- Forbes Magazine's List of The World's 100 Most Powerful Women
Starting in 2004, "
Forbes " magazine has made a list of the 100 most powerful women in the world. It is edited by editor Elizabeth MacDonald and staff writer Chana R. Schoenberger, and based on visibility and economic impact. For the last three years, ChancellorAngela Merkel ofGermany has been ranked as the most powerful woman on Earth.2008 (top 10 selection)
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Angela Merkel
#Sheila C. Bair
#Indra Nooyi
#Angela Braly
#Cynthia Carroll
#Irene Rosenfeld
#Condoleezza Rice
#Ho Ching
#Anne Lauvergeon
#Anne Mulcahy :cite web|url=http://www.forbes.com/2008/08/27/most-powerful-women-biz-powerwomen08-cz_me_cs_0827women_land.html|title=The 100 Most Powerful Women|publisher=Forbes.com|date=2008-08-27|accessdate=2008-09-18 (2008 List)]2007 (top 10 selection)
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Angela Merkel
#Wu Yi
#Ho Ching
#Condoleezza Rice
#Indra Nooyi
#Sonia Gandhi
#Cynthia Carroll
#Patricia Woertz
#Irene Rosenfeld
#Patricia Russo :*cite web|url=http://www.forbes.com/lists/2007/11/biz-07women_The-100-Most-Powerful-Women_Rank.html|title=The 100 Most Powerful Women|publisher=Forbes.com|date=2007-08-30|accessdate=2008-01-28 (2007 List)]2006 (top 10 selection)
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Angela Merkel
#Condoleezza Rice
#Wu Yi
#Indra Nooyi
#Anne Mulcahy
#Sallie Krawcheck
#Patricia Woertz
#Anne Lauvergeon
#Brenda Barnes
#Zoe Cruz :*cite web|url=http://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/11/06women_The-100-Most-Powerful-Women_Rank.html|title=The 100 Most Powerful Women|publisher=Forbes.com|date=2006-08-31|accessdate=2008-01-28 (2006 List)]2005 (top 10 selection)
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Condoleezza Rice
#Wu Yi
#Yulia Tymoshenko
#Gloria Arroyo
#Margaret Whitman
#Anne Mulcahy
#Sallie Krawcheck
#Brenda Barnes
#Oprah Winfrey
#Melinda Gates :*cite web|url=http://www.forbes.com/lists/2005/11/Rank_1.html|title=The Most Powerful Women|publisher=Forbes.com|accessdate=2008-01-28 (2005 List)]2004 (top 10 selection)
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Condoleezza Rice
#Wu Yi
#Sonia Gandhi
#Laura Bush
#Hillary Rodham Clinton
#Sandra Day O'Connor
#Ruth Bader Ginsburg
#Megawati Sukarnoputri
#Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
#Carleton S. Fiorina :*cite web|url=http://www.forbes.com/lists/results.jhtml?passListId=11&passYear=2004&passListType=Person&searchParameter1=unset&searchParameter2=unset&resultsStart=1&resultsHowMany=25&resultsSortProperties=%2Bnumberfield1%2C%2Bstringfield2&resultsSortCategoryName=Name&passKeyword=&category1=category&category2=category|title=Most Powerful Women|publisher=Forbes.com|accessdate=2008-01-28 (2004 List)]References
External links
* [http://www.forbes.com/women/ Official "Forbes" site: The World's Most Powerful Women]
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