1 Angela Merkel
Politician
Chancellor of Germany
By Neecey • 28 Comments
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.
Politician
Chancellor of Germany
Politician
Presidential Candidate
Philanthropist
Co chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Financial Guru
Chair, Federal Reserve
Businesswoman
CEO, General Motors
Businesswoman
Managing Director, International Monetary Fund
Politician
President of Brazil
Technology Guru
COO, Facebook
Technology Guru
CEO, Google, YouTube
Politician
First Lady, United States
Politician
President of South Korea
Media Personality
Everything Oprah
Businesswoman
CEO, IBM
Businesswoman
CEO, Hewlett-Packard
Businesswoman
CEO, PepsiCo
Politician
President of Argentina
Businesswoman
CEO, Mondelēz International
Businesswoman
Chairwoman of Santander Group
Businesswoman
President-CEO, Fidelity Investment
Businesswoman
CEO, Lockheed Martin
Celebrity
Entertainer and entrepreneur
Businesswoman
CEO, Yahoo
Businesswoman
Co-CEO, Oracle
Businesswoman
SVP Retail, Apple
Businesswoman
CEO, El du Pont de Nemours
Politician
President of Chile
Fashion Guru
Artistic Director, Conde Nast Publications, Inc.
Businesswoman
Chair-CEO, Xerox
Businesswoman
Chair-Managing Director, State Bank of India
Philanthropist
Managing Director, World Bank
Businesswoman
CFO, Google
Businesswoman
CEO, Ant Financial Services, Alibaba Group
Politician
Attorney General, United States
Businesswoman
CEO-Managing Director, ICICI Bank
Politician
High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, European Union
Businesswoman
Executive Chairman, Hancock Prospecting
Politician
Minority Leader, House of Representatives, U.S.A
Financial Guru
Co-president, NASDAQ OMX Group
Politician
Prime Minister of Poland
Monarch
Head of State of UK
Politician
Minister of International Cooperation and Development, United Arab Emirates
Businesswoman
CEO, Temasek
Businesswoman
Founder and Chair, Emerson Collective
Businesswoman
President of Intel
Philanthropist
President, Harvard University
Philanthropist
Executive Director, World Food Program, United Nations
Politician
Minister of Finance, Nigeria
Politician
Ambassador, U.S. Permanent Representative, UN, United States
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?