Women have been proving themselves to be as powerful and influential as men for decades. But which are today’s most influential women? We would like to present you with a list we have compiled of the top 30 most influential women in the year 2013, based on statistics issued by Forbes Magazine.
The women in our countdown were ranked according to fortune, media exposure, and impact. The women on our countdown are either head of states, CEOs for renowned companies, or managers with international NGOs, but the list also features certain surprises, such as songstress Beyonce Knowles, who is also the youngest woman in our countdown.
2013’s most powerful woman is Germany’s leading lady, chancellor Angela Merkel. Merkel has been consistently voted as one of the most influential women in the world, ranking as number one seven times in the past ten years.
Curious to see who else made it on our list? Let’s take a look at the countdown.
No. 30: Susan Wojcicki
Category: Technology (Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) – Senior Vice President)
Age: 45
Country: United States
No. 29: Aung San Suu Kyi
Category: Politics (Parliamentarian)
Age: 68
Country: Burma
No. 28: Julia Gillard
Category: Politics (Prime Minister)
Age: 52
Country: Australia
No. 27: Sheri McCoy
Category: Business (Avon Products, Inc. (NYSE:AVP) CEO)
Age: 55
Country: United States
No. 26: Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner
Category: Politics (President)
Age: 60
Country: Argentina
No. 25: Kathleen Sebelius
Category: Politics (Secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services)
Age: 65
Country: United States
No. 24: Anne Sweeney
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Category: Media (co-chair of Disney Media Networks and President of Disney/ABC Group)
Age: 56
Country: United States
No. 23: Safra Catz
Category: Technology (Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) CEO)
Age: 51
Country: United States
No. 22: Nancy Pelosi
Category: Politics (Minority leader of the House of Representatives)
Age: 73
Country: United States
No. 21: Helen Clark
Category: NGO (UN Development Program Administrator)
Age: 63
Country: New Zealand
No. 20: Irene Rosenfeld
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Category: Business (Mondelez International Inc (NASDAQ:MDLZ) CEO)
Age: 60
Country: United States
No. 19: Jill Abramson
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Category: Media (The New York Times Company (NYSE:NYT) – executive editor)
Age: 59
Country: United States
No. 18: Maria das Gracas Silva Foster
Category: Business (Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras SA (ADR) (NYSE:PBR) CEO)
Age: 60
Country: Brazil
No. 17: Beyonce Knowles
Category: Musician, Actress, Entrepreneur
Age: 32
Country: United States
No. 16: Georgina Rinehart
Category: Metals and Mining (Hancock Prospecting – executive chairman)
Age: 59
Country: Australia
No. 15: Meg Whitman
Category: Technology (Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ) CEO)
Age: 57
Country: United States
No. 14: Ursula Burns
Category: Technology (Xerox Corporation (NYSE:XRX) chairman and CEO)
Age: 55
Country: United States
No. 13: Oprah Winfrey
Category: Media personality
Age: 59
Country: United States
No. 12: Virginia Rometty
Category: Technology (International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM) CEO)
Age: 55
Country: United States
No. 11: Geun-hye Park
Category: Politics (President)
Age: 61
Country: South Korea
No. 10: Indra Nooyi
Category: Business (PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE:PEP) CEO)
Age: 58
Country: United States
No. 9: Sonia Gandhi
Category: Politics (President)
Age: 66
Country: India
No. 8: Janet Napolitano
Category: Politics (Secretary at the Department of Homeland Security)
Age: 55
Country: United States
No. 7: Christine Lagarde
Category: Managing director at the International Monetary Fund, Philanthropy
Age: 57
Country: France
No. 6: Sheryl Sandberg
Category: Technology (Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) COO)
Age: 44
Country: United States
No. 5: Hillary Clinton
Category: Politics, philanthropy
Age: 66
Country: United States
No. 4: Michelle Obama
Category: Politics (First Lady)
Age: 49
Country: United States
No. 3: Melinda Gates
Category: Philanthropy (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation)
Age: 49
Country: United States
No. 2: Dilma Rousseff
Category: Politics (President)
Age: 65
Country: Germany
No. 1: Angela Merkel
Category: Politics (Chancellor)
Age: 59
Country: Germany
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