FORBE'S 100 MOST POWERFUL WOMEN IN THE WORLD

RankNameAgeCountryCategory
1

Angela Merkel

Chancellor, Germany

59GermanyPolitics
2

Dilma Rousseff

President, Brazil

66BrazilPolitics
3

Melinda Gates

Cochair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

49United StatesPhilanthropy/NGO
4

Michelle Obama

First Lady, United States

50United StatesPolitics
5

Hillary Clinton

Personality, Philanthropist

66United StatesPolitics
6

Sheryl Sandberg

COO, Facebook

44United StatesTechnology
7

Christine Lagarde

Managing Director, International Monetary Fund

58FrancePhilanthropy/NGO
8

Janet Napolitano

Secretary, Department of Homeland Security, United States

56United StatesPolitics
9

Sonia Gandhi

President, Indian National Congress, India

67IndiaPolitics
10

Indra Nooyi

CEO, PepsiCo

58United StatesBusiness
11

Geun-hye Park

President, South Korea

62South KoreaPolitics
12

Virginia Rometty

CEO, IBM

56United StatesTechnology
13

Oprah Winfrey

Entrepreneur, Personality

60United StatesMedia
14

Ursula Burns

Chairman and CEO, Xerox

55United StatesTechnology
15

Meg Whitman

CEO, Hewlett-Packard

57United StatesTechnology
16

Gina Rinehart

Executive Chairman, Hancock Prospecting

60AustraliaMetals & Mining
17

Beyonce Knowles

Actress, Entrepreneur, Musician

32United StatesCelebrity
18

Maria das Graças Silva Foster

CEO, Petrobras

60BrazilBusiness
19

Jill Abramson

Executive Editor, New York Times Co.

60United StatesMedia
20

Irene Rosenfeld

CEO, Mondel?z International

60United StatesBusiness
21

Helen Clark

Administrator, U.N. Development Programme

64New ZealandPhilanthropy/NGO
22

Nancy Pelosi

Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, United States

74United StatesPolitics
23

Safra Catz

CFO, Oracle

52United StatesTechnology
24

Anne Sweeney

Co-Chair, Disney Media Networks, and President, Disney/ABC Television Group, Walt Disney

56United StatesMedia
25

Kathleen Sebelius

Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, United States

65United StatesPolitics
26

Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner

President, Argentina

61ArgentinaPolitics
27

Sheri McCoy

CEO, Avon Products

55United StatesBusiness
28

Julia Gillard

Prime Minister, Australia

52AustraliaPolitics
29

Aung San Suu Kyi

Chair and Parliamentarian, National League for Democracy, Burma

68BurmaPolitics
30

Susan Wojcicki

Senior Vice President, Google

45United StatesTechnology
31

Yingluck Shinawatra

Prime Minister, Thailand

46ThailandPolitics
32

Marissa Mayer

CEO, Yahoo

38United StatesTechnology
33

Margaret Chan

Director-General, World Health Organization

66ChinaPhilanthropy/NGO
34

Marillyn Hewson

CEO, Lockheed Martin

60United StatesBusiness
35

Mary Barra

SVP, Global Product Development, General Motors

52United StatesBusiness
36

Amy Pascal

Co-Chairman, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Sony

56United StatesMedia
37

Angelina Jolie

Actress, Philanthropist

38United StatesCelebrity
38

Sofia Vergara

Actress, Entrepreneur

41ColombiaCelebrity
39

Laurene Powell Jobs & family

Founder and Chair, Emerson Collective

50United StatesTechnology
40

Queen Elizabeth II

Monarch, United Kingdom

87United KingdomPolitics
41

Anna Wintour

Editor-in-Chief, Vogue; Artistic Director, Conde Nast Publications, Inc.

64United StatesMedia
42

Ellen Kullman

Chairman and CEO, EI du Pont de Nemours

58United StatesBusiness
43

Drew Gilpin Faust

President, Harvard University

66United StatesPhilanthropy/NGO
44

Rosalind Brewer

President and CEO, Sam's Club, Wal-Mart Stores

51United StatesBusiness
45

Lady Gaga

Musician, Philanthropist

28United StatesCelebrity
46

Cher Wang

Co-founder and Chair, HTC

55TaiwanTechnology
47

Joyce Banda

President, Malawi

63MalawiPolitics
48

Wu Yajun & family

Chairman, Longfor Properties

50ChinaReal Estate
49

Ertharin Cousin

Executive Director, World Food Programme, United Nations

57United StatesPhilanthropy/NGO
50

Zhang Xin & family

Cofounder, CEO, Soho China

48ChinaBusiness
51

Ellen DeGeneres

Comedian, Personality, Philanthropist

56United StatesCelebrity
52

Shakira Mebarak

Musician, Personality, Philanthropist

37ColombiaCelebrity
53

Angela Ahrendts

CEO, Burberry Group

53United StatesBusiness
54

Liyuan Peng

First Lady, China

51ChinaPolitics
55

Sri Mulyani Indrawati

Managing Director, World Bank

51IndonesiaPhilanthropy/NGO
56

Arianna Huffington

Editor-In-Chief, Huffington Post Media Group, AOL

63United StatesMedia
57

Padmasree Warrior

Chief Technology and Strategy Officer, Cisco Systems

53United StatesTechnology
58

Miuccia Prada

Owner, Fashion Designer, Prada

64ItalyBusiness
59

Margaret Hamburg

Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration, United States

58United StatesPolitics
60

Abigail Johnson

President, Financial Services, Fidelity Investments

52United StatesBusiness
61

Bonnie Hammer

Chairman, Cable Entertainment Group, NBCUniversal, Comcast

63United StatesMedia
62

Gail Kelly

CEO, Westpac Banking Group

57AustraliaBusiness
63

Amy Hood

Chief Financial Officer, Microsoft

42United StatesTechnology
64

Ho Ching

CEO, Temasek

61SingaporeBusiness
65

Chanda Kochhar

Managing Director and CEO, Icici Bank

52IndiaBusiness
66

Rosalia Mera

Investor, Philanthropist

70SpainFashion and Retail
67

Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi

Minister of Foreign Trade, United Arab Emirates

55United Arab EmiratesPolitics
68

Helene Gayle

President, CEO, CARE

58United StatesPhilanthropy/NGO
69

Tory Burch

CEO, Tory Burch

47United StatesFashion and Retail
70

Margarita Louis-Dreyfus

Chairman of Louis Dreyfus, Louis Dreyfus SAS

50SwitzerlandFood and Beverage
71

Patricia Woertz

Chairman, CEO and President, Archer Daniels Midland

61United StatesBusiness
72

Mary Jo White

Chairman, Securities and Exchange Commission, United States

66United StatesPolitics
73

Diane Sawyer

Anchor of World News, ABC, Walt Disney

68United StatesMedia
74

Diane Von Furstenberg

Owner, Fashion Designer, Diane von Furstenberg Studio, L.P.

67United StatesFashion and Retail
75

Phebe Novakovic

CEO, General Dynamics

56United StatesBusiness
76

Sue Naegle

President, HBO Entertainment, Time Warner Cable

44United StatesMedia
77

Sun Yafang

Chair, Huawei Technologies

58ChinaTechnology
78

Fabiola Gianotti

Research Physicist, CERN

53ItalyEurope
79

Mary Meeker

General Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

53United StatesTechnology
80

Solina Chau

Director, Li Ka Shing Foundation

52Hong KongPhilanthropy/NGO
81

Denise Morrison

President and CEO, Campbell Soup

60United StatesFood and Beverage
82

Carol Meyrowitz

CEO, TJX Cos

60United StatesBusiness
83

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Minister of Finance, Nigeria

59NigeriaPolitics
84

Risa Lavizzo-Mourey

President, CEO, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

59United StatesPhilanthropy/NGO
85

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

Founder, Chair, Biocon Ltd.

61IndiaMedicine
86

Mary Callahan Erdoes

CEO, J.P. Morgan Asset Management, JPMorgan Chase

46United StatesBusiness
87

Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf

President, Liberia

75LiberiaPolitics
88

Weili Dai

Co-founder, Marvell Technology Group Ltd.

52United StatesTechnology
89

Mindy Grossman

CEO, HSN

56United StatesMedia
90

Sara Blakely

Founder, Spanx

43United StatesFashion and Retail
91

Chua Sock Koong

Group CEO, SingTel

55SingaporeTechnology
92

Lubna S. Olayan

CEO, Olayan Financing Company

58Saudi ArabiaBusiness
93

J.K. Rowling

Author

48United KingdomCelebrity
94

Guler Sabanci

Chairman and Managing Director, Sabanci Holding

59TurkeyBusiness
95

Gisele Bundchen

Entrepreneur, Philanthropist, Supermodel

33BrazilCelebrity
96

Beth Brooke

Global Vice Chair - Public Policy, Ernst & Young

54United StatesBusiness
97

Greta Van Susteren

Anchor, FOX News, News Corp

59United StatesMedia
98

Jennifer Li

CFO, Baidu

46ChinaMedia
99

Judith Rodin

President, Rockefeller Foundation

69United StatesPhilanthropy/NGO
100

Lan Yang

Co-owner, Sun Media Group

46ChinaMedia

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