woman, CEO, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia
• Nancy Peretsman
  • 13th Most Powerful Woman, EVP and Managing Director, Allen & Co.
• Patricia Dunn
  • 12th Most Powerful Woman, Global CEO, Barclays Global Investors
• Abby Joseph Cohen (born 1952)
  • 8th Most Powerful Woman, Chief Market Strategist, Goldman Sachs
• Ann Livermore
  • 11th Most Powerful Woman, President, Business Customer Organization, Hewlett-Packard
• Andrea Jung
  • 10th Most Powerful Woman, CEO, Avon Products
• Sherry Lansing
  • 17th Most Powerful Woman, Chairman, Motion Pictures Group, Paramount Pictures
• Karen Katen
  • 14th Most Powerful Woman, President, U.S. Pharmaceuticals Group Pfizer
• Judy McGrath
  • 16th Most Powerful Woman, CEO and Chairman, MTV Group
• Lois Juliber
  • 19th Most Powerful Woman, EVP and COO, Colgate-Palmolive
• Judith Estrin
  • 42nd Most Powerful Woman, CEO, Packet Design
• Cathleen "Cathie" Black
  • 28th Most Powerful Woman, President, Hearst Magazines
• Linda Sanford
  • 24th Most Powerful Woman, SVP and Group Executive, Storage Systems, IBM
• Ann Moore
  • 21st Most Powerful Woman, President, People Magazine Group, Time Inc.
• Judy Lewent
  • 22nd Most Powerful Woman, SVP and CFO, Merck
• Dina Dublon
  • 30th Most Powerful Woman, CFO , Chase Manhattan
• Patricia Woertz
  • 39th Most Powerful Woman, President, Chevron Products, Chevron
• Carolyn Ticknor
  • 37th Most Powerful Woman, President, Imaging and Printing Systems, Hewlett-Packard
• Dawn Lepore
  • 25th Most Powerful Woman, Vice Chairman and CIO , Charles Schwab
• Jeannine Rivet
  • 40th Most Powerful Woman, CEO , UnitedHealthcare
• Jamie Gorelick
  • 46th Most Powerful Woman, Vice Chairman, Fannie Mae
• Jan Brandt
  • 29th Most Powerful WOman, President of Marketing , AOL
• Jeanne Jackson
  • 32nd Most Powerful Woman, CEO, Walmart.com
• Marion Sandler
  • 44th Most Powerful Woman, Co-Chairman and Co-CEO, Golden West Financial
• Orit Gadiesh
  • 47th Most Powerful Woman, Chairman, Bain & Co.
• Betty Cohen

  American businesswoman

  • 50th Most Powerful Woman, President , Cartoon Network
• Safra Catz

  American businesswoman

  • 49th Most Powerful Woman, EVP, Oracle
• Vanessa Castagna

  Businesswoman

  • 48th Most Powerful Woman, EVP and COO, Stores, J.C. Penney
• Vivian Banta

  Businesswoman

  • 45th Most Powerful Woman, CEO, Individual Financial Services, Prudential
• Indra Nooyi

  Businesswoman

  • 43rd Most Powerful Woman, SVP and CFO , PepsiCo
• Linnet Deily

  Businesswoman

  • 41st Most Powerful Woman, Vice Chairman and President, Retail , Charles Schwab
• Marge Magner

  Businesswoman

  • 38th Most Powerful Woman, SEVP and CAO, Global Consumer Group, Citigroup
• Sue Bostrom

  Businesswoman

  • 36th Most Powerful Woman, SVP, Internet Business Solutions Group , Cisco
• Patricia Sueltz

  Businesswoman

  • 35th Most Powerful Woman, EVP, Software Systems, Sun Microsystems
• Cristina Morgan

  Businesswoman

  • 34th Most Powerful Woman, Co-Director , Investment Banking, Chase H & Q
• Amy Brinkley

  Businesswoman

  • 33rd Most Powerful Woman, President , Bank of America
• Stacey Snider
  • 31st Most Powerful Woman, Chairman , Universal Pictures
• Gail McGovern
  • 27th Most Powerful Woman, President , Personal Investments, Fidelity Investments
• Pat House
  • 26th Most Powerful Woman, EVP , Siebel Systems
• Betsy Holden
  • 23rd Most Powerful Woman, President and CEO, Kraft Foods
• Anne Mulcahy
  • 18th Most Powerful Woman, President and COO, Xerox
• Ellen Hancock
  • 5th Most Powerful Woman, Chairman and CEO, Exodus Communications
• Donna Dubinsky
  • 4th Most Powerful Woman, President and CEO, Handspring