Money / corporate leadership Top 25 Highest-Paid Women Fortune ranks corporate hotshots By Nick McMaster, Newser Staff Posted Oct 1, 2010 5:16 PM CDT Copied Oracle's Safra Catz is No. 2 at $36.4 million. (AP) Which female executives are taking home the most cash? Fortune ranks the top 25 corporate bigwigs based on 2009 compensation. Here's the top of the list: Carol Bartz, Yahoo; president and CEO: $47.2 million. Safra Catz, Oracle; president: $36.4 million. Carrie Cox, Schering-Plough; former executive VP and president of Global Pharmaceuticals: $23 million. Irene Rosenfeld, Kraft Foods; chairman and CEO: $22.1 million. Wellington J. Denahan-Norris, Annaly Capital Management; vice chairman, chief investment officer and COO: $21.6 million. Pamela H. Patsley, Moneygram International; chairman and CEO: $17.9 million. Susan M. Ivey, Reynolds American; chairman, president and CEO: $16.2 million. For the full list, click here. (More corporate leadership stories.) Report an error