WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL WOMEN

Forbes released a list of 100 most powerful women in the world. Angela Merkel, and Theresa May are rated as the first and second most powerful women in the world, with Beyonce and Taylor Swift taking the 50th and 86th spots respectively. Hillary Clinton who was previously the 2nd most powerful woman falls to being the 63rd following her loss in the U.S elections.

See full list below
Source: forbes.com

RankNameAgeCountryCategory

#1Angela Merkel63GermanyPolitics
#2Theresa May61United KingdomPolitics

#3Melinda Gates53United StatesPhilanthropy/NGO
#4Sheryl Sandberg48United StatesTechnology

#5Mary Barra55United StatesAutomotive
#6Susan Wojcicki49United StatesTechnology

#7Abigail Johnson55United StatesFinance and Investments

#8Christine Lagarde61FranceEconomy

#9Ana Patricia Botín57SpainFinance and Investments

#10Ginni Rometty60United StatesTechnology

#11Indra Nooyi62United StatesDiversified

#12Meg Whitman61United StatesTechnology

#13Angela Ahrendts57United StatesTechnology

#14Laurene Powell Jobs53United StatesPhilanthropy/NGO

#15Tsai Ing-wen61TaiwanPolitics

#16Michelle Bachelet66ChilePolitics

#17Federica Mogherini44ItalyPolitics

#18Safra Catz55United StatesTechnology

#19Ivanka Trump36United StatesPolitics

#20Adena Friedman48United StatesFinance and Investments

#21Oprah Winfrey63United StatesMedia & Entertainment

#22Marillyn Hewson63United StatesManufacturing

#23Isabelle Kocher50FranceEnergy

#24U.S. Supreme Court Justices-United StatesPolitics

#25Ruth Porat59United StatesTechnology

#26Queen Elizabeth II91United KingdomPolitics

#27Anna Wintour67United StatesMedia & Entertainment

#28Ho Ching64SingaporeDiversified

#29Emma Walmsley48United Kingdom-

#30Sheikh Hasina Wajed70BangladeshPolitics

#31Beata Maria Szydlo54PolandPolitics

#32Chanda Kochhar55IndiaDiversified

#33Aung San Suu Kyi72MyanmarPolitics

#34Lucy Peng44ChinaTechnology

#35Pollyanna Chu59Hong KongFinance and Investments

#36Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi55United Arab EmiratesPolitics

#37Amy Hood45United StatesTechnology

#38Jacinda Ardern37-Politics

#39Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic49CroatiaPolitics

#40Jean Liu39ChinaTechnology

#41Bonnie Hammer67United StatesMedia & Entertainment

#42Nicola Sturgeon47United KingdomPolitics

#43Nikki Haley45United StatesPolitics

#44Rosalind Brewer54United StatesDiversified

#45Gina Rinehart63AustraliaMetals & Mining

#46Erna Solberg56NorwayPolitics

#47Stacey Snider56United StatesMedia & Entertainment

#48Phebe Novakovic59United StatesDiversified

#49Elvira Nabiullina54RussiaFinance and Investments

#50Beyoncé Knowles36United StatesMedia & Entertainment

#51Peng Liyuan54ChinaPolitics

#52Margarita Simonyan37RussiaMedia & Entertainment

#53Mary Callahan Erdoes50United StatesFinance and Investments

#54Qunfei Zhou47Hong KongTechnology

#55Thi Phuong Thao Nguyen47VietnamDiversified

#56Lisa Davis54United States-

#57Roshni Nadar Malhotra36IndiaTechnology

#58Güler Sabanci62TurkeyDiversified

#59Lubna S. Olayan62Saudi ArabiaDiversified

#60Dana Walden53United StatesMedia & Entertainment

#61Katharine Viner45United KingdomMedia & Entertainment

#62Feng Ying Wang-ChinaAutomotive

#63Donna Langley49United KingdomMedia & Entertainment

#64Marianne Lake48United KingdomFinance and Investments

#65Hillary Clinton70United StatesPolitics

#66Mingzhu Dong63-Manufacturing

#67Melanie Kreis46Germany-

#68Dalia Grybauskaite61LithuaniaPolitics

#69Priscilla Chan32United StatesPhilanthropy/NGO

#70Gwynne Shotwell53United StatesConstruction & Engineering

#71Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw64IndiaHealthcare

#72Zanny Minton Beddoes-United KingdomMedia & Entertainment

#73Miuccia Prada68ItalyFashion & Retail

#74Isabel dos Santos44AngolaFinance and Investments

#75Solina Chau55Hong KongTechnology

#76Lam Wai Ying-Hong KongManufacturing

#77Kathleen Kennedy-United StatesMedia & Entertainment

#78Kersti Kaljulaid47EstoniaPolitics

#79Arianna Huffington67United StatesMedia & Entertainment

#80Judy Faulkner74United StatesTechnology

#81Fabiola Gianotti57ItalyPhilanthropy/NGO

#82Lynn Good-United StatesEnergy

#83Geisha Williams-United States-

#84Mary Meeker58United StatesFinance and Investments

#85Taylor Swift27United StatesAll Star Alumni

#86Patricia Harris61United StatesPhilanthropy/NGO

#87Drew Gilpin Faust70United StatesPhilanthropy/NGO

#88J.K. Rowling52United Kingdom-

#89Eliza Manningham-Buller69United KingdomPhilanthropy/NGO

#90Raja Easa Al Gurg-United Arab EmiratesDiversified

#91Debra Cafaro-United StatesReal Estate

#92Shobhana Bhartia60IndiaMedia & Entertainment

#93Lee Boo-Jin47South KoreaService

#94Jenny Lee45SingaporeFinance and Investments

#95Kirsten Green45United StatesFinance and Investments

#96Belinda Johnson50United StatesTechnology

#97Priyanka Chopra35India-

#98Kathryn Petralia47United StatesFinance and Investments

#99Anne Finucane-United StatesFinance and Investments

#100Beth Brooke-Marciniak58United StatesDiversified

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