Angela Merkel, German Chancellor topped the list dominated by women from the United States led by secretary of state Hilary Clinton in second place and 59 others such as Melinda Gates (4), Michelle Obama (7), Oprah Winfrey (11), Christiane Amanpour (53), Lady Gaga (14), Beyonce Knowles (32), Jennifer Lopez (38), Marissa Mayer - CEO Yahoo (21) and Sheryl Sandberge - COO Facebook (10) among others.
Other notable women of power on the list are President of Brazil, Dilma Roosseff (3), Sonia Gandhi, president, National Congress Party of India (6), Christine Lagarde - MD, IMF (8), Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, president of Argentina (16), Aung San Suu Kyi of Burma (19), Queen Elizabeth II of the UK (26), Julia Gillard, prime minister of Australia (27), Yingluck Shinawatra, prime minister of Thailand (30) and Sri Mulvani Indrawati, MD World Bank (72).
Forbes List Of World's Most Powerful Women
1. Angela Merkel Chancellor, Germany
2. Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, United States
3. Dilma Rousseff President, Brazil
4. Melinda Gates Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
5. Jill Abramson Executive Editor, New York Times Co.
6. Sonia Gandhi President, Indian National Congress, India
7. Michelle Obama First Lady, United States
8. Christine Lagarde Managing Director, International Monetary Fund
9. Janet Napolitano Secretary, Department of Homeland Security, United States
10. Sheryl Sandberg
11. Oprah Winfrey Entrepreneur, Personality
12. Indra Nooyi Chairman and CEO, PepsiCo
13. Irene Rosenfeld Chairman and CEO, Kraft Foods
14. Lady Gaga Musician, Philanthropist
15. Virginia Rometty President and CEO, IBM
16. Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner President, Argentina
17. Ursula Burns Chairman and CEO, Xerox
18. Meg Whitman CEO, Hewlett-Packard
19. Aung San Suu Kyi Chair and Parliamentarian, National League for Democracy, Burma
20. Maria das Graças Silva Foster CEO, Petrobras-Petróleo Brasil
21. Marissa Mayer CEO, Yahoo
22. Anne Sweeney Co-Chair, Disney Media Networks, and President, Disney/ABC Television Group, Walt Disney
23. Diane Sawyer Anchor of World News, ABC, Walt Disney
24. Angela Braly CEO, WellPoint
25. Susan Wojcicki Senior Vice President, Google
26. Queen Elizabeth II Monarch, United Kingdom
27. Julia Gillard Prime Minister, Australia
28. Nancy Pelosi Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, United States
29. Arianna Huffington Editor-In-Chief, Huffington Post Media Group, AOL
30. Yingluck Shinawatra Prime Minister, Thailand
31. Kathleen Sebelius Secretary, Department of Health and Human Service, United States
32. Beyonce Knowles Actress, Entrepreneur, Musician
33. Diane Von Furstenberg Owner, Fashion Designer, Diane von Furstenberg Studio, L.P.
34. Helen Clark Administrator, U.N. Development Programme
35. Georgina Rinehart Executive Chairman, Hancock Prospecting
36. Amy Pascal Co-Chairman, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Sony
37. Margaret Chan Director-General, World Health Organization
38. Jennifer Lopez Actress, Musician, Personality, Philanthropist
39. Sheri McCoy CEO, Avon Products
40. Shakira Musician, Personality, Philanthropist
41. Mary Barra SVP, Global Product Development, General Motors
42. Zhang Xin & family Cofounder, CEO, Soho China Ltd.
43. Alice Walton Chairman, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
44. Laura Lang CEO, Time Inc., Time Warner
45. Angela Ahrendts CEO, Burberry Group
46. Sue Naegle President, HBO Entertainment, Time Warner Cable
47. Ellen DeGeneres Comedian, Personality, Philanthropist
48. Safra Catz President, CFO, Oracle
49. Laurene Powell Jobs & family Founder and Chair, Emerson Collective
50. Rosalind Brewer President and CEO, Sam's Club, Wal-Mart Stores
51. Anna Wintour Editor-in-Chief, Vogue, Conde Nast Publications, Inc.
52. Helene Gayle President, CEO, CARE
53. Christiane Amanpour Chief International Correspondent, CNN, Time Warner
54. Rosalia Mera Investor, Philanthropist
55. Cynthia Carroll CEO, Anglo American
56. Cher Wang Co-founder and Chair, HTC
57. Abigail Johnson President, Fidelity Personal, Workplace and Institutional Services, Fidelity Investments
58. Padmasree Warrior Chief Technology and Strategy Officer, Cisco Systems
59. Chanda Kochhar Managing Director and CEO, ICICI Bank
60. Gail Kelly CEO, Westpac Banking Group
61. Margaret Hamburg Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration, United States
62. Ellen Kullman Chairman and CEO, EI du Pont de Nemours
63. Drew Gilpin Faust President, Harvard University
64. Shari Arison Investor, Philanthropist
65. Mary Schapiro Chair, Securities and Exchange Commission, United States
66. Angelina Jolie Actress, Philanthropist
67. Miuccia Prada Owner, Fashion Designer, Prada
68. Carol Meyrowitz CEO, TJX Cos
69. Ertharin Cousin Executive Director, World Food Programme, United Nations
70. Sue Gardner Executive Director, WikiMedia Foundation
71. Joyce Banda President, Malawi
72. Sri Mulyani Indrawati Managing Director, World Bank
73. Bonnie Hammer Chairman, Cable Entertainment and Cable Studios, NBCUniversal, Comcast
74. Chua Sock Koong Group CEO, SingTel
75. Sofia Vergara Actress, Entrepreneur
76. Ho Ching CEO, Temasek
77. Tina Brown Editor-in-Chief, The Daily Beast and Newsweek, IAC/InterActiveCorp.
78. J.K. Rowling Author
79. Chan Laiwa & family Philanthropist
80. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw Founder, Chair, Biocon Ltd.
81. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Minister of Finance, Nigeria
82. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf President, Liberia
83. Gisele Bundchen Entrepreneur, Philanthropist, Supermodel
84. Mary Meeker General Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
85. Shaikha Al-Bahar CEO-Kuwait, National Bank of Kuwait
86. Marjorie Scardino CEO, Pearson
87. Solina Chau Director, Li Ka Shing Foundation
88. Jan Fields President, McDonald's USA, McDonald's
89. Weili Dai Co-founder, Marvell Technology Group
90. Risa Lavizzo-Mourey President, CEO, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
91. Sun Yafang Chair, Huawei Technologies
92. Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi Minister of Foreign Trade, United Arab Emirates
93. Guler Sabanci Chairman and Managing Director, Sabanci Holding
94. Greta Van Susteren Anchor, FOX News, News Corp
95. Mary Callahan Erdoes CEO, J.P. Morgan Asset Management, JPMorgan Chase
96. Mary Callahan Erdoes CEO, J.P. Morgan Asset Management, JPMorgan Chase
97. Mindy Grossman CEO, HSN
98. Patricia Woertz Chairman, CEO and President, Archer Daniels Midland
99. Beth Brooke Global Vice Chair - Public Policy, Ernst & Young
100.Sheikha Mayassa Al Thani Chair, Qatar Museums Authority, Qatar
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