The World's Most Powerful Women
People
| Rank | Name | Age | Country | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Angela Merkel Chancellor |
57 | Germany | Politics |
| 2 | Hillary Clinton Secretary of State |
64 | United States | Politics |
| 3 | Dilma Rousseff President |
64 | Brazil | Politics |
| 4 | Indra Nooyi Chief Executive, PepsiCo |
56 | United States | Business |
| 5 | Sheryl Sandberg COO, Facebook |
42 | United States | Business |
| 6 | Melinda Gates Cofounder, Cochair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation |
47 | United States | Non-Profit |
| 7 | Sonia Gandhi President |
65 | India | Politics |
| 8 | Michelle Obama First Lady |
48 | United States | Politics |
| 9 | Christine Lagarde Managing Director, International Monetary Fund |
56 | France | Non-Profit |
| 10 | Irene Rosenfeld CEO, Kraft Foods |
58 | United States | Business |
| 11 | Lady Gaga Entertainer |
25 | United States | Celebrity/Lifestyle |
| 12 | Jill Abramson Executive Editor, NY Times |
57 | United States | Media |
| 13 | Kathleen Sebelius Secretary of Health and Human Services |
63 | United States | Politics |
| 14 | Oprah Winfrey Media Personality |
57 | United States | Media |
| 15 | Janet Napolitano Secretary of Homeland Security |
54 | United States | Politics |
| 16 | Susan Wojcicki SVP, Advertising, Google |
43 | United States | Business |
| 17 | Cristina Fernandez President |
58 | Argentina | Politics |
| 18 | Beyoncé Knowles Entertainer, Designer |
30 | United States | Celebrity/Lifestyle |
| 19 | Georgina Rinehart Mining Tycoon |
57 | Australia | Billionaire |
| 20 | Cher Wang Cofounder, Chair, HTC; VIA Technologies |
53 | Taiwan | Business |
| 21 | Margaret Hamburg Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration |
56 | United States | Politics |
| 22 | Michele Bachmann Presidential Candidate |
55 | United States | Politics |
| 23 | Julia Gillard Prime Minister |
50 | Australia | Politics |
| 24 | Mary Schapiro Chair, Securities and Exchange Commission |
56 | United States | Politics |
| 25 | Anne Sweeney Co-Chair of Disney Media Networks; President, Disney-ABC Television Group |
54 | United States | Business |
| 26 | Aung San Suu Kyi General Secretary, National League For Democracy |
66 | Burma | Politics |
| 27 | Ursula Burns CEO, Xerox |
53 | United States | Business |
| 28 | Amy Pascal Co-Chair, Sony Pictures |
53 | United States | Business |
| 29 | Angelina Jolie Actress, Humanitarian |
36 | United States | Celebrity/Lifestyle |
| 30 | Josette Sheeran Executive Director, UN World Food Programme |
57 | United States | Non-Profit |
| 31 | Arianna Huffington Editor-In-Chief, AOL Huffington Post Media Group |
61 | United States | Media |
| 32 | Gail Kelly CEO, Westpac Group |
55 | Australia | Business |
| 33 | Chan Laiwa & family Chair, Fu Wah International Group |
71 | China | Billionaire |
| 34 | Sarah Palin Political Commentator |
47 | United States | Celebrity/Lifestyle |
| 35 | Cynthia Carroll CEO, Anglo American |
55 | United States | Business |
| 36 | Helene Gayle CEO, CARE USA |
57 | United States | Non-Profit |
| 37 | Carol Bartz CEO, Yahoo! |
63 | United States | Business |
| 38 | Ellen Kullman CEO, Dupont |
55 | United States | Business |
| 39 | Jin Sook Chang Cofounder, Chief Merchandising Officer, Forever 21 |
49 | United States | Business |
| 40 | Safra Catz President, Oracle |
50 | United States | Business |
| 41 | Angela Braly CEO, Wellpoint |
50 | United States | Business |
| 42 | Marissa Mayer VP, Local, Maps & Location Services, Google |
36 | United States | Business |
| 43 | Chanda Kochhar CEO, ICICI Bank |
50 | India | Business |
| 44 | Christiane Amanpour News Achor, This Week |
54 | United States | Media |
| 45 | Patricia Woertz CEO, Archer Daniels Midland |
58 | United States | Business |
| 46 | Lynn Laverty Elsenhans CEO, Sunoco |
55 | United States | Business |
| 47 | Diane Sawyer News Anchor, World News |
66 | United States | Media |
| 48 | Zhang Xin & family Cofounder, CEO, SOHO China |
46 | China | Business |
| 49 | Queen Elizabeth II Monarch |
85 | United Kingdom | Politics |
| 50 | Helen Clark Administrator, UN Development Programme |
61 | New Zealand | Non-Profit |
| 51 | Helen Boaden Director, BBC News Group |
55 | United Kingdom | Media |
| 52 | Nancy Pelosi Democratic Leader, House of Representatives |
71 | United States | Politics |
| 53 | Queen Rania Al Abdullah Monarch |
41 | Jordan | Politics |
| 54 | Bonnie Hammer Chairman, Cable Entertainment and Cable Studios, NBCU |
62 | United States | Business |
| 55 | Ellen DeGeneres Talk Show Host |
53 | United States | Celebrity/Lifestyle |
| 56 | Katie Jacobs Stanton VP, International Strategy, Twitter |
42 | United States | Business |
| 57 | Shari Arison Heiress, Philanthropist |
54 | Israel | Billionaire |
| 58 | Angela Ahrendts CEO, Burberry |
51 | United States | Business |
| 59 | Yingluck Shinawatra Prime Minister |
44 | Thailand | Politics |
| 60 | Gisele Bündchen Supermodel, Environmentalist |
31 | Brazil | Celebrity/Lifestyle |
| 61 | Joanne (J.K.) Rowling Author |
46 | United Kingdom | Celebrity/Lifestyle |
| 62 | Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf President |
73 | Liberia | Politics |
| 63 | Lubna S. Olayan CEO, Olayan Financing Company |
56 | Saudi Arabia | Business |
| 64 | Andrea Jung CEO, Avon |
53 | United States | Business |
| 65 | Sri Mulyani Indrawati Managing Director, World Bank |
49 | Indonesia | Non-Profit |
| 66 | Ann Curry Coanchor, TODAY show |
55 | United States | Media |
| 67 | Sallie Krawcheck President, Global Wealth and Investment Management, Bank of America |
47 | United States | Business |
| 68 | Margaret Chan Director-General, World Health Organization |
64 | China | Non-Profit |
| 69 | Anna Wintour Editor-in-Chief, Vogue |
62 | United States | Media |
| 70 | Abigail Johnson President, Fidelity Investments |
50 | United States | Business |
| 71 | Judith Rodin President, The Rockefeller Foundation |
67 | United States | Non-Profit |
| 72 | Ho Ching CEO, Temasek Holdings |
59 | Singapore | Business |
| 73 | Carol Meyrowitz CEO, TJX Companies |
57 | United States | Business |
| 74 | Mary Callahan Erdoes CEO, J.P. Morgan Asset Management |
44 | United States | Business |
| 75 | Greta Van Susteren Host, On the Record |
57 | United States | Media |
| 76 | Mary Barra SVP, Global Product Development, General Motors |
50 | United States | Business |
| 77 | Ana Patricia Botin CEO, Santander UK |
51 | Spain | Business |
| 78 | Guler Sabanci & family Chair, Sabanci Holding |
57 | Turkey | Business |
| 79 | Miuccia Prada Chair, Head Designer, Prada Group |
62 | Italy | Business |
| 80 | Denise Morrison CEO, Campbell Soup Company |
58 | United States | Business |
| 81 | Tina Brown Editor-in-Chief, The Daily Beast, Newsweek |
58 | United States | Media |
| 82 | Virginia Rometty SVP, Group Executive Sales, Marketing and Strategy , IBM |
54 | United States | Business |
| 83 | Drew Gilpin Faust President, Harvard University |
64 | United States | Non-Profit |
| 84 | Sheri McCoy Vice Chair Executive Committee, Johnson & Johnson |
53 | United States | Business |
| 85 | Alice Walton Heiress, Art Patron |
62 | United States | Billionaire |
| 86 | Laura Chinchilla President |
52 | Costa Rica | Politics |
| 87 | Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Finance Minister |
57 | Nigeria | Politics |
| 88 | Sue Naegle President, HBO Entertainment |
42 | United States | Business |
| 89 | Mindy Grossman CEO, HSN |
54 | United States | Business |
| 90 | Ruth Porat CFO, Morgan Stanley |
54 | United States | Business |
| 91 | Diane Von Furstenberg CEO, Diane Von Furstenberg Studio |
65 | United States | Business |
| 92 | Jan Fields President, McDonald's USA |
56 | United States | Business |
| 93 | Maria Ramos Group CEO, Absa Group Banks |
52 | South Africa | Business |
| 94 | Marjorie Scardino CEO, Pearson |
64 | United States | Business |
| 95 | Risa Lavizzo-Mourey CEO, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation |
57 | United States | Non-Profit |
| 96 | Beth Mooney CEO, KeyCorp |
57 | United States | Business |
| 97 | Nonkululeko Nyembezi-Heita CEO, ArcelorMittal South Africa |
52 | South Africa | Business |
| 98 | Dominique Senequier CEO, AXA Private Equity |
58 | France | Business |
| 99 | Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw Founder, Chair, Biocon |
58 | India | Business |
| 100 | Beth Brooke Global Vice Chair, Ernst & Young |
52 | United States | Business |
