100 MOST POWERFUL WOMEN IN THE WORLD

COURTESY OF FORBES.COM and Heidi Brown Senior Reporter of FORBES WOMEN
1 Angela Merkel

Chancellor Germany

2 Sheila Bair

Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. U.S.

3 Indra Nooyi

Chief executive, PepsiCo U.S.

4 Cynthia Carroll

Chief executive, Anglo American U.K.

5 Ho Ching

Chief executive, Temasek Singapore

6 Irene Rosenfeld

Chief executive, Kraft Foods U.S.

7 Ellen Kullman

Chief executive, DuPont U.S.

8 Angela Braly

Chief executive, WellPoint U.S.

9 Anne Lauvergeon

Chief executive, Areva France

10 Lynn Elsenhans

Chief executive, Sunoco U.S.

11 Cristina Fernandez

President Argentina

12 Carol Bartz

Chief executive, Yahoo U.S.

13 Sonia Gandhi

President, Indian National Congress Party India

14 Ursula Burns

Chief executive, Xerox Corp. U.S.

15 Anne Mulcahy

Chairman, Xerox Corp. U.S.

16 Safra Catz

President, Oracle U.S.

17 Christine Lagarde

Minister of Economy, Finance & Employment France

18 Gail Kelly

Chief executive, Westpac Australia

19 Marjorie Scardino

Chief executive, Pearson Plc. U.K.

20 Chanda Kochhar

Chief executive, ICICI Bank India

21 Mary Sammons

Chief executive, Rite Aid Corp. U.S.

22 Michelle Bachelet

President Chile

23 Paula Reynolds

Chief restructuring officer, AIG U.S.

24 Carol Meyrowitz

Chief executive, TJX Companies U.S.

25 Andrea Jung

Chief executive, Avon U.S.

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26 Patricia Woertz

Chief executive, Archer Daniels Midland U.S.

27 Guler Sabanci

Chairman, Sabanci Holding Turkey

28 Barbara Desoer

President, Bank of America Home Loans & Insurance U.S.

29 Brenda Barnes

Chief executive, Sara Lee Corp. U.S.

30 Risa Lavizzo-Mourey

Chief executive, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation U.S.

31 Ann Livermore

Executive vice president, Hewlett-Packard U.S.

32 Cathie Lesjak

Executive vice president, Hewlett-Packard U.S.

33 Marina Berlusconi

Chairman, Fininvest Group Italy

34 Melinda Gates

Co-chairman, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation U.S.

35 Nancy Pelosi

Speaker of the House, House of Representatives U.S.

36 Hillary Rodham Clinton

Secretary of State U.S.

37 Jane Mendillo

Chief executive, Harvard Management Co. U.S.

38 Margaret Chan

Director-general, World Health Org. Switzerland

39 Susan Chambers

Executive vice president, Global People Division, Wal-Mart Stores U.S.

40 Michelle Obama

First Lady U.S.

41 Oprah Winfrey

Chairman, Harpo U.S.

42 Queen Elizabeth II

Queen U.K.

43 Nancy McKinstry

Chief executive, Wolters Kluwer Netherlands

44 Gloria Arroyo

President Philippines

45 Ana Patricia Botin

Executive Chairman, Banesto Spain

46 Ann Veneman

Executive Director, UNICEF U.S.

47 Yulia Tymoshenko

Prime minister Ukraine

48 Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Supreme Court Justice U.S.

49 Janet Robinson

Chief executive, The New York Times Co. U.S.

50 Dominique Senequier

Chief executive, AXA Private Equity France

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51 Janet Napolitano

Secretary of Homeland Security U.S.

52 Anne Sweeney

Co-chairman, Disney Media Networks U.S.

53 Neelie Kroes

Commissioner for Competition, European Union Netherlands

54 Gail Boudreaux

President, UnitedHealthcare U.S.

55 Sonia Sotomayor

Supreme Court Justice U.S.

56 Mary Schapiro

Chairman Securities & Exchange Commission U.S.

57 Kathleen Sebelius

Secretary of Health & Human Services U.S.

58 Ellen Alemany

Chief executive, RBS Americas and Citizens Financial Group U.S.

59 Susan Ivey

Chief executive, Reynolds American U.S.

60 Amy Pascal

Co-chairman, Sony Pictures Entertainment U.S.

61 Helen Clark

Chairman, United Nations Development Group New Zealand

62 Judy McGrath

Chief executive, MTV Networks U.S.

63 Stacey Snider

Chief Executive, DreamWorks Studios U.S.

64 Navanethem Pillay

High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations South Africa

65 Janet Clark

Chief financial officer, Marathon Oil U.S.

66 Sherilyn McCoy

Worldwide chairman, Pharmaceuticals Group, Johnson & Johnson U.S.

67 Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf

President Liberia

68 Tarja Halonen

President Finland

69 Mary McAleese

President Ireland

70 Virginia Rometty

Senior vice president, IBM U.S.

71 Angela Ahrendts

Chief executive, Burberry Group Plc. U.K.

72 Sri Indrawati

Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance Indonesia

73 Terri Dial

Chief executive, North America Consumer Banking, Citigroup U.S.

74 Deirdre Connelly

President, North American Pharmaceuticals, GlaxoSmithKline U.S.

75 Johanna Sigurdardottir

Prime minister Iceland

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76 Queen Rania

Queen Jordan

77 Christina Gold

Chief executive, Western Union U.S.

78 Colleen Goggins

Worldwide chairman, Consumer Group, Johnson & Johnson U.S.

79 Hasina Wajed

Prime minister Bangladesh

80 Hyun Jeong-eun

Chairman, Hyundai Group South Korea

81 Amy Schulman

Senior vice president, Pfizer U.S.

82 Penny Pritzker

Chairman, Classic Residence by Hyatt U.S.

83 Drew Faust

President, Harvard University U.S.

84 Melanie Healey

Group president, Feminine & Health Care, Procter & Gamble U.S.

85 Elizabeth Smith

President, Avon U.S.

86 Deb Henretta

Group president, Asia, Procter & Gamble Singapore

87 Ann Moore

Chief executive, Time Inc. U.S.

88 Sallie Krawcheck

Chief executive global wealth management, Bank of America U.S.

89 Pamela Nicholson

President, Enterprise Rent-A-Car U.S.

90 Janice Fields

Chief operating officer, McDonald's USA U.S.

91 Stephanie Burns

Chief executive, Dow Corning U.S.

92 Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

Chairman, Biocon India

93 Eva Cheng

Executive vice president, Amway Greater China & Southeast Asia Hong Kong

94 Efrat Peled

Chief executive, Arison Investments Israel

95 Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi

Minister of the Economy United Arab Emirates

96 Charlene Begley

Chief executive, GE Enterprise Solutions U.S.

97 Mindy Grossman

Chief executive, HSN, Inc. U.S.

98 Sharon Allen

Chairman, Deloitte LLP U.S.

99 Heidi Miller

Chief executive, Treasury & Securities Services, JPMorgan Chase U.S.

100 Mary Callahan Erdoes

Chairman, JPMorgan Global Wealth Management U.S.