Most Powerful Women by Forbes
As per the list published in forbes these are 25 most powerful women;
1 Angela Merkel - Chancellor (Germany)
2 Wu Yi - Vice premier (China)
3 Ho Ching - Chief executive, Temasek Holdings (Singapore)
4 Condoleezza Rice - Secretary of State (U.S.)
5 Indra K. Nooyi - Chairman, chief executive, PepsiCo (U.S.)
6 Sonia Gandhi - President, Congress Party (India)
7 Cynthia Carroll - Chief executive, Anglo American (U.K.)
8 Patricia A. Woertz - Chairman, Archer Daniels Midland (U.S.)
9 Irene Rosenfeld - Chairman, chief executive, Kraft Foods (U.S.)
10 Patricia Russo - Chief executive, Alcatel-Lucent (U.S.)
11 Michèle Alliot-Marie - Minister for the Interior and overseas territories (France)
12 Christine Lagarde - Minister of economy,finance and employment (France)
13 Anne M. Mulcahy - Chairman, chief executive, Xerox (U.S.)
14 Anne Lauvergeon - Chief executive, Areva (France)
15 Mary Sammons - Chairman, chief executive, president, Rite Aid Corp. (U.S.)
16 Angela Braly - Chief executive, president, WellPoint (U.S.)
17 Marjorie Scardino - Chief executive, Pearson PLC (U.K.)
18 Wu Xiaoling - Deputy governor, People's Bank of China (China)
19 Brenda Barnes - Chairman, chief executive, Sara Lee Corp. (U.S.)
20 Ruth Bader Ginsburg - Supreme court justice (U.S.)
21 Oprah Winfrey - Chairman, Harpo (U.S.)
22 Margaret Whitman - Chief executive, president, Ebay (U.S.)
23 Queen Elizabeth II - Queen (U.K.)
24 Melinda Gates - Cofounder, cochairman, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (U.S.)
25 Hillary Rodham Clinton - U.S. senator, New York (U.S.)
Complete list; forbes.com/lists/2007/11/biz-07women_The-100-Most-Powerful-Women_Rank.html
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