The Forbes 2017 World’s 100 Most Powerful Women identifies a new generation of icons, game-changers and gate crashers who are boldly scaling new heights and transforming the world. This year’s ranking, is nearly one-quarter newcomers who are stepping into power in politics, technology, business, philanthropy and media. That should give everyone hope I would think but no African woman made the list
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#1 | Angela Merkel | 63 | Germany | Politics
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#2 | Theresa May | 61 | United Kingdom | Politics |
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#3 | Melinda Gates | 53 | United States | Philanthropy/NGO |
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#4 | Sheryl Sandberg | 48 | United States | Technology |
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#5 | Mary Barra | 55 | United States | Automotive |
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#6 | Susan Wojcicki | 49 | United States | Technology |
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#7 | Abigail Johnson | 55 | United States | Finance and Investments |
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#8 | Christine Lagarde | 61 | France | Economy |
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#9 | Ana Patricia Botín | 57 | Spain | Finance and Investments |
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#10 | Ginni Rometty | 60 | United States | Technology |
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#11 | Indra Nooyi | 62 | United States | Diversified |
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#12 | Meg Whitman | 61 | United States | Technology |
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#13 | Angela Ahrendts | 57 | United States | Technology |
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#14 | Laurene Powell Jobs | 54 | United States | Philanthropy/NGO |
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#15 | Tsai Ing-wen | 61 | Taiwan | Politics |
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#16 | Michelle Bachelet | 66 | Chile | Politics |
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#17 | Federica Mogherini | 44 | Italy | Politics |
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#18 | Safra Catz | 55 | United States | Technology |
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#19 | Ivanka Trump | 36 | United States | Politics |
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#20 | Adena Friedman | 48 | United States | Finance and Investments |
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#21 | Oprah Winfrey | 63 | United States | Media & Entertainment |
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#22 | Marillyn Hewson | 63 | United States | Manufacturing |
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#23 | Isabelle Kocher | 50 | France | Energy |
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#24 | U.S. Supreme Court Justices | – | United States | Politics |
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#25 | Ruth Porat | 59 | United States | Technology |
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#26 | Queen Elizabeth II | 91 | United Kingdom | Politics |
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#27 | Anna Wintour | 68 | United States | Media & Entertainment |
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#28 | Ho Ching | 64 | Singapore | Diversified |
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#29 | Emma Walmsley | 48 | United Kingdom | – |
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#30 | Sheikh Hasina Wajed | 70 | Bangladesh | Politics |
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#31 | Beata Maria Szydlo | 54 | Poland | Politics |
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#32 | Chanda Kochhar | 55 | India | Diversified |
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#33 | Aung San Suu Kyi | 72 | Myanmar | Politics |
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#34 | Lucy Peng | 44 | China | Technology |
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#35 | Pollyanna Chu | 59 | Hong Kong | Finance and Investments |
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#36 | Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi | 55 | United Arab Emirates | Politics |
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#37 | Amy Hood | 45 | United States | Technology |
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#38 | Jacinda Ardern | 37 | – | Politics |
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#39 | Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic | 49 | Croatia | Politics |
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#40 | Jean Liu | 39 | China | Technology |
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#41 | Bonnie Hammer | 67 | United States | Media & Entertainment |
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#42 | Nicola Sturgeon | 47 | United Kingdom | Politics |
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#43 | Nikki Haley | 45 | United States | Politics |
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#44 | Rosalind Brewer | 54 | United States | Diversified |
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#45 | Gina Rinehart | 63 | Australia | Metals & Mining |
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#46 | Erna Solberg | 56 | Norway | Politics |
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#47 | Stacey Snider | 56 | United States | Media & Entertainment |
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#48 | Phebe Novakovic | 59 | United States | Diversified |
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#49 | Elvira Nabiullina | 54 | Russia | Finance and Investments |
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#50 | Beyoncé Knowles | 36 | United States | Media & Entertainment |
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#51 | Peng Liyuan | 54 | China | Politics |
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#52 | Margarita Simonyan | 37 | Russia | Media & Entertainment |
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#53 | Mary Callahan Erdoes | 50 | United States | Finance and Investments |
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#54 | Qunfei Zhou | 47 | Hong Kong | Technology |
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#55 | Thi Phuong Thao Nguyen | 47 | Vietnam | Diversified |
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#56 | Lisa Davis | 54 | United States | – |
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#57 | Roshni Nadar Malhotra | 36 | India | Technology |
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#58 | Güler Sabanci | 62 | Turkey | Diversified |
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#59 | Lubna S. Olayan | 62 | Saudi Arabia | Diversified |
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#60 | Dana Walden | 53 | United States | Media & Entertainment |
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#61 | Katharine Viner | 45 | United Kingdom | Media & Entertainment |
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#62 | Feng Ying Wang | – | China | Automotive |
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#63 | Donna Langley | 49 | United Kingdom | Media & Entertainment |
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#64 | Marianne Lake | 48 | United Kingdom | Finance and Investments |
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#65 | Hillary Clinton | 70 | United States | Politics |
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#66 | Mingzhu Dong | 63 | – | Manufacturing |
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#67 | Melanie Kreis | 46 | Germany | – |
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#68 | Dalia Grybauskaite | 61 | Lithuania | Politics |
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#69 | Priscilla Chan | 32 | United States | Philanthropy/NGO |
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#70 | Gwynne Shotwell | 53 | United States | Construction & Engineering |
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#71 | Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw | 64 | India | Healthcare |
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#72 | Zanny Minton Beddoes | – | United Kingdom | Media & Entertainment |
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#73 | Miuccia Prada | 68 | Italy | Fashion & Retail |
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#74 | Isabel dos Santos | 44 | Angola | Finance and Investments |
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#75 | Solina Chau | 55 | Hong Kong | Technology |
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#76 | Lam Wai Ying | – | Hong Kong | Manufacturing |
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#77 | Kathleen Kennedy | – | United States | Media & Entertainment |
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#78 | Kersti Kaljulaid | 47 | Estonia | Politics |
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#79 | Arianna Huffington | 67 | United States | Media & Entertainment |
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#80 | Judy Faulkner | 74 | United States | Technology |
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#81 | Fabiola Gianotti | 57 | Italy | Philanthropy/NGO |
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#82 | Lynn Good | – | United States | Energy |
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#83 | Geisha Williams | – | United States | – |
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#84 | Mary Meeker | 58 | United States | Finance and Investments |
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#85 | Taylor Swift | 27 | United States | All Star Alumni |
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#86 | Patricia Harris | 61 | United States | Philanthropy/NGO |
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#87 | Drew Gilpin Faust | 70 | United States | Philanthropy/NGO |
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#88 | J.K. Rowling | 52 | United Kingdom | – |
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#89 | Eliza Manningham-Buller | 69 | United Kingdom | Philanthropy/NGO |
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#90 | Raja Easa Al Gurg | – | United Arab Emirates | Diversified |
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#91 | Debra Cafaro | – | United States | Real Estate |
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#92 | Shobhana Bhartia | 60 | India | Media & Entertainment |
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#93 | Lee Boo-Jin | 47 | South Korea | Service |
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#94 | Jenny Lee | 45 | Singapore | Finance and Investments |
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#95 | Kirsten Green | 46 | United States | Finance and Investments |
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#96 | Belinda Johnson | 50 | United States | Technology |
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#97 | Priyanka Chopra | 35 | India | – |
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#98 | Kathryn Petralia | 47 | United States | Finance and Investments |
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#99 | Anne Finucane | – | United States | Finance and Investments |
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#100 | Beth Brooke-Marciniak | 58 | United States | Diversified |
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