Forbes List 2008 listed the top 100 most powerful women in the world..
Curious who made the list? Well heres a tip.. the top fifty will shock you… Barbara Walters, only made the bottom fifty, the same for the Queen of England, Jordan and Presidents of varying countries…
From number fifty to number one.. Forbes top fifty most powerful women in the world today:
50: Susan Decker, president of Yahoo.
49: Susan E. Arnold, president of Procter & Gamble.
48: Amy Woods Brinkley, risk management, Bank of America.
47: Neelie Kroes (photo), Dutch EU-commissioner for competition.
46: Christine Poon, vice president of Johnson & Johnson.
45: Brenda Barnes, CEO, Sara Lee.
44: America’s Former First Lady Laura Bush.
43: Linda Cook, Royal Dutch Shell Gas.
42: Jane Mendillo, president of Harvard Management Company.
41: Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, president of the Philippines.
40: Melinda Gates (photo), co-founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
39: Lynn Laverty Elsenhans, CEO of Sunoco.
38: Aung San Suu Kyi (photo), former prime minister of Myanmar and Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
37: Gulzhan Moldazhanova, CEO, Basic Element.
36: Oprah Winfrey, US-talkmaster and head of her company Harpo.
35: Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives.
34: Marina Berlusconi (photo), the oldest daughter of Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, CEO of Finivest Group and Mondadori Group.
33: Ann Livermore, vice-president of Hewlett-Packard.
32: Nancy Tellem, president of the CBS Paramount Television Entertainment Group.
1: Valentina Matviyenko, governor of St. Petersburg.
0: Anne Sweeney (photo), president of Disney-ABC Television.
29: Hynd Bouhia, director general of the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
28: Hillary Clinton (photo), U.S. Senator.
27: Carol Meyrowitz, CEO, The TJX Cos.
26: Ellen Alemany, CEO, Royal Bank of Scotland America.
25: Michelle Bachelet, president of Chile.
4: Julie Gerberding (photo), Director, Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
23: Sri Mulyani Indrawati, secretary of commerce, Indonesia.
22: Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, CEO, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
21: Sonia Gandhi, chairwoman of the Indian Congress Party.
20: Marjorie Scardino, CEO, Pearson Group PLC.
19: Andrea Jung, CEO, Avon.
18: Mary Sammons, CEO, Rite Aid.
Picture: AFP
17: Yulia Tymoshenko (photo), prime minister of Ukraine.
16: Carol B. Tome, vice president of Home Depot.
15: Safra A. Catz, president of Oracle.
14: Christine Lagarde, French secretary of commerce and finance.
13: Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, president of Argentina
12: Patricia A. Woertz, CEO, Archer Daniels Midland.
11: Gail Kelly, CEO, Westpac Bank.
10: Anne Mulcahy, CEO of Xerox.
9: Anne Lauvergeon, CEO, Areva.
8: Ho Ching, CEO, Temasek Holdings.
7: Condoleezza Rice (photo), U.S. secretary of state.
6: Irene B. Rosenfeld, CEO, Kraft Foods.
Picture: picture-alliance/ dpa
5: Cynthia Carroll, CEO, Anglo American.
4: Angela F. Braly, CEO of WellPoint.
o. 3: winning bronze – Indra K. Nooyi, CEO at PepsiCo.
Silver and second place: Sheila C. Bair, CEO of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
The German Chancellor Angela Merkel is the most powerful woman. She is on top of the list for the third time in a row.
