October 28, 2013 / Fortune Asia / Volume 168 / Number 7

53 FORTUNE’S MOST POWERFUL WOMEN 2013
The definitive rankings of power and potential in the corporate world.

54 SHERYL SANDBERG: THE REAL STORY
A billionaire bestselling author, Facebook’s COO is one of the most powerful women on the planet. But what does she really do?
BY MIGUEL HELFT

63 THE 50 MOST POWERFUL WOMEN
Meet a group of executives who don’t sit still.
BY CATHERINE DUNN, BETH KOWITT, COLLEEN LEAHEY, AND ANNE VANDERMEY

69 QUESTIONS FOR SHONDA RHIMES
The creator and executive producer talks about her growing television empire.
BY COLLEEN LEAHEY

70 THE INTERNATIONAL POWER 50
The women on Fortune’s annual list are changing the face of global power.
BY RUPALI ARORA

72 TWITTER’S AMBASSADOR
As the social-networking service gets ready to go public, Katie Stanton takes stock of her career.
BY PATRICIA SELLERS

75 THE LAST GLASS CEILING?
Women remain woefully underrepresented on U.S. corporate boards. Here’s how to fix a persistent problem.
BY PATRICIA SELLERS

76 WENDY KOPP
The Teach for America entrepreneur is taking her education model abroad.
BY PATRICIA SELLERS

78 THE MYSTERIOUS LIFE AND DEATH OF INTRADE’S CEO
John Delaney tried to build a global betting market out of the ”wisdom of crowds.” Two years after his death, many who knew him well are wondering if they truly did.
BY BRIAN O’KEEFE

86 INTEL’S DO-OR-DIE DUO
Brian Krzanich and Renée James both wanted to be CEO of the chipmaker. Now they’ve teamed up to take on one of tech’s toughest tasks: getting Intel inside the smartphone.
BY MICHAL LEV-RAM

94 THE PROBOSCIS FILES
In which an Omaha plastic surgeon brings to justice those who would make illicit use of his nose-job photographs.
BY DAVID A. KAPLAN

100 SQUEEZING HEINZ
It’s been four months since Heinz sold itself to Warren Buffett and 3G. Now 3G is making radical cuts at the $11.6 billion ketchup titan. Will it work?
BY JENNIFER REINGOLD

108 OVITZ DOES SILICON VALLEY
Once upon a time, Michael Ovitz ruled Hollywood. Then he flamed out. Now he’s edging back onstage―as an adviser to tech companies.
BY DAVID A. KAPLAN

116 PAINFUL PRESCRIPTION
Pharmacy benefit managers became a $250 billion industry by promising to save companies millions. But critics say they make out better than their customers.
BY KATHERINE EBAN

122 UNCLE SAM’S RIVER
Eighty years after its founding, the Tennessee Valley Authority is once again in politicians’ cross hairs.
BY KEN OTTERBOURG

8 FIRST
Closer Look
A technology-focused food company shakes up online video.
BY PAUL ADAMS

10 FIRST
Retail
How Home Depot benefits from Burning Man.
BY CATHERINE DUNN

12 FIRST
Chartist
The media try to keep up in the Internet Age.
BY RYAN BRADLEY, NICOLAS RAPP, ANNE VANDERMEY, AND MARILYN ADAMO

14 FIRST
Game Changers
Tracy Gaudet’s overhaul of the Veterans Health Administration might transform health care.
BY BETH KOWITT

18 FIRST
Fastest-Growing Companies
Polaris, the top seller of ATVs, is taking on Harley.
BY CRAIG GIAMMONA

19 FIRST
Road Warrior
Steven Wong scours the globe to find the freshest seafood.
BY CATHERINE DUNN

20 FIRST
Face to Face
Steve Case and Ted Leonsis aim to build the East Coast’s biggest venture fund.
BY RYAN BRADLEY

21 PURSUITS
Travel
Experiential travel is one of the hottest trends in tourism, allowing you to step out among the fauna.
BY SCOTT GUMMER

25 VENTURE
How We Got Started
Eric Ryan and Adam Lowry’s Method helped create a new category: eco-friendly cleaning products.

INTERVIEW BY DINAH ENG

28 VENTURE
Verne Harnish
Time is running out on 2013. Here are five winning fourth-quarter plays.

29 TECH
Tech@Work
Lookout co-founder John Hering is making corporate mobile networks safer.
BY JP MANGALINDAN

32 TECH
Tech Star
Assembled Objects founder Adam Pritzker thinks he’s found the secret to marketing anything.
BY JESSI HEMPEL

34 TECH
The Fortune 500 Series
Caterpillar is building smarter backhoes, bulldozers, and excavators.
BY STEPHANIE N. MEHTA

36 INVEST
Interview
Legg Mason’s Bill Miller is rediscovering his winning touch.
BY JON BIRGER

38 INVEST
Anatomy of a Trade
Ira Rothberg of Hennessy Focus thinks Dick’s Sporting Goods can outpace its competition.
BY SHANNON GREEN

39 INVEST
21st-Century Investing
Regular folks can now invest in funds long limited to the elite.
BY LAUREN SILVA LAUGHLIN

40 INVEST
Wealth Adviser
How to cash in on stock buybacks.
BY JANICE REVELL

46 REAL ESTATE
Moving East to California
A shuttered air base is redeveloped with immigrants from Asia in mind.
BY ADAM LASHINSKY

7 Editor’s Desk

132 Bing!

INSIGHTS

41 Geoff Colvin
Ignore these leadership lessons at your peril.

42 Allan Sloan
Why J.P. Morgan’s current woes may be the least of its problems.

43 Becky Quick
How I got schooled on college savings plans.

44 Dan Primack
We’re all investors, but we’re no angels.

45 Nina Easton
Keystone XL and the dark side of green.

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