Bridget van Kralingen

Bridget van Kralingen

Rank	33
Previous Rank	28
Age	51
Title	SVP, Global Business Services
Company	IBM
Industry	Tech

Van Kralingen, often touted as CEO Rometty’s protégé, oversees the $18.4 billion global business services division. The South Africa native was also involved in crafting Big Blue’s July deal with Apple, personally negotiating many of the details.

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Rank	34
Previous Rank	26
Age	54
Title	Senior EVP of Community Banking
Company	Wells Fargo
Industry	Finance

With 6,200 branches, 105,000 employees, and 12,500 ATMs under her control, Tolstedt runs the country’s biggest retail bank network. (Wells Fargo estimates that in the 39 states in which it operates, half of all households are within two miles of a branch or an ATM.) To boost efficiency and cut down on real estate costs, last year Tolstedt introduced a virtually paperless, pared-down 1,000-square-foot storefront. She also stepped up small-business lending, issuing a record $18.9 billion in new loan commitments in 2013, as well as issuing more money in Small Business Administration-backed loans than any other bank by a factor of two.

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