Money | corporate leadership Top 25 Highest-Paid Women Fortune ranks corporate hotshots By Nick McMaster 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. Read These Next JD Vance in hot water over birthday boating trip. Two state troopers were shot in Pennsylvania "Rock's forgotten genius" said no to Led Zeppelin. He went to kill a Cape buffalo. Instead, it killed him. Report an error