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Ana Patricia Botín, chairman of Banesto, the Spanish retail bank, tops the Financial Times/FT Deutschland top 25 ranking of European businesswomen. Read the full ranking, view interactive profiles, and join the debate on quotas for women in the boardroom.

Botín scales the heights
Ana Patricia Botín, chairman of Banesto, the Spanish retail bank, tops the Financial Times/FT Deutschland ranking of European businesswomen.
Breaking ranks
Ten new names make it into this year’s top 25 ranking
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