2. Meg Whitman

Designation: CEO, HP

Whitman being the president and CEO of Hewlett Packard (HP) joined its board in 2010 and rose to the top post a year later. In the last quarter, HP performed beyond analyst’s expectation by posting better revenue and profit. Despite HP shares diving down during her first few months on the job, last year it almost doubled, showing investor’s faith in her abilities to turnaround the fortunes of the company.

Last year, Whitman’s salary took a symbolic turn from $1 to $1.5 million. She also served on the boards of eBay Foundation, Procter & Gamble and DreamWorks SKG as well.

3. Virginia Rometty

 Designation: CEO, IBM

Being the first ever woman to head IBM, she has been a regular on the Fortune magazine’s "50 Most Powerful Women in Business" for eight years in a row. In 1981 she entered IBM workforce and made rapid strides in several leadership positions. Prior to being the CEO, she served as a senior vice president and group executive of IBM’s sales, marketing and strategy divisions. In this role she ensured business expansion of IBM in 170 countries while focusing on emerging markets. Her brain child, IBM’s Growth Markets organization is expected to contribute 30 percent of revenue for 2015.

It was reported that her reimbursement package is $17million. She has been the senior vice president of IBM Global Business Services where she led the integration of PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting.