| #1 | Angela Merkel | 60 | Germany | Politics |
| #2 | Hillary Clinton | 67 | United States | Politics |
| #3 | Melinda Gates | 50 | United States | Philanthropy/NGO |
| #4 | Janet Yellen | 68 | United States | Finance |
| #5 | Mary Barra | 53 | United States | Automotive |
| #6 | Christine Lagarde | 59 | France | Philanthropy/NGO |
| #7 | Dilma Rousseff | 67 | Brazil | Politics |
| #8 | Sheryl Sandberg | 45 | United States | Technology |
| #9 | Susan Wojcicki | 47 | United States | Technology |
| #10 | Michelle Obama | 51 | United States | Politics |
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| #11 | Park Geun-hye | 63 | South Korea | Politics |
| #12 | Oprah Winfrey | 61 | United States | Media |
| #13 | Ginni Rometty | 58 | United States | Technology |
| #14 | Meg Whitman | 58 | United States | Technology |
| #15 | Indra Nooyi | 59 | United States | Business |
| #16 | Cristina Fernández de Kirchner | 62 | Argentina | Politics |
| #17 | Irene Rosenfeld | 62 | United States | Business |
| #18 | Ana Patricia Botín | 54 | Spain | Finance |
| #19 | Abigail Johnson | 53 | United States | Investments |
| #20 | Marillyn Hewson | 61 | United States | Manufacturing |
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| #21 | Beyoncé Knowles | 33 | United States | Celebrity |
| #22 | Marissa Mayer | 40 | United States | Technology |
| #23 | Helen Clark | 65 | New Zealand | Philanthropy/NGO |
| #24 | Safra Catz | 53 | United States | Technology |
| #25 | Angela Ahrendts | 55 | United States | Technology |
| #26 | Ellen Kullman | 59 | United States | Business |
| #27 | Michelle Bachelet | 63 | Chile | Politics |
| #28 | Anna Wintour | 65 | United States | Media |
| #29 | Ursula Burns | 56 | United States | Technology |
| #30 | Arundhati Bhattacharya | 59 | India | Finance |
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| #31 | Sri Mulyani Indrawati | 52 | Indonesia | Philanthropy/NGO |
| #32 | Ruth Porat | 57 | United States | Technology |
| #33 | Lucy Peng | 42 | China | Technology |
| #34 | Loretta Lynch | 56 | United States | Politics |
| #35 | Chanda Kochhar | 53 | India | Business |
| #36 | Federica Mogherini | 42 | Italy | Politics |
| #37 | Gina Rinehart | 61 | Australia | Metals & Mining |
| #38 | Nancy Pelosi | 75 | United States | Politics |
| #39 | Adena Friedman | 45 | United States | Finance |
| #40 | Ewa Kopacz | 58 | Poland | Politics |
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| #41 | Queen Elizabeth II | 89 | United Kingdom | Politics |
| #42 | Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi | 53 | United Arab Emirates | Politics |
| #43 | Ho Ching | 62 | Singapore | Business |
| #44 | Laurene Powell Jobs | 51 | United States | Technology |
| #45 | Renée James | 51 | United States | Technology |
| #46 | Drew Gilpin Faust | 67 | United States | Philanthropy/NGO |
| #47 | Ertharin Cousin | 58 | United States | Philanthropy/NGO |
| #48 | Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala | 61 | Nigeria | Politics |
| #49 | Samantha Power | 44 | United States | Politics |
| #50 | Ellen DeGeneres | 57 | United States | Celebrity |
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| #51 | Amy Hood | 43 | United States | Technology |
| #52 | Bonnie Hammer | 64 | United States | Media |
| #53 | Mary Callahan Erdoes | 47 | United States | Finance |
| #54 | Angelina Jolie | 40 | United States | Celebrity |
| #55 | Beth Comstock | 54 | United States | Business |
| #56 | Phebe Novakovic | 57 | United States | Business |
| #57 | Sofía Vergara | 43 | Colombia | Celebrity |
| #58 | Donna Langley | 47 | United Kingdom | Media |
| #59 | Sheikh Hasina Wajed | 67 | Bangladesh | Politics |
| #60 | Katie Jacobs Stanton | 45 | United States | Media |
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| #61 | Arianna Huffington | 64 | United States | Media |
| #62 | Margaret Chan | 67 | China | Philanthropy/NGO |
| #63 | Mary Jo White | 67 | United States | Politics |
| #64 | Taylor Swift | 25 | United States | Celebrity |
| #65 | Rosalind Brewer | 52 | United States | Business |
| #66 | Nemat (Minouche) Shafik | 53 | United Kingdom | Politics |
| #67 | Lubna S. Olayan | 59 | Saudi Arabia | Business |
| #68 | Peng Liyuan | 52 | China | Politics |
| #69 | Zhang Xin | 49 | China | Business |
| #70 | Güler Sabanci | 60 | Turkey | Business |
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| #71 | Elvira Nabiullina | 51 | Russia | Politics |
| #72 | Elizabeth Holmes | 31 | United States | Healthcare |
| #73 | Tory Burch | 49 | United States | Fashion and Retail |
| #74 | Dana Walden | - | United States | Media |
| #75 | Diane von Furstenberg | 68 | United States | Fashion and Retail |
| #76 | Carol Meyrowitz | 61 | United States | Business |
| #77 | Mary Meeker | 55 | United States | Technology |
| #78 | Solina Chau | 53 | Hong Kong | Technology |
| #79 | Miuccia Prada | 66 | Italy | Fashion and Retail |
| #80 | Katharine Viner | 43 | United Kingdom | Media |
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| #81 | Shakira Mebarak | 38 | Colombia | Celebrity |
| #82 | Yao Chen | 35 | China | Celebrity |
| #83 | Fabiola Gianotti | 54 | Italy | Philanthropy/NGO |
| #84 | Padmasree Warrior | 54 | United States | Technology |
| #85 | Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw | 62 | India | Medicine |
| #86 | Kaci Kullmann Five | 64 | Norway | Philanthropy/NGO |
| #87 | Folorunsho Alakija | 64 | Nigeria | Oil |
| #88 | Judy Faulkner | 71 | United States | Healthcare |
| #89 | Patricia Harris | 58 | United States | Philanthropy/NGO |
| #90 | Gwynne Shotwell | 51 | United States | Construction & Engineering |
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| #91 | Sara Blakely | 44 | United States | Fashion and Retail |
| #92 | Risa Lavizzo-Mourey | 60 | United States | Philanthropy/NGO |
| #93 | Shobhana Bhartia | 58 | India | Media |
| #94 | Beth Brooke-Marciniak | 56 | United States | Business |
| #95 | Weili Dai | 53 | United States | Technology |
| #96 | Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf | 76 | Liberia | Politics |
| #97 | Raja Easa Al Gurg | - | United Arab Emirates | Business |
| #98 | Jenny Lee | 43 | Singapore | Technology |
| #99 | Greta Van Susteren | 61 | United States | Media |
| #100 | Lee Boo-Jin | 44 | South Korea | Service |