Forbes releases 2013 list of the World’s 100 Most Powerful Women via Rickey.org German Chancellor Angela Merkel (Credit: Getty Images)
Forbes has released its 2013 list of the World’s 100 Most Powerful Women, and German Chanc...
Forbes releases 2013 list of the World’s 100 Most Powerful Women via Rickey.org German Chancellor Angela Merkel (Credit: Getty Images)
Forbes has released its 2013 list of the World’s 100 Most Powerful Women, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel took the top spot as one of only two European women to make the top 10. Brazilian President Rousseff and philanthropist Melinda Gates took second and third, respectively. Current First Lady Michelle Obama climbed three spots from last year to reach the fourth spot, while former First Lady Hillary Clinton remained in the top 5, despite no longer being the US Secretary of State.
The list also featured a number of well-known celebrities/philanthropists/entrepreneurs, including Beyonce Knowles, Angelina Jolie, Ellen DeGeneres and Lady Gaga. Colombia was also well-represented, with actress Sophia Vergara and musician Shakira scoring a place on the elite list.
Meanwhile, things were a little less sunny for the UK, as The Queen dropped from #26 last year to #40 on this year’s list. Meanwhile, Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling dropped just as far, from 78 to 93. However, making this list is nothing to scoff at.
Check out the full list below via Forbes:
1. Angela Merkel
Chancellor, Germany
2. Dilma Rousseff
President, Brazil
3. Melinda Gates
Co-chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, United States
4. Michelle Obama
First Lady, United States
5. Hillary Clinton
Politician/Philanthropist, United States
6. Sheryl Sandberg
COO, Facebook, United States
7. Christine Lagarde
Managing Director, International Monetary Fund, France
8. Janet Napolitano
Secretary, Department of Homeland Security, United States
9. Sonia Gandhi
President, Indian National Congress, India
10. Indra Nooyi
CEO, PepsiCo, United States
11. Geun-hye Park
President, South Korea
12. Virginia Rometty
CEO, IBM, United States
13. Oprah Winfrey
Entrepreneur, Personality, United States
14. Ursula Burns
Chairman and CEO, Xerox, United States
15. Meg Whitman
CEO, Hewlett-Packard, United States
16. Georgina Rinehart
Executive Chairman, Hancock Prospecting, Australia
17. Beyonce Knowles
Actress, Entrepreneur, Musician, United States
18. Maria das Graças Silva Foster
CEO, Petrobras, Brazil
19. Jill Abramson
Executive Editor, New York Times Co., United States
20. Irene Rosenfeld
CEO, Mondelez International, United States
21. Helen Clark
Administrator, U.N. Development Programme, New Zealand
22. Nancy Pelosi
Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, United States
23. Safra Catz
CFO, Oracle, United States
24. Anne Sweeney
Co-Chair, Disney Media Networks, and President, Disney/ABC Television Group, United States
25. Kathleen Sebelius
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, United States
26. Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner
President, Argentina
27. Sheri McCoy
CEO, Avon Products, United States
28. Julia Gillard
Prime Minister, Australia
29. Aung San Suu Kyi
Chair and Parliamentarian, National League for Democracy, Burma
30. Susan Wojcicki
Senior Vice President, Google, United States
31. Yingluck Shinawatra
Prime Minister, Thailand
32. Marissa Mayer
CEO, Yahoo, United States
33. Margaret Chan
Director-General, World Health Organization, China
34. Marillyn Hewson
CEO, Lockheed Martin, United States
35. Mary Barra
SVP, Global Product Development, General Motors, United States
36. Amy Pascal
Co-Chairman, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Sony, United States
37. Angelina Jolie
Actress, Philanthropist, United States
38. Sofia Vergara
Actress, Entrepreneur, Colombia
39. Laurene Powell Jobs & family
Founder and Chair, Emerson Collective, United States
40. Queen Elizabeth II
Monarch, United Kingdom
41. Anna Wintour
Editor-in-Chief, Vogue, Conde Nast Publications, Inc., United States
42. Ellen Kullman
Chairman and CEO, EI du Pont de Nemours, United States
43. Drew Gilpin Faust
President, Harvard University, United States
44. Rosalind Brewer
President and CEO, Sam’s Club, Wal-Mart Stores, United States
45. Lady G