AGE: 49

TITLE: Executive director, Temasek Holdings

EDUCATION: MS, Stanford University

CAREER: Ran Singapore Technologies, a state-controlled defense contractor

CHALLENGE: Weaning the 40 or so companies under her charge from government protection and making them more profitable

MOST CONTROVERSIAL MOVE: Allowing the collapse of disk-drive maker Micropolis, a Singapore Technologies affiliate

REPUTATION: Known as a methodical decision-maker who is determined to solicit opinions from managers and win them over with logical argument

POWER PLUS: As the wife of Finance Minister Lee Hsien Loong and the daughter-in-law of Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew, supposedly has the power to shake up the cozy culture of Singapore Inc.

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