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

Angela Merkel • Hillary Clinton • Melinda Gates • Janet Yellen • Mary Barra • More ...

By Neecey • Jul 21, 2015 • MD

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

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2. Hillary Clinton

Hillary Clinton Politician
Presidential Candidate

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3. Melinda Gates

Philanthropist
Co chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

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4. Janet Yellen

Janet Yellen Financial Guru
Chair, Federal Reserve

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5. Mary Barra

Mary Barra Businesswoman
CEO, General Motors

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6. Christine Lagarde

Christine Lagarde Businesswoman
Managing Director, International Monetary Fund

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7. Dilma Rousseff

Dilma Rousseff Politician
President of Brazil

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8. Sheryl Sandberg

Sheryl Sandberg Technology Guru
COO, Facebook

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9. Susan Wojcicki

Susan Wojcicki Technology Guru
CEO, Google, YouTube

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10. Michelle Obama

Michelle Obama Politician
First Lady, United States

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11. Park Geun-Hye

Park Geun-Hye Politician
President of South Korea

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12. Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey Media Personality
Everything Oprah

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13. Ginni Rometty

Ginni Rometty Businesswoman
CEO, IBM

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14. Meg Whitman

Meg Whitman Businesswoman
CEO, Hewlett-Packard

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15. Indra Nooyi

Indra Nooyi Businesswoman
CEO, PepsiCo

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16. Christina Fernandez De Kirchner

Christina Fernandez De Kirchner Politician
President of Argentina

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17. Irene Rosenfeld

Irene Rosenfeld Businesswoman
CEO, Mondelēz International

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18. Ana Patricia Botin

Ana Patricia Botin Businesswoman
Chairwoman of Santander Group

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19. Abigail Johnson

Abigail Johnson Businesswoman
President-CEO, Fidelity Investment

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20. Marillyn Hewson

Marillyn Hewson Businesswoman
CEO, Lockheed Martin

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21. Beyoncé Knowles

Beyoncé Knowles Celebrity
Entertainer and entrepreneur

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22. Marissa Mayer

Marissa Mayer Businesswoman
CEO, Yahoo

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24. Safra Catz

Businesswoman
Co-CEO, Oracle

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25. Angela Ahrendts

Businesswoman
SVP Retail, Apple

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26. Ellen Kullman

Ellen Kullman Businesswoman
CEO, El du Pont de Nemours

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27. Michelle Bachelet

Michelle Bachelet Politician
President of Chile

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28. Anna Wintour

Fashion Guru
Artistic Director, Conde Nast Publications, Inc.

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29. Ursula Burns

Ursula Burns Businesswoman
Chair-CEO, Xerox

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30. Arundhati Bhattacharya

Businesswoman
Chair-Managing Director, State Bank of India

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31. Sri Mulyani Indrawati

Sri Mulyani Indrawati Philanthropist
Managing Director, World Bank

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32. Ruth Porat

Ruth Porat Businesswoman
CFO, Google

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33. Lucy Peng

Lucy Peng Businesswoman
CEO, Ant Financial Services, Alibaba Group

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34. Loretta Lynch

Loretta Lynch Politician
Attorney General, United States

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35. Chanda Kochhar

Chanda Kochhar Businesswoman
CEO-Managing Director, ICICI Bank

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36. Federica Mogherini

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

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37. Gina Rinehart

Businesswoman
Executive Chairman, Hancock Prospecting

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38. Nancy Pelosi

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

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39. Adena FRIEDMAN

Adena FRIEDMAN Financial Guru
Co-president, NASDAQ OMX Group

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40. Ewa Kopacz

Ewa Kopacz Politician
Prime Minister of Poland

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41. Queen Elizabeth II

Queen Elizabeth II Monarch
Head of State of UK

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42. Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi

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

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43. Ho Ching

Ho Ching Businesswoman
CEO, Temasek

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44. Laurene Powell Jobs

Businesswoman
Founder and Chair, Emerson Collective

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45. Renée James

Businesswoman
President of Intel

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46. Drew Gilpin Faust

Drew Gilpin Faust Philanthropist
President, Harvard University

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47. Ertharin Cousin

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

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48. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Politician
Minister of Finance, Nigeria

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49. Samantha Power

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

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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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Where Thoughts and Opinions Converge

shannon
2015-07-21T21:19:00.482Z
@Jags @alka I agree !
Blythe
2015-07-21T18:40:08.908Z
There's a typo. I think you meant " thing" instead of thin
alka
2015-07-21T20:40:09.072Z
Beyonce shouldnt be on this kind of list.
Megan
2015-07-21T19:32:47.387Z
I thought taylor swift should be somewhere on here
peony
2015-07-21T19:42:40.254Z
@Neecey Beresford thank you but kk Rowling definitely deserves a place bit such is life. Thanks for the response.
KaReN
2015-07-22T07:41:22.963Z
oh my bad!! never mind then :)
Infintly_nijah
2015-07-21T21:32:41.995Z
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
Michelle70501
2015-07-24T00:55:36.968Z
I agree, Beyoncé isn't in the same leave as these other women. The rest of the list is awesome though,

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