Okonjo Iweala, 83rd In 100 Most Powerful Women in the World 2013 – Forbes

okojo Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, Nigeria’s Minister of Finance Forbes released a comprehensive list of world’s most powerful women today, 22 May 2013. Here is the full list 1 Angela Merkel Chancellor, Germany 58 Germany Politics 2 Dilma Rousseff, President, Brazil 65 Brazil Politics 3 Melinda Gates Cochair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 48 United States Philanthropy/NGO 4 Michelle Obama First Lady, United States 49 United States Politics 5 Hillary Clinton Personality, Philanthropist 65 United States Politics 6 Sheryl Sandberg COO, Facebook 43 United States Technology 7 Christine Lagarde Managing Director, International Monetary Funds 57 France Philanthropy/NGO 8 Janet Napolitano Secretary, Department of Homeland Security, United States 55 United States Politics 9 Sonia Gandhi President, Indian National Congress, India 66 India Politics 10 Indra Nooyi CEO, PepsiCo 57 United States Business 11 Geun-hye Park President, South Korea 61 South Korea Politics 12 Virginia Rometty CEO, IBM 55 United States Technology 13 Oprah Winfrey Entrepreneur, Personality 59 United States Media 14 Ursula Burns Chairman and CEO, Xeros 54 United States Technology 15 Meg Whitman CEO, Hewlett-Packard 56 United States Technology 16 Georgina Rinehart Executive Chairman, Hancock Prospecting 59 Australia Metals & Mining 17 Beyonce Knowles Actress, Entrepreneur, Musician 31 United States Celebrity 18 Maria das Graças Silva Foster CEO, Petrobras 59 Brazil Business 19 Jill Abramson Executive Editor, New York Times Co. 59 United States Media 20 Irene Rosenfeld CEO, Mondelez International 60 United States Business 21 Helen Clark Administrator, U.N. Development Programme 63 New Zealand Philanthropy/NGO 22 Nancy Pelosi Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, United States 73 United States Politics 23 Safra Catz CFO, Oracle 51 United States Technology 24 Anne Sweeney Co-Chair, Disney Media Networks, and President, Disney/ABC Television Group, Walt Disney 55 United States Media 25 Kathleen Sebelius Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, United States 65 United States Politics 26 Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner President, Argentina 60 Argentina Politics 27 Sheri McCoy CEO, Avon Products 54 United States Business 28 Julia Gillard Prime Minister, Australia 51 Australia Politics 29 Aung San Suu Kyi Chair and Parliamentarian, National League for Democracy, Burma 67 Burma Politics 30 Susan Wojcicki Senior Vice President, Google 44 United States Technology 31 Yingluck Shinawatra Prime Minister, Thailand 45 Thailand Politics 32 Marissa Mayer CEO, Yahoo 37 United States Technology 33 Margaret Chan Director-General, World Health Organization 65 China Philanthropy/NGO 34 Marillyn Hewson CEO, Lockheed Martin 59 United States Business 35 Mary Barra SVP, Global Product Development, General Motors 51 United States Business 36 Amy Pascal Co-Chairman, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Sony 55 United States Media 37 Angelina Jolie Actress, Philanthropist 37 United States Celebrity 38 Sofia Vergara Actress, Entrepreneur 40 Colombia Celebrity 39 Laurene Powell Jobs & family Founder and Chair, Emerson Collective 49 United States Technology 40 Queen Elizabeth II Monarch, United Kingdom 87 United Kingdom Politics 41 Anna Wintour Editor-in-Chief, Vogue, Conde Nast Publications, Inc. 63 United States Media 42 Ellen Kullman Chairman and CEO, EI du Pont de Nemours 57 United States Business 43 Drew Gilpin Faust President, Harvard University 65 United States Philanthropy/NGO 44 Rosalind Brewer President and CEO, Sam’s Club, Wal-Mart Stores 50 United States Business 45 Lady Gaga Musician, Philanthropist 27 United States Celebrity 46 Cher Wang Co-founder and Chair, HTC 54 Taiwan Technology 47 Joyce Banda President, Malawi 63 Malawi Politics 48 Wu Yajun & family Chairman, Longfor Properties 49 China Real Estate 49 Ertharin Cousin Executive Director, World Food Programme, United Nations 56 United States Philanthropy/NGO 50 Zhang Xin & family Cofounder, CEO, Soho China 47 China Business 51 Ellen DeGeneres Comedian, Personality, Philanthropist 55 United States Celebrity 52 Shakira Mebarak Musician, Personality, Philanthropist 36 Colombia Celebrity 53 Angela Ahrendts CEO, Burberry Group 52 United States Business 54 Liyuan Peng First Lady, China 50 China Politics 55 Sri Mulyani Indrawati Managing Director, World Bank 50 Indonesia Philanthropy/NGO 56 Arianna Huffington Editor-In-Chief, Huffington Post Media Group, AOL 62 United State Media 57 Padmasree Warrior Chief Technology and Strategy Officer, Cisco Systems 52 United States Technology 58 Miuccia Prada Owner, Fashion Designer, Prada 64 Italy Business 59 Margaret Hamburg Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration, United States 57 United States Politics 60 Abigail Johnson President, Financial Services, Fidelity Investment 51 United States Business 61 Bonnie Hammer Chairman, Cable Entertainment Group, NBCUniversal, Comcast 62 United States Media 62 Gail Kelly CEO, Westpac Banking Group 57 Australia Business 63 Amy Hood Chief Financial Officer, Microsoft 41 United States Technology 64 Ho Ching CEO, Temasek 60 Singapore Business 65 Chanda Kochhar Managing Director and CEO, Icici Bank 51 India Business 66 Rosalia Mera Investor, Philanthropist 69 Spain Fashion and Retail 67 Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi Minister of Foreign Trade, United Arab Emirates 54 United Arab Emirates Politics 68 Helene Gayle President, CEO, CARE 58 United States Philanthropy/NGO 69 Tory Burch CEO, Tory Burch 46 United States Fashion and Retail 70 Margarita Louis-Dreyfus Chairman of Louis Dreyfus, Louis Dreyfus SAS 50 Switzerland Investments 71 Patricia Woertz Chairman, CEO and President, Archer Daniels Midland 60 United States Business 72 Mary Jo White Chairman, Securities and Exchange Commission, United States 65 United States Politics 73 Diane Sawyer Anchor of World News, ABC, Walt Disney 67 United States Media 74 Diane Von Furstenberg Owner, Fashion Designer, Diane von Furstenberg Studio, L.P. 66 United States Fashion and Retail 75 Phebe Novakovi CEO, General Dynamics 55United States Business 76 Sue Naegle President, HBO Entertainment, Time Warner Cable 43 United States Media 77 Sun Yafang Chair, Huawei Technologies 57 China Technology 78 Fabiola Gianotti Research Physicist, CERC 52 Italy Europe 79 Mary Meeker General Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers 52 United States Technology 80 Solina Chau Director, Li Ka Shing Foundation 51 Hong Kong Philanthropy/NGO 81 Denise Morrison President and CEO, Campbell Soup 59 United States Food and Beverage 82 Carol Meyrowitz CEO, TJX Cos 59 United States Business 83 Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Minister of Finance, Nigeria 58 Nigeria Politics 84 Risa Lavizzo-Mourey President, CEO, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 58 United States Philanthropy/NGO 85 Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw Founder, Chair, Biocon Ltd. 60 India Technology 86 Mary Callahan Erdoes CEO, J.P. Morgan Asset Management, JPMorgan Chase 45 United States Business 87 Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf President, Liberia 74 Liberia Politics 88 Weili Dai Co-founder, Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 51 United States Technology 89 Mindy Grossman CEO, HSN 55 United States Media 90 Sara Blakely Founder, Spanx 42 United States Fashion and Retail 91 Chua Sock Koong Group CEO, SingTel 54 Singapore Technology 92 Lubna S. Olayan CEO, Olayan Financing Company 57 Saudi Arabia Business 93 J.K. Rowling Author 47 United Kingdom Celebrity 94 Guler Sabanci Chairman and Managing Director, Sabanci Holding 58 Turkey Business 95 Gisele Bundchen Entrepreneur, Philanthropist, Supermodel 32 Brazil Celebrity 96 Beth Brooke Global Vice Chair – Public Policy, Ernst & Young 53 United States Business 97 Greta Van Susteren Anchor, FOX News, News Corp 58 United States Media 98 Jennifer Li CFO, Baidu 45 China Media 99 Judith Rodin President, Rockefeller Foundation 68 United States Philanthropy/NGO 100 Lan Yang Co-owner, Sun Media Group 45 China Media Source: Forbes