Das US-amerikanische Wirtschaftsmagazin Forbes hat „The World´s 100 Powerful Women ermittelt. Auf Platz vier rangiert die Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel als einzige Deutsche unter den 100 mächtigsten Frauen der Welt. Allein 69 Plätze werden von US-amerikanischen Frauen beansprucht. Aus Europa sind neben Angela Merkel 12 weitere Frauen vertreten. Darunter die Französinnen Anne Lauvergeon (Platz 28), Carla Bruni-Sarkozy (Platz 35),, Christine Lagarde (Platz 43) und Dominique Senequier (Platz 100), aus Großbritannien Queen Elizabeth II (Platz 41), aus Spanien Ana Patricia Botin (Platz 38), aus Finnland Tarja Halonen (Platz 62), aus Italien Marina Berlusconi (Platz 48), aus Irland Mary McAleese (Platz 64), aus Schweden Annika Falkengren (Platz 65), aus der Türkei Guler Sabanci (Platz 52) und aus Island Johanna Sigurdardottir (Platz 80).
01 Michelle Obama – First Lady – 46 -Â United States -Â Politics
02 Irene Rosenfeld – Chief Executive, Kraft Foods -Â 57Â – United States – Business
03 Oprah Winfrey – Talk show host and media mogul – 56 – -United States – Media
04 Angela Merkel – Chancellor – 56Â – Germany -Â Politics
05 Hillary Clinton – Secretary of State – 62 – United States – Politics
06 Indra Nooyi – Chief Executive, PepsiCo – 54 -Â United States -Â Business
07 Lady Gaga – Singer and performance artist – 24 United States – Lifestyle
08 Gail Kelly – Chief Executive, Westpac – 54Â – Australia – Business
09 Beyonce Knowles – Singer, fashion designer – 29 – United States -Â Lifestyle
10 Ellen DeGeneres – Talk show host – 52 -Â United States -Â Media
11 Nancy Pelosi – Speaker of the House – 70 -Â United States – Politics
12 Angela Braly – Chief Executive, Wellpoint – 49 – United States -Â Business
13 Janet Napolitano – Secretary, Homeland Security – 52 – United States – Politics
14 Cynthia Carroll – Chief Executive, Anglo American – 53 – United States – Business
15 Sheila Bair – Chair, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation – 56 – United States – Politics
16 Sarah Palin – Political maverick and commentator – 46 – United States – Media
17 Mary Schapiro – Chair, Securities and Exchange Commission – 55 -Â United States -Â Politics
18 Ellen Kullman – Chief Executive, DuPont – 54 -Â United States -Â Business
19 Sonia Sotomayor – Supreme Court Justice – 56 United States -Â Politics
20 Ursula Burns – Chief Executive, Xerox – 52 -Â United States Business
21 Angelina Jolie – Actor and UN Goodwill Ambassador – 35 – United States – Lifestyle
22 Katie Couric – News anchor – 53 United States -Â Media
23 Kathleen Sebelius – Secretary, Health & Human Services – 62 – United States – Politics
24 Anne Lauvergeon – Chief Executive, Areva – 51 – France – Business
25 Elena Kagan – Supreme Court Justice – 50 – United States – Politics
26 Patricia Woertz – Chief Executive, Archer Daniels Midland Co. – 57 – United States Business
27 Melinda Gates – Co-chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation – 46 -Â United States – Lifestyle
28 Arianna Huffington – Founder and editor-in-chief, Huffington Post – 60 – United States – Media
29 Madonna – Singer, fashion designer – 52 – United States – Lifestyle
30 Ho Ching – Chief Executive, Temasek Holdings – 57 – Singapore – Business
31 Ruth Bader Ginsburg – Supreme Court Justice – 77 – United States – Politics
32 Maria Ramos – Chief Executive, Absa Group Banks – 51 South Africa – Business
33 Chelsea Handler – Talk show host and author – 35 – United States – Lifestyle
34 Tina Brown – Cofounder and editor-in-chief, The Daily Beast – 56 – United States – Media
35 Carla Bruni-Sarkozy – First Lady – 42 – France – Politics
36 Lynn Laverty Elsenhans – Chief Executive, Sunoco – 54 – United States – Business
37 Elizabeth Warren – Ass. to the Pres. and Spec. Adv. the Sec. of Treasury – 61 – United States – Politics
38 Ana Patricia Botin – Chair, Banesto Bank – 49 – Spain – Business
39 Heidi Klum – Model and producer – 37 – United States – Lifestyle
40 Meredith Vieira – Co-anchor – 56 – United States – Media
41 Queen Elizabeth II – Monarch – 84 United Kingdom – Politics
42 Carol Bartz – Chief Executive, Yahoo! – 62 – United States – Business
43 Christine Lagarde – Finance Minister – 54 – France – Politics
44 Sallie Krawcheck – President, Global Wealth & Inv., Bank of America – 45 – United States – Business
45 Sarah Jessica Parker – Actor and fashion designer – 45 – United States – Lifestyle
46 Diane Sawyer – News anchor – 64 – United States – Media
47 Meg Whitman – Gubernatorial candidate, California – 54 – United States – Politics
48 Marina Berlusconi – Chair, Mondadori and Fininvest Group – 44 – Italy – Business
49 Stephenie Meyer – Author – 36 – United States -Â Lifestyle
50 Rachel Maddow – Talk show host – 37 – United States -Â Media
51 Carly Fiorina – Senatorial candidate, California – 56 – United States – Politics
52 Guler Sabanci – Chair, Sabanci Holding – 54 – Turkey – Business
53 Maria Shriver – First Lady, California – 54 – United States – Politics
54 Carol Meyrowitz – Chief Executive, TJX companies – 56 – United States – Business
55 Serena Williams – Athlete – 28 – United States – Lifestyle
56 Anna Wintour – Editor-in-Chief, Vogue – 60 – United States – Media
57 Andrea Jung – Chief Executive, Avon Products – 52 – United States – Business
58 Julia Gillard – Prime Minister – 48 – Australia – Politics
59 Abigail Johnson – President, Fidelity Personal, Workplace and Inst. – 48 – United States – Business
60 Venus Williams – Athlete – 30 – United States – Lifestyle
61 Suze Orman – Author and personal finance guru – 59 – United States – Media
62 Tarja Halonen – President – 66 Finland – Politics
63 Marjorie Scardino – Chief Executive, Pearson PLC – 63 – United States Business
64 Mary McAleese – President – 59 – Ireland – Politics
65 Annika Falkengren – Chief Executive, SEB – 48 – Sweden – Business
66 Sheryl Sandberg – Chief Operating Officer, Facebook – 41 – United States – Business
67 Cathleen Black – Chair, Hearst Magazines – 66 – United States – Media
68 Cristina Fernandez – President – 57 – Argentina – Politics
69 Anne Sweeney – Co-chair, Disney Media Networks – 52 – United States – Business
70 Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi – Minister of Economy – 51 – United Arab Emirates – Politics
71 Chua Sock Koong – Group Chief Executive, Singapore Telecommunications – 51 – Singapore – Business
72 Gisele Bundchen – Model and fashion designer – 30 – Brazil – Lifestyle
73 Christiane Amanpour – Anchor – 52 – United States – Media
74 Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al-Missned – First Lady – 50 – Qatar – Politics
75 Susan Ivey – Chief Executive, Reynolds American – 51 – United States Business
76 Queen Rania Al Abdullah – Monarch – 40 – Jordan – Politics
77 Nancy McKinstry – Chief Executive, Wolters Kluwer – 51 – United States – Business
78 Rachael Ray – Talks show host and author – 42 – United States – Lifestyle
79 Nikki Finke – Founder and Blogger, Deadline Hollywood Daily – 56 – United States – Media
80 Johanna Sigurdardottir – Prime Minister – 67 – Iceland – Politics
81 Jing Ulrich – Dir. and Chair, China Equities and Com., J.P. Morgan Chase – 43 – United States – Business
82 Laura Sen – Chief Executive, BJ’s Wholesale Club – 54 – United States – Business
83 Laura Chinchilla – President – 51 – Costa Rica – Politics
84 Mary Callahan Erdoes – Chief Executive, Asset Management, JP Morgan Chase – 43 – Business
85 Janet L. Robinson – Chief Executive and President – 60 – United States – Business
86 Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf – President – 71 – Liberia – Politics
87 Amy Pascal – Co-Chair, Sony Pictures Entertainment – 52 – United States – Business
88 Tory Burch – Fashion designer – 44 -Â United States – Lifestyle
89 Shikha Sharma – Chief Executive, Axis Bank – 49 India – Business
90 Sun Yafang – Chair, Huawei Technologies – 54 – China – Business
91 Vera Wang – Vera Wang – Fashion designer – 61 – United States -Â Lifestyle
92 Chanda Kocchar – Chief Executive, ICICI Bank – 48 India – Business
93 Danica Patrick – Race car driver – 28 – United States – Lifestyle
94 Maha Al-Ghunaim – Cofounder and chair, Global Investment House – 50 – Kuwait – Business
95 Dilma Rousseff – Presidential candidate – 62 – Brazil – Politics
96 Donna Karan – Fashion designer – 61 – United States – Lifestyle
97 Angela Ahrendts – Chief Executive, Burberry Group – 50 – United States – Business
98 Ellen Alemany – Chief Executive, Citizens Financial Group – 54 – United States – Business
99 Martha Stewart – Lifestyle Guru – 69 -Â United States – Lifestyle
100 Dominique Senequier – Chief Executive, AXA Private Equity – 57 – France – Business
