利比•瓦德尔

• 目前头衔：服装品牌J.Crew董事长

• 上榜时间（排名）：2011年（第23位）

瓦德尔自从2004年加入校园风格时装品牌J.Crew以来一直平步青云。2010年，公司前任董事长特蕾西•加德纳离职，由瓦德尔接任。新工作的内容包括监督J.Crew的零售与直营业务，Crewcuts和J.Crew工厂直销店——瓦德尔在2005年左右曾负责过该部门。在她的领导下，这个部门的销量增加了两倍。J.Crew公司的CEO米奇•德雷克斯勒认为，这次提拔是对“团队的认可”，而不是“继任计划”。但业内观察家们认为，瓦德尔距离CEO的位置又近了一步。

Libby Wadle

• Current title: President of J.Crew Brand

• Year on list (rank): 2011 (No. 23)

Wadle has been steadily climbing through the ranks at the preppy fashion powerhouse since she arrived in 2004. In her new role as president of the J.Crew Brand, she replaces Tracy Gardner, who left in 2010. The job includes oversight of both the retail and direct businesses of J.Crew, Crewcuts and the J.Crew factory outlet -- a division Wadle ran in the mid-2000s, tripling sales. J.Crew CEO Mickey Drexler called the promotion a "recognition of the team," and "not at all any succession plan," but industry observers saw it as Wadle moving one step closer to the CEO spot.