|
Rank
|
Name
|
Occupation
|
Country
|
|
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.
|
|
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
|
|
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
|
|
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.
|
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