Forbes list of The World's 100 Most Powerful Women

Starting in 2004, Forbes magazine has made a list of the 100 most powerful women in the world. It is edited by notable Forbes journalists including Moira Forbes, and based on visibility and economic impact. Leading the table nine times in the last ten years, Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany, is understood to be the world's most powerful woman.

2015 (top 10 selection)

Germany Angela Merkel
United States Hillary Clinton
United States Melinda Gates
France Christine Lagarde
Brazil Dilma Rousseff
United States Michelle Obama
South Korea Park Geun-hye
Spain Ana Patricia Botín
United States Condoleezza Rice
UkraineYulia Tymoshenko
IndiaSonia Gandhi
  1. Germany Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany
  2. United States Hillary Clinton, Presidential candidate of the United States
  3. United States Melinda Gates, Co-founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
  4. United States Janet Yellen, Chair of the Federal Reserve of the United States
  5. United States Mary Barra, CEO of General Motors
  6. France Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund
  7. Brazil Dilma Rousseff, President of Brazil
  8. United States Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook
  9. United States Susan Wojcicki, CEO of YouTube
  10. United States Michelle Obama, First Lady of the United States[1]

2014 (top 10 selection)

  1. Germany Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany
  2. United States Janet Yellen, Chair of the Federal Reserve of the United States
  3. United States Melinda Gates, Co-founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
  4. Brazil Dilma Rousseff, President of Brazil
  5. France Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund
  6. United States Hillary Clinton, Former United States Secretary of State
  7. United States Mary Barra, CEO of General Motors
  8. United States Michelle Obama, First Lady of the United States
  9. United States Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook
  10. United States Virginia Rometty, CEO of IBM[2]

2013 (top 10 selection)

  1. Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany
  2. Dilma Rousseff
  3. Melinda Gates
  4. Michelle Obama
  5. Hillary Rodham Clinton
  6. Sheryl Sandberg
  7. Christine Lagarde
  8. Janet Napolitano
  9. Sonia Gandhi
  10. Indra Nooyi [3]

2012 (top 10 selection)

  1. Angela Merkel
  2. Hillary Rodham Clinton
  3. Dilma Rousseff
  4. Melinda Gates
  5. Jill Abramson
  6. Sonia Gandhi
  7. Michelle Obama
  8. Christine Lagarde
  9. Janet Napolitano
  10. Sheryl Sandberg [4]

2011 (top 10 selection)

  1. Angela Merkel
  2. Hillary Rodham Clinton
  3. Dilma Rousseff
  4. Indra Nooyi
  5. Sheryl Sandberg
  6. Melinda Gates
  7. Sonia Gandhi
  8. Michelle Obama
  9. Christine Lagarde
  10. Irene Rosenfeld [5]

2010 (top 10 selection)

  1. Michelle Obama
  2. Irene Rosenfeld
  3. Oprah Winfrey
  4. Angela Merkel
  5. Hillary Rodham Clinton
  6. Indra Nooyi
  7. Lady Gaga
  8. Gail Kelly
  9. Beyoncé Knowles
  10. Ellen DeGeneres [6]

2009 (top 10 selection)

  1. Angela Merkel
  2. Sheila Bair
  3. Indra Nooyi
  4. Cynthia Carroll
  5. Ho Ching
  6. Irene Rosenfeld
  7. Ellen Kullman
  8. Angela Braly
  9. Anne Lauvergeon
  10. Lynn Elsenhans [7]

2008 (top 10 selection)

  1. Angela Merkel
  2. Sheila Bair
  3. Indra Nooyi
  4. Angela Braly
  5. Cynthia Carroll
  6. Irene Rosenfeld
  7. Condoleezza Rice
  8. Ho Ching
  9. Anne Lauvergeon
  10. Anne Mulcahy [8]

2007 (top 10 selection)

  1. Angela Merkel
  2. Wu Yi
  3. Ho Ching
  4. Condoleezza Rice
  5. Indra Nooyi
  6. Sonia Gandhi
  7. Cynthia Carroll
  8. Patricia Woertz
  9. Irene Rosenfeld
  10. Patricia Russo [9]

2006 (top 10 selection)

  1. Angela Merkel
  2. Condoleezza Rice
  3. Wu Yi
  4. Indra Nooyi
  5. Anne Mulcahy
  6. Sallie Krawcheck
  7. Patricia Woertz
  8. Anne Lauvergeon
  9. Brenda Barnes
  10. Zoe Cruz [10]

2005 (top 10 selection)

  1. Condoleezza Rice
  2. Wu Yi
  3. Yulia Tymoshenko
  4. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
  5. Margaret Whitman
  6. Anne Mulcahy
  7. Sallie Krawcheck
  8. Brenda Barnes
  9. Oprah Winfrey
  10. Melinda Gates [11]

2004 (top 10 selection)

  1. Condoleezza Rice
  2. Wu Yi
  3. Sonia Gandhi
  4. Laura Bush
  5. Hillary Rodham Clinton
  6. Sandra Day O'Connor
  7. Ruth Bader Ginsburg
  8. Megawati Sukarnoputri
  9. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
  10. Carly Fiorina [12]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Howard, Caroline (May 26, 2015). "The World's Most Powerful Women 2015". Forbes. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
  2. ↑ Howard, Caroline (May 28, 2014). "The World's Most Powerful Women 2014". Forbes. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
  3. ↑ Howard, Caroline (May 22, 2013). "The 100 Most Powerful Women". Forbes.com. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
  4. ↑ Howard, Caroline (August 22, 2012). "The World's 100 Most Powerful Women 2012". Forbes.com. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
  5. ↑ Howard, Caroline (August 24, 2011). "The World's 100 Most Powerful Women: This Year It's All About Reach". Forbes.com. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
  6. ↑ "The 100 Most Powerful Women". Forbes.com. October 5, 2010. Retrieved January 9, 2015.
  7. ↑ Donner, Francesca (August 19, 2009). "The 100 Most Powerful Women". Forbes.com. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
  8. ↑ Egan, Mary Ellen; Schoenberger, Chana R. (August 27, 2008). "The World's 100 Most Powerful Women". Forbes.com. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
  9. ↑ "The 100 Most Powerful Women". Forbes.com. August 30, 2007. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
  10. ↑ "The 100 Most Powerful Women". Forbes.com. August 31, 2006. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
  11. ↑ "The Most Powerful Women". Forbes.com. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
  12. ↑ MacDonald, Elizabeth; Schoenberger, Chana R. (August 20, 2004). "The World's 100 Most Powerful Women". Forbes.com. Retrieved January 9, 2016.

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