The Forbes List of the Most Powerful Women in the World ...

By Neecey

Forbes magazine produces a fair few lists every year. They rank the rich, the influential, the risers and the losers, the best, the greatest ... I eagerly await the list of the 100 Most Powerful Women in the World. Here is 2015's Top 50.

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1

Angela Merkel

Angela Merkel Politician
Chancellor of Germany

2

Hillary Clinton

Hillary Clinton Politician
Presidential Candidate

3

Melinda Gates

Melinda Gates Philanthropist
Co chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

4

Janet Yellen

Janet Yellen Financial Guru
Chair, Federal Reserve

5

Mary Barra

Mary Barra Businesswoman
CEO, General Motors

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6

Christine Lagarde

Christine Lagarde Businesswoman
Managing Director, International Monetary Fund

7

Dilma Rousseff

Dilma Rousseff Politician
President of Brazil

8

Sheryl Sandberg

Sheryl Sandberg Technology Guru
COO, Facebook

9

Susan Wojcicki

Susan Wojcicki Technology Guru
CEO, Google, YouTube

10

Michelle Obama

Michelle Obama Politician
First Lady, United States

11

Park Geun-Hye

Park Geun-Hye Politician
President of South Korea

12

Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey Media Personality
Everything Oprah

13

Ginni Rometty

Ginni Rometty Businesswoman
CEO, IBM

14

Meg Whitman

Meg Whitman Businesswoman
CEO, Hewlett-Packard

15

Indra Nooyi

Indra Nooyi Businesswoman
CEO, PepsiCo

16

Christina Fernandez De Kirchner

Christina Fernandez De Kirchner Politician
President of Argentina

17

Irene Rosenfeld

Irene Rosenfeld Businesswoman
CEO, Mondelēz International

18

Ana Patricia Botin

Ana Patricia Botin Businesswoman
Chairwoman of Santander Group

19

Abigail Johnson

Abigail Johnson Businesswoman
President-CEO, Fidelity Investment

20

Marillyn Hewson

Marillyn Hewson Businesswoman
CEO, Lockheed Martin

21

Beyoncé Knowles

Beyoncé Knowles Celebrity
Entertainer and entrepreneur

22

Marissa Mayer

Marissa Mayer Businesswoman
CEO, Yahoo

24

Safra Catz

Businesswoman
Co-CEO, Oracle

25

Angela Ahrendts

Businesswoman
SVP Retail, Apple

26

Ellen Kullman

Ellen Kullman Businesswoman
CEO, El du Pont de Nemours

27

Michelle Bachelet

Michelle Bachelet Politician
President of Chile

28

Anna Wintour

Fashion Guru
Artistic Director, Conde Nast Publications, Inc.

29

Ursula Burns

Ursula Burns Businesswoman
Chair-CEO, Xerox

30

Arundhati Bhattacharya

Businesswoman
Chair-Managing Director, State Bank of India

31

Sri Mulyani Indrawati

Sri Mulyani Indrawati Philanthropist
Managing Director, World Bank

32

Ruth Porat

Ruth Porat Businesswoman
CFO, Google

33

Lucy Peng

Lucy Peng Businesswoman
CEO, Ant Financial Services, Alibaba Group

34

Loretta Lynch

Loretta Lynch Politician
Attorney General, United States

35

Chanda Kochhar

Chanda Kochhar Businesswoman
CEO-Managing Director, ICICI Bank

36

Federica Mogherini

Federica Mogherini Politician
High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, European Union

37

Gina Rinehart

Businesswoman
Executive Chairman, Hancock Prospecting

38

Nancy Pelosi

Nancy Pelosi Politician
Minority Leader, House of Representatives, U.S.A

39

Adena FRIEDMAN

Adena FRIEDMAN Financial Guru
Co-president, NASDAQ OMX Group

40

Ewa Kopacz

Ewa Kopacz Politician
Prime Minister of Poland

41

Queen Elizabeth II

Queen Elizabeth II Monarch
Head of State of UK

42

Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi

Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi Politician
Minister of International Cooperation and Development, United Arab Emirates

43

Ho Ching

Ho Ching Businesswoman
CEO, Temasek

44

Laurene Powell Jobs

Businesswoman
Founder and Chair, Emerson Collective

45

Renée James

Businesswoman
President of Intel

46

Drew Gilpin Faust

Drew Gilpin Faust Philanthropist
President, Harvard University

47

Ertharin Cousin

Ertharin Cousin Philanthropist
Executive Director, World Food Program, United Nations

48

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Politician
Minister of Finance, Nigeria

49

Samantha Power

Samantha Power Politician
Ambassador, U.S. Permanent Representative, UN, United States

50

Ellen Degeneres

Ellen Degeneres Entertainer
All round fab celebrity

Two things I really like about the list. One, there are 19 newcomers in 2015, which means extra diversity and an implication that women are certainly not standing still. And two, did you notice how many of these women head up tech giants? That can only be a great thing, right? In a world where we are so reliant on technology, knowing there are women steering such a successful course is fabulous.

You can read the full list here: forbes.com. There's a profile of each lady if you want to know more.

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Beyonce shouldnt be on this kind of list.

Taylor Swift?

@Jags @alka I agree !

I thought taylor swift should be somewhere on here

Jk Rowling Taylor swift and Kate Middleton should be on here

Beyoncé? Really? She's not powerful, she's famous.

Why are y'all surprised Beyonće is on the list she would obviously be on it 1.Shes a huge feminist 2.She has been making changes 3.Shes Queen

There's a typo. I think you meant " thing" instead of thin

Inspirational! Love the post, Thank you for sharing.

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