Rank

Nombre

Ocupación

País

1

Angela Merkel

Chancellor

Germany

2

Wu Yi

Vice premier

China

3

Ho Ching

Chief executive, Temasek Holdings

Singapore

4

Condoleezza Rice

Secretary of State

U.S.

5

Indra K. Nooyi

Chairman, chief executive, PepsiCo

U.S.

6

Sonia Gandhi

President

India

7

Cynthia Carroll

Chief executive, Anglo American

U.K.

8

Patricia A. Woertz

Cochairman, Archer Daniels Midland

U.S.

9

Irene Rosenfeld

Chairman, chief executive, Kraft Foods

U.S.

10

Patricia Russo

Chief executive, Alcatel-Lucent

U.S.

11

Michèle Alliot-Marie

Minister for the Interior and overseas territories

France

12

Christine Lagarde

Minister of economy, finance and employment

France

13

Anne M. Mulcahy

Chairman, chief executive, Xerox

U.S.

14

Anne Lauvergeon

Chief executive, Areva

France

15

Mary Sammons

Chairman, chief executive, president, Rite Aid Corp.

U.S.

16

Angela Braly

Chief executive, president, WellPoint

U.S.

17

Marjorie Scardino

Chief executive, Pearson PLC

U.K.

18

Wu Xiaoling

Deputy governor, People's Bank of China

China

19

Brenda Barnes

Chairman, chief executive, Sara Lee Corp.

U.S.

20

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Supreme court justice

U.S.

21

Oprah Winfrey

Chairman, Harpo

U.S.

22

Margaret Whitman

Chief executive, president, Ebay

U.S.

23

Queen Elizabeth II

Queen

U.K.

24

Melinda Gates

Cofounder, cochairman, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

U.S.

25

Hillary Rodham Clinton

U.S. senator, New York

U.S.