| 1 |
Angela Merkel
Chancellor, Germany
|
59 |
Germany |
Politics |
| 2 |
Dilma Rousseff
President, Brazil
|
66 |
Brazil |
Politics |
| 3 |
Melinda Gates
Cochair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
|
49 |
United States |
Philanthropy/NGO |
| 4 |
Michelle Obama
First Lady, United States
|
50 |
United States |
Politics |
| 5 |
Hillary Clinton
Personality, Philanthropist
|
66 |
United States |
Politics |
| 6 |
Sheryl Sandberg
COO, Facebook
|
44 |
United States |
Technology |
| 7 |
Christine Lagarde
Managing Director, International Monetary Fund
|
58 |
France |
Philanthropy/NGO |
| 8 |
Janet Napolitano
Secretary, Department of Homeland Security, United States
|
56 |
United States |
Politics |
| 9 |
Sonia Gandhi
President, Indian National Congress, India
|
67 |
India |
Politics |
| 10 |
Indra Nooyi
CEO, PepsiCo
|
58 |
United States |
Business |
| 11 |
Geun-hye Park
President, South Korea
|
62 |
South Korea |
Politics |
| 12 |
Virginia Rometty
CEO, IBM
|
56 |
United States |
Technology |
| 13 |
Oprah Winfrey
Entrepreneur, Personality
|
60 |
United States |
Media |
| 14 |
Ursula Burns
Chairman and CEO, Xerox
|
55 |
United States |
Technology |
| 15 |
Meg Whitman
CEO, Hewlett-Packard
|
57 |
United States |
Technology |
| 16 |
Gina Rinehart
Executive Chairman, Hancock Prospecting
|
59 |
Australia |
Metals & Mining |
| 17 |
Beyonce Knowles
Actress, Entrepreneur, Musician
|
32 |
United States |
Celebrity |
| 18 |
Maria das Graças Silva Foster
CEO, Petrobras
|
60 |
Brazil |
Business |
| 19 |
Jill Abramson
Executive Editor, New York Times Co.
|
59 |
United States |
Media |
| 20 |
Irene Rosenfeld
CEO, Mondelez International
|
60 |
United States |
Business |
| 21 |
Helen Clark
Administrator, U.N. Development Programme
|
63 |
New Zealand |
Philanthropy/NGO |
| 22 |
Nancy Pelosi
Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, United States
|
73 |
United States |
Politics |
| 23 |
Safra Catz
CFO, Oracle
|
52 |
United States |
Technology |
| 24 |
Anne Sweeney
Co-Chair, Disney Media Networks, and President, Disney/ABC Television Group, Walt Disney
|
56 |
United States |
Media |
| 25 |
Kathleen Sebelius
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, United States
|
65 |
United States |
Politics |
| 26 |
Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner
President, Argentina
|
60 |
Argentina |
Politics |
| 27 |
Sheri McCoy
CEO, Avon Products
|
55 |
United States |
Business |
| 28 |
Julia Gillard
Prime Minister, Australia
|
52 |
Australia |
Politics |
| 29 |
Aung San Suu Kyi
Chair and Parliamentarian, National League for Democracy, Burma
|
68 |
Burma |
Politics |
| 30 |
Susan Wojcicki
Senior Vice President, Google
|
45 |
United States |
Technology |
| 31 |
Yingluck Shinawatra
Prime Minister, Thailand
|
46 |
Thailand |
Politics |
| 32 |
Marissa Mayer
CEO, Yahoo
|
38 |
United States |
Technology |
| 33 |
Margaret Chan
Director-General, World Health Organization
|
66 |
China |
Philanthropy/NGO |
| 34 |
Marillyn Hewson
CEO, Lockheed Martin
|
60 |
United States |
Business |
| 35 |
Mary Barra
SVP, Global Product Development, General Motors
|
52 |
United States |
Business |
| 36 |
Amy Pascal
Co-Chairman, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Sony
|
55 |
United States |
Media |
| 37 |
Angelina Jolie
Actress, Philanthropist
|
38 |
United States |
Celebrity |
| 38 |
Sofia Vergara
Actress, Entrepreneur
|
41 |
Colombia |
Celebrity |
| 39 |
Laurene Powell Jobs & family
Founder and Chair, Emerson Collective
|
50 |
United States |
Technology |
| 40 |
Queen Elizabeth II
Monarch, United Kingdom
|
87 |
United Kingdom |
Politics |
| 41 |
Anna Wintour
Editor-in-Chief, Vogue; Artistic Director, Conde Nast Publications, Inc.
|
64 |
United States |
Media |
| 42 |
Ellen Kullman
Chairman and CEO, EI du Pont de Nemours
|
58 |
United States |
Business |
| 43 |
Drew Gilpin Faust
President, Harvard University
|
66 |
United States |
Philanthropy/NGO |
| 44 |
Rosalind Brewer
President and CEO, Sam's Club, Wal-Mart Stores
|
51 |
United States |
Business |
| 45 |
Lady Gaga
Musician, Philanthropist
|
27 |
United States |
Celebrity |
| 46 |
Cher Wang
Co-founder and Chair, HTC
|
55 |
Taiwan |
Technology |
| 47 |
Joyce Banda
President, Malawi
|
63 |
Malawi |
Politics |
| 48 |
Wu Yajun & family
Chairman, Longfor Properties
|
50 |
China |
Real Estate |
| 49 |
Ertharin Cousin
Executive Director, World Food Programme, United Nations
|
57 |
United States |
Philanthropy/NGO |
| 50 |
Zhang Xin & family
Cofounder, CEO, Soho China
|
48 |
China |
Business |
| 51 |
Ellen DeGeneres
Comedian, Personality, Philanthropist
|
56 |
United States |
Celebrity |
| 52 |
Shakira Mebarak
Musician, Personality, Philanthropist
|
37 |
Colombia |
Celebrity |
| 53 |
Angela Ahrendts
CEO, Burberry Group
|
53 |
United States |
Business |
| 54 |
Liyuan Peng
First Lady, China
|
51 |
China |
Politics |
| 55 |
Sri Mulyani Indrawati
Managing Director, World Bank
|
51 |
Indonesia |
Philanthropy/NGO |
| 56 |
Arianna Huffington
Editor-In-Chief, Huffington Post Media Group, AOL
|
63 |
United States |
Media |
| 57 |
Padmasree Warrior
Chief Technology and Strategy Officer, Cisco Systems
|
53 |
United States |
Technology |
| 58 |
Miuccia Prada
Owner, Fashion Designer, Prada
|
64 |
Italy |
Business |
| 59 |
Margaret Hamburg
Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration, United States
|
58 |
United States |
Politics |
| 60 |
Abigail Johnson
President, Financial Services, Fidelity Investments
|
52 |
United States |
Business |
| 61 |
Bonnie Hammer
Chairman, Cable Entertainment Group, NBCUniversal, Comcast
|
63 |
United States |
Media |
| 62 |
Gail Kelly
CEO, Westpac Banking Group
|
57 |
Australia |
Business |
| 63 |
Amy Hood
Chief Financial Officer, Microsoft
|
42 |
United States |
Technology |
| 64 |
Ho Ching
CEO, Temasek
|
61 |
Singapore |
Business |
| 65 |
Chanda Kochhar
Managing Director and CEO, Icici Bank
|
52 |
India |
Business |
| 66 |
Rosalia Mera
Investor, Philanthropist
|
70 |
Spain |
Fashion and Retail |
| 67 |
Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi
Minister of Foreign Trade, United Arab Emirates
|
55 |
United Arab Emirates |
Politics |
| 68 |
Helene Gayle
President, CEO, CARE
|
58 |
United States |
Philanthropy/NGO |
| 69 |
Tory Burch
CEO, Tory Burch
|
47 |
United States |
Fashion and Retail |
| 70 |
Margarita Louis-Dreyfus
Chairman of Louis Dreyfus, Louis Dreyfus SAS
|
50 |
Switzerland |
Investments |
| 71 |
Patricia Woertz
Chairman, CEO and President, Archer Daniels Midland
|
60 |
United States |
Business |
| 72 |
Mary Jo White
Chairman, Securities and Exchange Commission, United States
|
66 |
United States |
Politics |
| 73 |
Diane Sawyer
Anchor of World News, ABC, Walt Disney
|
68 |
United States |
Media |
| 74 |
Diane Von Furstenberg
Owner, Fashion Designer, Diane von Furstenberg Studio, L.P.
|
67 |
United States |
Fashion and Retail |
| 75 |
Phebe Novakovic
CEO, General Dynamics
|
56 |
United States |
Business |
| 76 |
Sue Naegle
President, HBO Entertainment, Time Warner Cable
|
44 |
United States |
Media |
| 77 |
Sun Yafang
Chair, Huawei Technologies
|
58 |
China |
Technology |
| 78 |
Fabiola Gianotti
Research Physicist, CERN
|
53 |
Italy |
Europe |
| 79 |
Mary Meeker
General Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
|
53 |
United States |
Technology |
| 80 |
Solina Chau
Director, Li Ka Shing Foundation
|
52 |
Hong Kong |
Philanthropy/NGO |
| 81 |
Denise Morrison
President and CEO, Campbell Soup
|
60 |
United States |
Food and Beverage |
| 82 |
Carol Meyrowitz
CEO, TJX Cos
|
60 |
United States |
Business |
| 83 |
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Minister of Finance, Nigeria
|
59 |
Nigeria |
Politics |
| 84 |
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey
President, CEO, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
|
59 |
United States |
Philanthropy/NGO |
| 85 |
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
Founder, Chair, Biocon Ltd.
|
60 |
India |
Medicine |
| 86 |
Mary Callahan Erdoes
CEO, J.P. Morgan Asset Management, JPMorgan Chase
|
46 |
United States |
Business |
| 87 |
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf
President, Liberia
|
75 |
Liberia |
Politics |
| 88 |
Weili Dai
Co-founder, Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
|
52 |
United States |
Technology |
| 89 |
Mindy Grossman
CEO, HSN
|
56 |
United States |
Media |
| 90 |
Sara Blakely
Founder, Spanx
|
42 |
United States |
Fashion and Retail |
| 91 |
Chua Sock Koong
Group CEO, SingTel
|
55 |
Singapore |
Technology |
| 92 |
Lubna S. Olayan
CEO, Olayan Financing Company
|
58 |
Saudi Arabia |
Business |
| 93 |
J.K. Rowling
Author
|
48 |
United Kingdom |
Celebrity |
| 94 |
Guler Sabanci
Chairman and Managing Director, Sabanci Holding
|
59 |
Turkey |
Business |
| 95 |
Gisele Bundchen
Entrepreneur, Philanthropist, Supermodel
|
33 |
Brazil |
Celebrity |
| 96 |
Beth Brooke
Global Vice Chair - Public Policy, Ernst & Young
|
54 |
United States |
Business |
| 97 |
Greta Van Susteren
Anchor, FOX News, News Corp
|
59 |
United States |
Media |
| 98 |
Jennifer Li
CFO, Baidu
|
46 |
China |
Media |
| 99 |
Judith Rodin
President, Rockefeller Foundation
|
69 |
United States |
Philanthropy/NGO |
| 100 |
Lan Yang
Co-owner, Sun Media Group
|
45 |
China |
Media |