Updated July 10, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
The following table lists the most powerful women in the world, according to Forbes. The women range from presidents to CEOs to philanthropists.
| Rank | Name | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Angela Merkel | Chancellor of Germany |
| 2. | Hillary Clinton | Presidential candidate |
| 3. | Janet Yellen | Chair, Federal Reserve |
| 4. | Melinda Gates | Co-chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation |
| 5. | Mary Barra | CEO, General Motors |
| 6. | Christine Lagarde | Managing Director, International Monetary Fund |
| 7. | Sheryl Sandberg | COO, Facebook |
| 8. | Susan Wojcicki | CEO, YouTube, Google |
| 9. | Meg Whitman | CEO, Hewlett-Packard |
| 10. | Ana Patricia Botín | Chair, Santander Group, Banco Santander |
| 11. | Virginia Rometty | CEO, IBM |
| 12. | Geun-hye Park | President, South Korea |
| 13. | Michelle Obama | First Lady, United States |
| 14. | Indra Nooyi | CEO, PepsiCo |
| 15. | Angela Ahrendts | SVP, Retail, Apple |
| 16. | Abigail Johnson | President-CEO, Fidelity Investments |
| 17. | Tsai Ing-wen | President, Taiwan |
| 18. | Michelle Bachelet | President, Chile |
| 19. | Federica Mogherini | High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, European Union |
| 20. | Safra Catz | Co-CEO, Oracle |
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