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.
1. Angela Merkel
Politician Chancellor of Germany
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2. 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
Financial Guru Chair, Federal Reserve
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5. Mary Barra
Businesswoman CEO, General Motors
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6. Christine Lagarde
Businesswoman Managing Director, International Monetary Fund
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7. Dilma Rousseff
Politician President of Brazil
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8. Sheryl Sandberg
Technology Guru COO, Facebook
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9. Susan Wojcicki
Technology Guru CEO, Google, YouTube
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10. Michelle Obama
Politician First Lady, United States
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11. Park Geun-Hye
Politician President of South Korea
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12. Oprah Winfrey
Media Personality Everything Oprah
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13. Ginni Rometty
Businesswoman CEO, IBM
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14. Meg Whitman
Businesswoman CEO, Hewlett-Packard
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15. Indra Nooyi
Businesswoman CEO, PepsiCo
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16. Christina Fernandez De Kirchner
Politician President of Argentina
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17. Irene Rosenfeld
Businesswoman CEO, Mondelēz International
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18. Ana Patricia Botin
Businesswoman Chairwoman of Santander Group
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19. Abigail Johnson
Businesswoman President-CEO, Fidelity Investment
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20. Marillyn Hewson
Businesswoman CEO, Lockheed Martin
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21. Beyoncé Knowles
Celebrity Entertainer and entrepreneur
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38. Nancy Pelosi
Politician Minority Leader, House of Representatives, U.S.A
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39. Adena FRIEDMAN
Financial Guru Co-president, NASDAQ OMX Group
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40. Ewa Kopacz
Politician Prime Minister of Poland
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41. Queen Elizabeth II
Monarch Head of State of UK
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42. Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi
Politician Minister of International Cooperation and Development, United Arab Emirates
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43. 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
Philanthropist President, Harvard University
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47. Ertharin Cousin
Philanthropist Executive Director, World Food Program, United Nations
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48. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Politician Minister of Finance, Nigeria
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49. Samantha Power
Politician Ambassador, U.S. Permanent Representative, UN, United States
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50. 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.
What do you think of Forbes list of the World's Most Powerful Women 2015?
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shannon
2015-07-21T20:34:59.614Z
Misty Copeland makes my list her book is inspiring :)
Megan
2015-07-21T19:32:47.387Z
I thought taylor swift should be somewhere on here
Bugsabee
2015-07-21T18:00:23.927Z
Inspirational! Love the post, Thank you for sharing.
Blythe
2015-07-21T18:46:30.727Z
Great! It's fixed
Jags
2015-07-21T21:13:33.210Z
Great post, great recognition... I'm also surprised that Angelina Jolie didn't make it... There are so many powerful women out there, I guess the list is endless (glad Kim K didn't make it, would've been a shocker!)
peony
2015-07-21T19:30:20.225Z
Fantastic. Happy about Oprah and Michelle Obama but how about jk Rowling?? Great compilation though.
alka
2015-07-21T20:40:09.072Z
Beyonce shouldnt be on this kind of list.
Kat
2015-07-21T19:53:57.327Z
Jk Rowling Taylor swift and Kate Middleton should be on here
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