100 MOST POWERFULL WOMEN

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Rank	Name	Age	Country	Category	Category Rank
1	Michelle Obama First Lady	46	United States	Politics	#1
2	Irene Rosenfeld Chief Executive, Kraft Foods	57	United States	Business	#1
3	Oprah Winfrey Talk show host and media mogul	56	United States	Media	#1
4	Angela Merkel Chancellor	56	Germany	Politics	#2
5	Hillary Clinton Secretary of State	62	United States	Politics	#3
6	Indra Nooyi Chief Executive, PepsiCo	54	United States	Business	#2
7	Lady Gaga Singer and performance artist	24	United States	Lifestyle	#1
8	Gail Kelly Chief Executive, Westpac	54	Australia	Business	#3
9	Beyonce Knowles Singer, fashion designer	29	United States	Lifestyle	#2
10	Ellen DeGeneres Talk show host	52	United States	Media	#2
11	Nancy Pelosi Speaker of the House	70	United States	Politics	#4
12	Angela Braly Chief Executive, Wellpoint	49	United States	Business	#4
13	Janet Napolitano Secretary, Homeland Security	52	United States	Politics	#5
14	Cynthia Carroll Chief Executive, Anglo American	53	United States	Business	#5
15	Sheila Bair Chair, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation	56	United States	Politics	#6
16	Sarah Palin Political maverick and commentator	46	United States	Media	#3
17	Mary Schapiro Chair, Securities and Exchange Commission	55	United States	Politics	#7
18	Ellen Kullman Chief Executive, DuPont	54	United States	Business	#6
19	Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court Justice	56	United States	Politics	#8
20	Ursula Burns Chief Executive, Xerox	51	United States	Business	#7
21	Angelina Jolie Actor and UN Goodwill Ambassador	35	United States	Lifestyle	#3
22	Katie Couric News anchor	53	United States	Media	#4
23	Kathleen Sebelius Secretary, Health & Human Services	62	United States	Politics	#9
24	Anne Lauvergeon Chief Executive, Areva	51	France	Business	#8
25	Elena Kagan Supreme Court Justice	50	United States	Politics	#10
26	Patricia Woertz Chief Executive, Archer Daniels Midland	57	United States	Business	#9
27	Melinda Gates Co-chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation	46	United States	Lifestyle	#4
28	Arianna Huffington Founder and editor-in-chief, Huffington Post	60	United States	Media	#5
29	Madonna Singer, fashion designer	52	United States	Lifestyle	#5
30	Ho Ching Chief Executive, Temasek Holdings	57	Singapore	Business	#10
31	Ruth Bader Ginsburg Supreme Court Justice	77	United States	Politics	#11
32	Maria Ramos Chief Executive, Absa Group Banks	51	South Africa	Business	#11
33	Chelsea Handler Talk show host and author	35	United States	Lifestyle	#6
34	Tina Brown Cofounder and editor-in-chief, The Daily Beast	56	United States	Media	#6
35	Carla Bruni-Sarkozy First Lady	42	France	Politics	#12
36	Lynn Laverty Elsenhans Chief Executive, Sunoco	54	United States	Business	#12
37	Elizabeth Warren Assistant to the President and Special Adviser to the Secretary of Treasury	61	United States	Politics	#13
38	Ana Patricia Botin Chair, Banesto bank	49	Spain	Business	#13
39	Heidi Klum Model and producer	37	United States	Lifestyle	#7
40	Meredith Vieira Co-anchor	56	United States	Media	#7
41	Queen Elizabeth II Monarch	84	United Kingdom	Politics	#14
42	Carol Bartz Chief Executive, Yahoo!	62	United States	Business	#14
43	Christine Lagarde Finance Minister	54	France	Politics	#15
44	Sallie Krawcheck President, Global Wealth & Investment Management, Bank of America	45	United States	Business	#15
45	Sarah Jessica Parker Actor and fashion designer	45	United States	Lifestyle	#8
46	Diane Sawyer News anchor	64	United States	Media	#8
47	Meg Whitman Gubernatorial candidate, California	54	United States	Politics	#16
48	Marina Berlusconi Chair, Mondadori and Fininvest Group	44	Italy	Business	#16
49	Stephenie Meyer Author	36	United States	Lifestyle	#9
50	Rachel Maddow Talk show host	37	United States	Media	#9
51	Carly Fiorina Senatorial candidate, California	56	United States	Politics	#17
52	Guler Sabanci Chair, Sabanci Holding	54	Turkey	Business	#17
53	Maria Shriver First Lady, California	54	United States	Politics	#18
54	Carol Meyrowitz Chief Executive, TJX companies	56	United States	Business	#18
55	Serena Williams Athlete	28	United States	Lifestyle	#10
56	Anna Wintour Editor-in-Chief, Vogue	60	United States	Media	#10
57	Andrea Jung Chief Executive, Avon Products	52	United States	Business	#19
58	Julia Gillard Prime Minister	48	Australia	Politics	#19
59	Abigail Johnson President, Fidelity Personal, Workplace and Institutional Services	48	United States	Business	#20
60	Venus Williams Athlete	30	United States	Lifestyle	#11
61	Suze Orman Author and personal finance guru	59	United States	Media	#11
62	Tarja Halonen President	66	Finland	Politics	#20
63	Marjorie Scardino Chief Executive, Pearson PLC	63	United States	Business	#21
64	Mary McAleese President	59	Ireland	Politics	#21
65	Annika Falkengren Chief Executive, SEB	48	Sweden	Business	#22
66	Sheryl Sandberg Chief Operating Officer, Facebook	41	United States	Business	#23
67	Cathleen Black Chair, Hearst Magazines	66	United States	Media	#12
68	Cristina Fernandez President	57	Argentina	Politics	#22
69	Anne Sweeney Co-chair, Disney Media Networks	52	United States	Business	#24
70	Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi Minister of Economy	51	United Arab Emirates	Politics	#23
71	Chua Sock Koong Group Chief Executive, Singapore Telecommunications	51	Singapore	Business	#25
72	Gisele Bundchen Model and fashion designer	30	Brazil	Lifestyle	#12
73	Christiane Amanpour Anchor	52	United States	Media	#13
74	Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al-Missned First Lady	50	Qatar	Politics	#24
75	Susan Ivey Chief Executive, Reynolds American	51	United States	Business	#26
76	Queen Rania Al Abdullah Monarch	40	Jordan	Politics	#25
77	Nancy McKinstry Chief Executive, Wolters Kluwer	51	United States	Business	#27
78	Rachael Ray Talks show host and author	42	United States	Lifestyle	#13
79	Nikki Finke Founder and blogger, Deadline Hollywood Daily	56	United States	Media	#14
80	Johanna Sigurdardottir President	67	Iceland	Politics	#26
81	Jing Ulrich Managing director and chair, China Equities and Commodities, J.P. Morgan Chase	43	United States	Business	#28
82	Laura Sen Chief Executive, BJ’s Wholesale Club	54	United States	Business	#29
83	Laura Chinchilla President	51	Costa Rica	Politics	#27
84	Mary Callahan Erdoes Chief Executive, Asset Management, JP Morgan Chase	43		Business	#30
85	Janet L. Robinson Chief Executive and President	60	United States	Business	#31
86	Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf President	71	Liberia	Politics	#28
87	Amy Pascal Co-Chair, Sony Pictures Entertainment	52	United States	Business	#32
88	Tory Burch Fashion designer	44	United States	Lifestyle	#14
89	Shikha Sharma Chief Executive, Axis Bank	49	India	Business	#33
90	Sun Yafang Chair, Huawei Technologies	54	China	Business	#34
91	Vera Wang Fashion designer	61	United States	Lifestyle	#15
92	Chanda Kocchar Chief Executive, ICICI Bank	48	India	Business	#35
93	Danica Patrick Race car driver	28	United States	Lifestyle	#16
94	Maha Al-Ghunaim Cofounder and chair, Global Investment House	50	Kuwait	Business	#36
95	Dilma Rousseff Presidential candidate	62	Brazil	Politics	#29
96	Donna Karan Fashion designer	61	United States	Lifestyle	#17
97	Angela Ahrendts Chief Executive, Burberry Group	50	United States	Business	#37
98	Ellen Alemany Chief Executive, Citizens Financial Group	54	United States	Business	#38
99	Martha Stewart Lifestyle Guru	69	United States	Lifestyle	#18
100	Dominique Senequier Chief Executive, AXA Private Equity	57	France	Business	#39