World's 100 Most Powerful Women as on 2015

World's 100 Most Powerful Women

RankNameAgeCountryCategory
#1Angela Merkel60GermanyPolitics
#2Hillary Clinton67United StatesPolitics
#3Melinda Gates50United StatesPhilanthropy/NGO
#4Janet Yellen68United StatesFinance
#5Mary Barra53United StatesAutomotive
#6Christine Lagarde59FrancePhilanthropy/NGO
#7Dilma Rousseff67BrazilPolitics
#8Sheryl Sandberg45United StatesTechnology
#9Susan Wojcicki47United StatesTechnology
#10Michelle Obama51United StatesPolitics
#11Park Geun-hye63South KoreaPolitics
#12Oprah Winfrey61United StatesMedia
#13Ginni Rometty58United StatesTechnology
#14Meg Whitman58United StatesTechnology
#15Indra Nooyi59United StatesBusiness
#16Cristina Fernández de Kirchner62ArgentinaPolitics
#17Irene Rosenfeld62United StatesBusiness
#18Ana Patricia Botín54SpainFinance
#19Abigail Johnson53United StatesInvestments
#20Marillyn Hewson61United StatesManufacturing
#21Beyoncé Knowles33United StatesCelebrity
#22Marissa Mayer40United StatesTechnology
#23Helen Clark65New ZealandPhilanthropy/NGO
#24Safra Catz53United StatesTechnology
#25Angela Ahrendts55United StatesTechnology
#26Ellen Kullman59United StatesBusiness
#27Michelle Bachelet63ChilePolitics
#28Anna Wintour65United StatesMedia
#29Ursula Burns56United StatesTechnology
#30Arundhati Bhattacharya59IndiaFinance
#31Sri Mulyani Indrawati52IndonesiaPhilanthropy/NGO
#32Ruth Porat57United StatesTechnology
#33Lucy Peng42ChinaTechnology
#34Loretta Lynch56United StatesPolitics
#35Chanda Kochhar53IndiaBusiness
#36Federica Mogherini42ItalyPolitics
#37Gina Rinehart61AustraliaMetals & Mining
#38Nancy Pelosi75United StatesPolitics
#39Adena Friedman45United StatesFinance
#40Ewa Kopacz58PolandPolitics
#41Queen Elizabeth II89United KingdomPolitics
#42Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi53United Arab EmiratesPolitics
#43Ho Ching62SingaporeBusiness
#44Laurene Powell Jobs51United StatesTechnology
#45Renée James51United StatesTechnology
#46Drew Gilpin Faust67United StatesPhilanthropy/NGO
#47Ertharin Cousin58United StatesPhilanthropy/NGO
#48Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala61NigeriaPolitics
#49Samantha Power44United StatesPolitics
#50Ellen DeGeneres57United StatesCelebrity
#51Amy Hood43United StatesTechnology
#52Bonnie Hammer64United StatesMedia
#53Mary Callahan Erdoes47United StatesFinance
#54Angelina Jolie40United StatesCelebrity
#55Beth Comstock54United StatesBusiness
#56Phebe Novakovic57United StatesBusiness
#57Sofía Vergara43ColombiaCelebrity
#58Donna Langley47United KingdomMedia
#59Sheikh Hasina Wajed67BangladeshPolitics
#60Katie Jacobs Stanton45United StatesMedia
#61Arianna Huffington64United StatesMedia
#62Margaret Chan67ChinaPhilanthropy/NGO
#63Mary Jo White67United StatesPolitics
#64Taylor Swift25United StatesCelebrity
#65Rosalind Brewer52United StatesBusiness
#66Nemat (Minouche) Shafik53United KingdomPolitics
#67Lubna S. Olayan59Saudi ArabiaBusiness
#68Peng Liyuan52ChinaPolitics
#69Zhang Xin49ChinaBusiness
#70Güler Sabanci60TurkeyBusiness
#71Elvira Nabiullina51RussiaPolitics
#72Elizabeth Holmes31United StatesHealthcare
#73Tory Burch49United StatesFashion and Retail
#74Dana Walden-United StatesMedia
#75Diane von Furstenberg68United StatesFashion and Retail
#76Carol Meyrowitz61United StatesBusiness
#77Mary Meeker55United StatesTechnology
#78Solina Chau53Hong KongTechnology
#79Miuccia Prada66ItalyFashion and Retail
#80Katharine Viner43United KingdomMedia
#81Shakira Mebarak38ColombiaCelebrity
#82Yao Chen35ChinaCelebrity
#83Fabiola Gianotti54ItalyPhilanthropy/NGO
#84Padmasree Warrior54United StatesTechnology
#85Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw62IndiaMedicine
#86Kaci Kullmann Five64NorwayPhilanthropy/NGO
#87Folorunsho Alakija64NigeriaOil
#88Judy Faulkner71United StatesHealthcare
#89Patricia Harris58United StatesPhilanthropy/NGO
#90Gwynne Shotwell51United StatesConstruction & Engineering
#91Sara Blakely44United StatesFashion and Retail
#92Risa Lavizzo-Mourey60United StatesPhilanthropy/NGO
#93Shobhana Bhartia58IndiaMedia
#94Beth Brooke-Marciniak56United StatesBusiness
#95Weili Dai53United StatesTechnology
#96Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf76LiberiaPolitics
#97Raja Easa Al Gurg-United Arab EmiratesBusiness
#98Jenny Lee43SingaporeTechnology
#99Greta Van Susteren61United StatesMedia
#100Lee Boo-Jin44South KoreaService