 | #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 |