The Most Powerful Women in the World

The Most Powerful Women in the World according Forbes ranking

Rank	Name	Age	Country	Category
1	Angela Merkel Chancellor, Germany	59	Germany	Politics
2	Dilma Rousseff President, Brazil	66	Brazil	Politics
3	Melinda Gates Cochair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation	49	United States	Philanthropy/NGO
4	Michelle Obama First Lady, United States	50	United States	Politics
5	Hillary Clinton Personality, Philanthropist	66	United States	Politics
6	Sheryl Sandberg COO, Facebook	44	United States	Technology
7	Christine Lagarde Managing Director, International Monetary Fund	58	France	Philanthropy/NGO
8	Janet Napolitano Secretary, Department of Homeland Security, United States	56	United States	Politics
9	Sonia Gandhi President, Indian National Congress, India	67	India	Politics
10	Indra Nooyi CEO, PepsiCo	58	United States	Business
11	Geun-hye Park President, South Korea	62	South Korea	Politics
12	Virginia Rometty CEO, IBM	56	United States	Technology
13	Oprah Winfrey Entrepreneur, Personality	60	United States	Media
14	Ursula Burns Chairman and CEO, Xerox	55	United States	Technology
15	Meg Whitman CEO, Hewlett-Packard	57	United States	Technology
16	Gina Rinehart Executive Chairman, Hancock Prospecting	60	Australia	Metals & Mining
17	Beyonce Knowles Actress, Entrepreneur, Musician	32	United States	Celebrity
18	Maria das Graças Silva Foster CEO, Petrobras	60	Brazil	Business
19	Jill Abramson Executive Editor, New York Times Co.	59	United States	Media
20	Irene Rosenfeld CEO, Mondel?z International	60	United States	Business
21	Helen Clark Administrator, U.N. Development Programme	64	New Zealand	Philanthropy/NGO
22	Nancy Pelosi Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, United States	73	United States	Politics
23	Safra Catz CFO, Oracle	52	United States	Technology
24	Anne Sweeney Co-Chair, Disney Media Networks, and President, Disney/ABC Television Group, Walt Disney	56	United States	Media
25	Kathleen Sebelius Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, United States	65	United States	Politics
26	Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner President, Argentina	61	Argentina	Politics
27	Sheri McCoy CEO, Avon Products	55	United States	Business
28	Julia Gillard Prime Minister, Australia	52	Australia	Politics
29	Aung San Suu Kyi Chair and Parliamentarian, National League for Democracy, Burma	68	Burma	Politics
30	Susan Wojcicki Senior Vice President, Google	45	United States	Technology
31	Yingluck Shinawatra Prime Minister, Thailand	46	Thailand	Politics
32	Marissa Mayer CEO, Yahoo	38	United States	Technology
33	Margaret Chan Director-General, World Health Organization	66	China	Philanthropy/NGO
34	Marillyn Hewson CEO, Lockheed Martin	60	United States	Business
35	Mary Barra SVP, Global Product Development, General Motors	52	United States	Business
36	Amy Pascal Co-Chairman, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Sony	55	United States	Media
37	Angelina Jolie Actress, Philanthropist	38	United States	Celebrity
38	Sofia Vergara Actress, Entrepreneur	41	Colombia	Celebrity
39	Laurene Powell Jobs & family Founder and Chair, Emerson Collective	50	United States	Technology
40	Queen Elizabeth II Monarch, United Kingdom	87	United Kingdom	Politics
41	Anna Wintour Editor-in-Chief, Vogue; Artistic Director, Conde Nast Publications, Inc.	64	United States	Media
42	Ellen Kullman Chairman and CEO, EI du Pont de Nemours	58	United States	Business
43	Drew Gilpin Faust President, Harvard University	66	United States	Philanthropy/NGO
44	Rosalind Brewer President and CEO, Sam's Club, Wal-Mart Stores	51	United States	Business
45	Lady Gaga Musician, Philanthropist	27	United States	Celebrity
46	Cher Wang Co-founder and Chair, HTC	55	Taiwan	Technology
47	Joyce Banda President, Malawi	63	Malawi	Politics
48	Wu Yajun & family Chairman, Longfor Properties	50	China	Real Estate
49	Ertharin Cousin Executive Director, World Food Programme, United Nations	57	United States	Philanthropy/NGO
50	Zhang Xin & family Cofounder, CEO, Soho China	48	China	Business
51	Ellen DeGeneres Comedian, Personality, Philanthropist	56	United States	Celebrity
52	Shakira Mebarak Musician, Personality, Philanthropist	37	Colombia	Celebrity
53	Angela Ahrendts CEO, Burberry Group	53	United States	Business
54	Liyuan Peng First Lady, China	51	China	Politics
55	Sri Mulyani Indrawati Managing Director, World Bank	51	Indonesia	Philanthropy/NGO
56	Arianna Huffington Editor-In-Chief, Huffington Post Media Group, AOL	63	United States	Media
57	Padmasree Warrior Chief Technology and Strategy Officer, Cisco Systems	53	United States	Technology
58	Miuccia Prada Owner, Fashion Designer, Prada	64	Italy	Business
59	Margaret Hamburg Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration, United States	58	United States	Politics
60	Abigail Johnson President, Financial Services, Fidelity Investments	52	United States	Business
61	Bonnie Hammer Chairman, Cable Entertainment Group, NBCUniversal, Comcast	63	United States	Media
62	Gail Kelly CEO, Westpac Banking Group	57	Australia	Business
63	Amy Hood Chief Financial Officer, Microsoft	42	United States	Technology
64	Ho Ching CEO, Temasek	61	Singapore	Business
65	Chanda Kochhar Managing Director and CEO, Icici Bank	52	India	Business
66	Rosalia Mera Investor, Philanthropist	70	Spain	Fashion and Retail
67	Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi Minister of Foreign Trade, United Arab Emirates	55	United Arab Emirates	Politics
68	Helene Gayle President, CEO, CARE	58	United States	Philanthropy/NGO
69	Tory Burch CEO, Tory Burch	47	United States	Fashion and Retail
70	Margarita Louis-Dreyfus Chairman of Louis Dreyfus, Louis Dreyfus SAS	50	Switzerland	Food and Beverage
71	Patricia Woertz Chairman, CEO and President, Archer Daniels Midland	60	United States	Business
72	Mary Jo White Chairman, Securities and Exchange Commission, United States	66	United States	Politics
73	Diane Sawyer Anchor of World News, ABC, Walt Disney	68	United States	Media
74	Diane Von Furstenberg Owner, Fashion Designer, Diane von Furstenberg Studio, L.P.	67	United States	Fashion and Retail
75	Phebe Novakovic CEO, General Dynamics	56	United States	Business
76	Sue Naegle President, HBO Entertainment, Time Warner Cable	44	United States	Media
77	Sun Yafang Chair, Huawei Technologies	58	China	Technology
78	Fabiola Gianotti Research Physicist, CERN	53	Italy	Europe
79	Mary Meeker General Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers	53	United States	Technology
80	Solina Chau Director, Li Ka Shing Foundation	52	Hong Kong	Philanthropy/NGO
81	Denise Morrison President and CEO, Campbell Soup	60	United States	Food and Beverage
82	Carol Meyrowitz CEO, TJX Cos	60	United States	Business
83	Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Minister of Finance, Nigeria	59	Nigeria	Politics
84	Risa Lavizzo-Mourey President, CEO, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation	59	United States	Philanthropy/NGO
85	Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw Founder, Chair, Biocon Ltd.	60	India	Medicine
86	Mary Callahan Erdoes CEO, J.P. Morgan Asset Management, JPMorgan Chase	46	United States	Business
87	Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf President, Liberia	75	Liberia	Politics
88	Weili Dai Co-founder, Marvell Technology Group Ltd.	52	United States	Technology
89	Mindy Grossman CEO, HSN	56	United States	Media
90	Sara Blakely Founder, Spanx	43	United States	Fashion and Retail
91	Chua Sock Koong Group CEO, SingTel	55	Singapore	Technology
92	Lubna S. Olayan CEO, Olayan Financing Company	58	Saudi Arabia	Business
93	J.K. Rowling Author	48	United Kingdom	Celebrity
94	Guler Sabanci Chairman and Managing Director, Sabanci Holding	59	Turkey	Business
95	Gisele Bundchen Entrepreneur, Philanthropist, Supermodel	33	Brazil	Celebrity
96	Beth Brooke Global Vice Chair - Public Policy, Ernst & Young	54	United States	Business
97	Greta Van Susteren Anchor, FOX News, News Corp	59	United States	Media
98	Jennifer Li CFO, Baidu	46	China	Media
99	Judith Rodin President, Rockefeller Foundation	69	United States	Philanthropy/NGO
100	Lan Yang Co-owner, Sun Media Group	45	China	Media