Forbes list of The World's 100 Most Powerful Women
Starting in 2004, Forbes magazine has made a list of the 100 most powerful women in the world. It is edited by notable Forbes journalists including Moira Forbes, and based on visibility and economic impact. Leading the table seven times in the last eight years, Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany is understood to be the world's most powerful woman.
2014 (top 50 selection)
2013 (top 20 selection)
| # | Individual | Office / Position |
|---|---|---|
1  |
 Angela Merkel |
Chancellor of Germany |
2  |
 Dilma Rousseff |
President of Brazil |
| 3 |
 Melinda Gates |
Co-founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation |
4  |
Hillary Clinton |
United States Secretary of State |
| 5 |
Michelle Obama |
First Lady of the United States |
| 6 |
Sheryl Sandberg |
COO of Facebook |
| 7 |
 Christine Lagarde |
Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund |
| 8 |
Janet Napolitano |
United States Secretary of Homeland Security |
| 9 |
 Sonia Gandhi |
Chairperson of the National Advisory Council |
| 10 |
Indra Nooyi |
CEO of PepsiCo |
| 11 |
 Park Geun-hye |
President of South Korea |
| 12 |
Virginia Rometty |
CEO of IBM |
| 13 |
Oprah Winfrey |
Television personality |
| 14 |
Ursula Burns |
CEO of Xerox |
| 15 |
Meg Whitman |
CEO of Hewlett-Packard |
| 16 |
 Gina Rinehart |
Chairperson of Hancock Prospecting |
| 17 |
Beyoncé Knowles |
Singer-songwriter |
| 18 |
Graça Foster |
CEO of Petrobras |
| 19 |
Jill Abramson |
Executive editor of The New York Times |
| 20 |
Irene Rosenfeld |
CEO of Mondelēz International |
2012 (top 10 selection)
| # | Individual | Office / Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Angela Merkel |
Chancellor of Germany |
| 2 |
Hillary Clinton |
United States Secretary of State |
| 3 |
Dilma Rousseff |
President of Brazil |
| 4 |
Melinda Gates |
Co-founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation |
| 5 |
Jill Abramson |
Executive editor of The New York Times |
| 6 |
Sonia Gandhi |
Chairperson of the National Advisory Council |
| 7 |
Michelle Obama |
First Lady of the United States |
| 8 |
Christine Lagarde |
Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund |
| 9 |
Janet Napolitano |
United States Secretary of Homeland Security |
| 10 |
Sheryl Sandberg |
COO of Facebook |
2011 (top 10 selection)
| # | Individual | Office / Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Angela Merkel |
Chancellor of Germany |
| 2 |
Hillary Clinton |
United States Secretary of State |
| 3 |
Dilma Rousseff |
President of Brazil |
| 4 |
Indra Nooyi |
CEO of PepsiCo |
| 5 |
Sheryl Sandberg |
COO of Facebook |
| 6 |
Melinda Gates |
Co-founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation |
| 7 |
Sonia Gandhi |
Chairperson of the National Advisory Council |
| 8 |
Michelle Obama |
First Lady of the United States |
| 9 |
Christine Lagarde |
Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund |
| 10 |
Irene Rosenfeld |
CEO of Mondelēz International |
2010 (top 10 selection)
| # | Individual | Office / Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Michelle Obama |
First Lady of the United States |
| 2 |
Irene Rosenfeld |
CEO of Mondelēz International |
| 3 |
Oprah Winfrey |
Television personality |
| 4 |
Angela Merkel |
Chancellor of Germany |
| 5 |
Hillary Clinton |
United States Secretary of State |
| 6 |
Indra Nooyi |
CEO of PepsiCo |
| 7 |
Lady Gaga |
Singer-songwriter |
| 8 |
Gail Kelly |
CEO of Westpac |
| 9 |
Beyoncé Knowles |
Singer-songwriter |
| 10 |
Ellen DeGeneres |
Television personality |
2009 (top 10 selection)
| # | Individual | Office / Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Angela Merkel |
Chancellor of Germany |
| 2 |
Sheila Bair |
Chairperson of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation |
| 3 |
Indra Nooyi |
CEO of PepsiCo |
| 4 |
Cynthia Carroll |
CEO of Anglo American |
| 5 |
 Ho Ching |
Spouse of the Prime Minister of Singapore |
| 6 |
Irene Rosenfeld |
CEO of Mondelēz International |
| 7 |
Ellen Kullman |
CEO of DuPont |
| 8 |
Angela Braly |
CEO of WellPoint |
| 9 |
Anne Lauvergeon |
CEO of Areva |
| 10 |
Lynn Elsenhans |
CEO of Sunoco |
2008 (top 10 selection)
| # | Individual | Office / Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Angela Merkel |
Chancellor of Germany |
| 2 |
Sheila Bair |
Chairperson of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation |
| 3 |
Indra Nooyi |
CEO of PepsiCo |
| 4 |
Angela Braly |
CEO of WellPoint |
| 5 |
Cynthia Carroll |
CEO of Anglo American |
| 6 |
Irene Rosenfeld |
CEO of Mondelēz International |
| 7 |
Condoleezza Rice |
United States Secretary of State |
| 8 |
Ho Ching |
Spouse of the Prime Minister of Singapore |
| 9 |
Anne Lauvergeon |
CEO of Areva |
| 10 |
Anne Mulcahy |
CEO of Xerox |
2007 (top 10 selection)
| # | Individual | Office / Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Angela Merkel |
Chancellor of Germany |
| 2 |
 Wu Yi |
Vice Premier of China |
| 3 |
Ho Ching |
Spouse of the Prime Minister of Singapore |
| 4 |
Condoleezza Rice |
United States Secretary of State |
| 5 |
Indra Nooyi |
CEO of PepsiCo |
| 6 |
Sonia Gandhi |
Former chairperson of the National Advisory Council |
| 7 |
Cynthia Carroll |
CEO of Anglo American |
| 8 |
Patricia Woertz |
CEO of Archer Daniels Midland |
| 9 |
Irene Rosenfeld |
CEO of Mondelēz International |
| 10 |
Patricia Russo |
CEO of Alcatel-Lucent |
2006 (top 10 selection)
| # | Individual | Office / Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Angela Merkel |
Chancellor of Germany |
| 2 |
Condoleezza Rice |
United States Secretary of State |
| 3 |
Wu Yi |
Vice Premier of China |
| 4 |
Indra Nooyi |
CEO of PepsiCo |
| 5 |
Anne Mulcahy |
CEO of Xerox |
| 6 |
Sallie Krawcheck |
President of the Global Wealth & Investment Management division of Bank of America |
| 7 |
Patricia Woertz |
Executive Vice-president of Chevron |
| 8 |
Anne Lauvergeon |
CEO of Areva |
| 9 |
Brenda Barnes |
CEO of Sara Lee |
| 10 |
Zoe Cruz |
Co-president of Morgan Stanley |
2005 (top 10 selection)
| # | Individual | Office / Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Condoleezza Rice |
United States Secretary of State |
| 2 |
Wu Yi |
Vice Premier of China |
| 3 |
 Yulia Tymoshenko |
Prime Minister of Ukraine |
| 4 |
 Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo |
President of the Philippines |
| 5 |
Meg Whitman |
CEO of eBay |
| 6 |
Anne Mulcahy |
CEO of Xerox |
| 7 |
Sallie Krawcheck |
President of the Global Wealth & Investment Management division of Bank of America |
| 8 |
Brenda Barnes |
CEO of Sara Lee |
| 9 |
Oprah Winfrey |
Television personality |
| 10 |
Melinda Gates |
Co-founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation |
2004 (top 10 selection)
See also
- Forbes list of The World's Most Powerful People
- 40 under 40 (Fortune Magazine)
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