Women CEOs Who Earn Whopping Salaries

6. Angela Braly
Former Chairman and CEO, WellPoint
Salary: $20,590,000

Angela F. Braly is the Former Chairman and CEO for WellPoint, U.S.-based health care company. She assumed those responsibilities on June 1, 2007, following several high-profile roles for the company. Prior to that, Braly served as executive vice president, general counsel and chief public affairs officer for WellPoint.

As of April 2009, Braly had the 306th highest compensation for a U.S. CEO, having earned $4.07 million, which is 74th among females. She owns $4.6 million worth of WellPoint stock, or .02 percent of the company.

7. Virginia Rometty
Chairman and CEO, IBM
Salary: $16,180,000

Virginia Rometty is the Chairwoman and CEO of IBM, and the first woman to head the company. She joined the company in 1981 and held the positions of Senior Vice President and Group Executive for Sales, Marketing, and Strategy before becoming president and CEO in January 2012.

She has been named to Fortune magazine's "50 Most Powerful Women in Business" for eight consecutive years, ranking #1 for 2012.

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