Forbes has announced its list of the 100 most powerful women globally for the 18th consecutive year. Rihanna, Beyonce, and Taylor Swift dominated the Forbes’ most powerful women in entertainment list.
The list includes 40 CEOs, 19 world leaders, an immunologist, and, for the first time in more than a decade, a new number one #PowerWomen
In the first spot is Amazon’s founder, Jeff Bezo’s ex-wife MacKenzie Scott, the first female vice president and the highest-ranking female official in U.S. history, Kamala Haris, and French politician, lawyer, current President of the European Central Bank, Christine Lagarde.
Announcing the World's 100 Most Powerful Women of 2021: https://t.co/9a25b0bhP8 #PowerWomen pic.twitter.com/1YkMm2CszB
— Forbes (@Forbes) December 7, 2021
‘These women represent the driving thesis behind the compilation of the list: it’s not just enough to have money or a position of power. A person must be doing something with their fortune, voice or public platform. While the people on the 18th annual list of the World’s 100 Most Powerful Women come from 30 countries and territories and work across finance, technology, politics, philanthropy, entertainment and more, they are united by a sense of duty.’
1 . MacKenzie Scott – United States – Philanthropy
2. Kamala Harris – United States – Politics & Policy
3. Christine Lagarde – France – Politics & Policy
4. Mary Barra – United States – Business
5. Melinda French Gates – United States – Philanthropy
6. Abigail Johnson – United States – Finance
7. Ana Patricia Botín – Spain – Finance
8. Ursula von der Leyen – Germany – Politics & Policy
9. Tsai Ing-wen – Taiwan – Politics & Policy
10. Julie Sweet – United States – Business
11. Karen Lynch – United States – Business
12. Carol Tomé – United States – Business
13. Emma Walmsley – United Kingdom – Business
14. Jane Fraser – United States – Finance
15. Nancy Pelosi – United States – Politics & Policy
16. Gail Boudreaux – United States – Business
17. Rosalind Brewer – United States – Business
18 . Susan Wojcicki – United States – Technology
19. Safra Catz – United States – Technology
20 . Ruth Porat – United States – Technology
21. Martina Merz – Germany – Business
22. Kristalina Georgieva – Bulgaria – Politics & Policy
23. Oprah Winfrey – United States – Media & Entertainment
24. Shemara Wikramanayake – Australia – Business
25. Judith McKenna – United Kingdom – Business
26. Amanda Blanc – United Kingdom – Business
27. Nicke Widyawati – Indonesia – Business
28 . Amy Hood – United States – Technology
29. Catherine MacGregor – France – Business
30 . Phebe Novakovic – United States – Business
31. Shari Redstone – United States – Media & Entertainment
32. Laurene Powell Jobs – United States – Philanthropy
33 . Ho Ching – Singapore – Finance
34 . Jacinda Ardern – New Zealand – Politics & Policy
35. Jessica Uhl – United States – Business
36. Sheryl Sandberg – United States – Technology
37 . Nirmala Sitharaman – India – Politics & Policy
38 . Gwynne Shotwell – United States – Technology
39. Janet Yellen – United States –
40 . Kathy Warden – United States – Business
41 . Adena Friedman – United States – Finance
42 . Marianne Lake Jennifer Piepszak – United States Finance
43 . Sheikh Hasina Wajed – Bangladesh – Politics & Policy
44 . Gina Rinehart – Australia – Business
45. Thasunda Brown Duckett – United States – Finance
46 . Vicki Hollub – United States – Business
47 . Mary Callahan Erdoes – United States – Finance
48. Ozlem Tureci – Germany – Business
49. Lisa Su 52 – United States – Business
50. Dana Walden – United States – Media & Entertainment
51. Tricia Griffith – United States – Business
52. Roshni Nadar Malhotra – India – Technology
53. Cathie Wood – United States – Finance
54. Jennifer Salke – United States – Media & Entertainment
55 . Tokiko Shimizu – Japan
56. Donna Langley 53 -United Kingdom – Media & Entertainment
57. Hana Al Rostamani – Finance
58. Dong Mingzhu – China – Business
59 . Yuriko Koike – Japan – Politics & Policy
60. Elvira Nabiullina – Russia – Politics & Policy
61. Suzanne Scott – United States – Media & Entertainment
62 . Lynn Good – United States – Business
63. Ann Sarnoff – United States – Media & Entertainment
64. Judy Faulkner – United States – Business
65 . Melanie Kreis – Germany – Business
66. Sri Mulyani Indrawati – Indonesia- Politics & Policy
67. Paula Santilli – Mexico Business
68. Rihanna – Barbados – Media & Entertainment
69. Laura Cha – Hong Kong – Finance
70. Queen Elizabeth II – United Kingdom – Politics & Policy
71. Mette Frederiksen – Denmark – Politics & Policy
72. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw – India – Business
73 . Joey Wat – China – Business
74 . Reese Witherspoon – United States – Media & Entertainment
75. Wang Feng Ying – China – Business
76 . Beyoncé Knowles – United States – Media & Entertainment
77 . Güler Sabanci – Turkey – Business
78 . Taylor Swift – United States – Media & Entertainment
79 . Zhou Qunfei – Hong Kong – Technology
80. Ava DuVernay – United States – Media & Entertainment
81. Solina Chau – Hong Kong – Philanthropy
82 . Magdalena Andersson – Sweden – Politics & Policy
83. Sanna Marin – Finland – Politics & Policy
84. Mary Meeker – United States – Technology
85 . Serena Williams – United States – Media & Entertainment
86 . Zuzana Caputova – Slovakia – Politics & Policy
87 . Dominique Senequier – France – Finance
88 . Falguni Nayar – India – Business
89. Lee Boo-jin – South Korea – Business
90. Anne Wojcicki – United States – Technology
91. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala – Nigeria – Politics & Policy
92 . Raja Easa Al Gurg – United Arab Emirates – Business
93. Julia Gillard – Australia
94 . Samia Suluhu Hassan – Tanzania – Politics & Policy
95. Kirsten Green – United States – Technology
96. Renuka Jagtiani – United Arab Emirates – Business
97 . Chrystia Freeland – Canada – Politics & Policy
98 . Mo Abudu – Nigeria – Media & Entertainment
99 . Christiana Figueres – Costa Rica – Politics & Policy
100 . Frances Haugen – United States – Technology
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