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Top 10 highest paid female CEOs of the world

New York: Female CEOs are outpacing their male colleagues in pay, although they remain vastly outnumbered in the top echelons of American companies.Last year, the median pay for women CEOs rose to $15.9 million, a

Marissa Mayer, Yahoo, $42.1 million, up 69 percent

Yahoo's stock price has climbed 177 percent since the technology company hired Mayer from Google in July 2012. That compares with a gain of 76 percent for the tech-focused Nasdaq over the same time. Earnings jumped at Yahoo last year after it raised $9.5 billion by selling part of its stake in Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce site owner.

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