TOP 10 POWERFUL WOMEN OF THE WORLD - FORBES

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In this article we are sharing the list of  TOP 10 POWERFUL WOMEN OF THE WORLD according to the FORBES MAGAZINE.

Starting in 2004, Forbes magazine has made a list of the 100 most powerful women in the world. It is edited by notable Forbes journalists including Moira Forbes, and based on visibility and economic impact.

Leading the table seven times in the last eight years, Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany is understood to be the world's most powerful woman.

1. Angela Merkel

Angela Dorothea Merkel ( born 17 July 1954) is a German politician and former research scientist, who has been the Chancellor of Germany since 2005 and the leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since 2000. She is the first woman to hold either office.

2. Dilma Rousseff

Dilma Vana Rousseff (born 14 December 1947) is a Brazilian politician who has been the 36th President of Brazil since 1 January 2011. She is the first woman to hold the office.She was previously the Chief of Staff to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva from 2005 to 2010.

3. Melinda Gates 

Melinda French Gates is an American businesswoman, philanthropist and co-founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. She is the wife of Bill Gates, whom she met while working at Microsoft , where she was project manager for Microsoft Bob , Microsoft Encarta and Expedia.

4. Michelle Obama

Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama, an American lawyer and writer, is the wife of the 44th and current President of the United States, Barack Obama, and the first African-American First Lady of the United States.She has become a fashion icon and role model for women, and an advocate for poverty awareness, nutrition, and healthy eating.

5. Hillary Rodham Clinton

Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton is a former United States Secretary of State, U.S. Senator, and First Lady of the United States. From 2009 to 2013, she was the 67th Secretary of State, serving under President Barack Obama.She previously represented New York in the U.S. Senate (2001 to 2009). Before that, as the wife of President Bill Clinton, she was First Lady from 1993 to 2001.

6. Sheryl Sandberg

Sheryl Kara Sandberg is an American businesswoman. As of August 2013, she is the chief operating officer of Facebook.Before Facebook, Sandberg was Vice President of Global Online Sales and Operations at Google, and was involved in launching Google's philanthropic arm Google.org.Before Google, Sandberg served as chief of staff for the United States Secretary of the Treasury.

7. Christine Lagarde 

Christine Madeleine Odette Lagarde is a French lawyer and Union for a Popular Movement politician who has been the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund since 5 July 2011.Lagarde was the first woman to become finance minister of a G8 economy, and is the first woman to head the IMF.

8. Janet Napolitano

Janet Ann Napolitano is an American politician and lawyer who is the 20th and current president of the University of California system.Napolitano is the first woman to serve as the United States Secretary of Homeland Security, in office from 2009 to 2013. Napolitano, a member of the Democratic Party, served in the administration of President Barack Obama. Previously, she was the 21st Governor of Arizona from 2003 to 2009.

9. Sonia Gandhi

Sonia Gandhi is an Italy-born Indian politician, who has served as President of the Indian National Congress party since 1998. She is the widow of former Prime Minister of India, Rajiv Gandhi who belonged to the Nehru–Gandhi family.

10. Indra Nooyi  

Indra Krishnamurthy Nooyi is an Indian-American business executive and the current Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer of PepsiCo, the second largest food and beverage business in the world by net revenue.According to Forbes, she is consistently ranked among the World's 100 Most Powerful Women. In 2013, she has been ranked 10th in the list of Forbes World's 100 most powerful women.

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