According to Forbes magazine ranking achieved by the year 2011, Merkel has surpassed other women recognized in the world of politics or business, such as Hillary Clinton, U.S. Secretary of State, Dilma Rousseff, President of Brazil, and Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook chief executive.
In 2010 first place in the top was occupied by Michelle Obama, First Lady of the United States of America. According to news agency Reuters, Forbes has put together this list having regard to three criteria: personal wealth, “a component of traditional social media” and “basic power points”. As part of the third criterion listed, publishers have looked for every candidate if it had “an impact in many spheres of influence or if only a single authoritative source”.
Conducted by Forbes among women are found in the media as Oprah Winfrey and Arianna Huffington (Huffington Post founder), American actress Angelina Jolie and singer Beyonce Knowles.
Here, below, the top 20 most powerful women in the world:
1 – Angela Merkel, German chancellor
2 – Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State U.S.
3 – Dilma Rousseff, President of Brazil
4 – Indra Nooyi, PepsiCo’s general manager
5 – Sheryl Sandberg, director of Facebook
6 – Melinda Gates, Co-President Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
7 – Sonia Gandhi, president of the Indian Congress
8 – Michelle Obama, First Lady of the United States of America
9 – Christine Lagarde, the new director general of the International Monetary Fund
10 – Irene Rosenfeld, Kraft Foods Chairman
11 – Lady Gaga, American singer
12 – Jill Abramson, director of the New York Times editorial
13 – Katheleen Sebelius, secretary of the Department of Social and Health Services in the U.S.
14 – Oprah Winfrey, producer and TV presenter
15 – Janet Napolitano, Secretary U.S. Department of Homeland Security
16 – Susan Wojcicki, SVP, Google
17 – Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, Argentina’s President
18 – Beyonce Knowles, American singer
19 – Gina Rinehart, director of Hancock Prospecting
20 – Cher Wang, the director of Taiwanese manufacturer HTC smartphones
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