Ground Breakers and Ceiling Crashers: World's 100 Most Powerful Women

Forbes has released its annual list of the World's 100 Most Powerful Women. The list includes "extraordinary icons and leaders", as well as "ground breakers and ceiling crashers" who command the world stage. Rank is determined by money, media, and momentum coupled with "spheres of influence and impact". Detailed methodology is provided by Forbes.

As you might expect, the list includes politicians, heads of state, CEOs of top companies, activist billionaires and celebrities- women who all have global impact and influence. Fifty eight of the 100 women listed are Americans, but the list is diverse. Twenty three are Asia-Pacific women, 5 are from Latin America and the Middle East and 4 are European and African. Bank of Russia Governor Elvira Nabiullina (#72) is the first Russian to make the list.

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Forbes' World's Most Powerful Women

 

Forbes has posted its10th edition of its list of the World's 100 Most Powerful Women. The Forbes list contains political leaders, philanthropists, celebrities and CEOs. The top 100 women are ranked based on money, their media presence, and impact over the last 12 months.

This year the list features nine heads of state who run nations with a combined GDP of $11.8 trillion. The 24 corporate CEOs control $893 billion in annual revenues, and 16 of the women here founded their own companies, including two of the three new billionaires to the list. This year’s class has 14 billionaires valued in excess of $82 billion.

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FORBES Names the World’s Most Powerful People

There are seven billion people on the planet. FORBES listed the 70 that matter most. What do the president of the United States, the Dalai Lama, a billionaire drug dealer and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg all have in common? They are all featured on FORBES' annual ranking of the World's Most Powerful People.

The FORBES ranking takes into account four factors. First, they measured how many people a person has power over. Then they looked at the financial resources controlled by each candidate. Next they asked: Is a candidate influential in more than one arena, or sphere? Finally, FORBES gave consideration to how actively the candidates wield their power. This measure eliminated inactive heirs to great fortunes, semi-retired industrialists and former heads of state. In all, 70 people made the final list, one for every 100 million people on the planet.

The title of the World’s Most Powerful Man on this year’s list is President Barack Obama, who gave up the top spot last year to China’s president Hu Jintao (#3). Despite his current political weakness, Obama remains the head-of-state of the world’s largest, most dynamic economy, commander-in-chief of the planet’s deadliest military and, unofficially, the leader of the free world.

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