20 Most Powerful Women In the World

Rank	Name	Age	Country	Category
1	Angela Merkel Chancellor, Germany	58	Germany	Politics
2	Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, United States	64	United States	Politics
3	Dilma Rousseff President, Brazil	64	Brazil	Politics
4	Melinda Gates Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation	48	United States	Humanitarian
5	Jill Abramson Executive Editor, New York Times Co.	58	United States	Media
6	Sonia Gandhi President, Indian National Congress, India	65	India	Politics
7	Michelle Obama First Lady, United States	48	United States	Politics
8	Christine Lagarde Managing Director, International Monetary Fund	56	France	Humanitarian
9	Janet Napolitano Secretary, Department of Homeland Security, United States	54	United States	Politics
10	Sheryl Sandberg COO, Facebook	43	United States	Technology
11	Oprah Winfrey Entrepreneur, Personality	58	United States	Celebrity
12	Indra Nooyi Chairman and CEO, PepsiCo	56	United States	Business
13	Irene Rosenfeld Chairman and CEO, Kraft Foods	59	United States	Business
14	Lady Gaga Musician, Philanthropist	26	United States	Celebrity
15	Virginia Rometty President and CEO, IBM	54	United States	Technology
16	Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner President, Argentina	59	Argentina	Politics
17	Ursula Burns Chairman and CEO, Xerox	54	United States	Technology
18	Meg Whitman CEO, Hewlett-Packard	56	United States	Technology
19	Aung San Suu Kyi Chair and Parliamentarian, National League for Democracy, Burma	67	Burma	Politics
20	Maria das Graças Silva Foster CEO, Petrobras-Petróleo Brasil	59	Brazil	Business