Nigerian women, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO); and Mo Abudu, Media Mogul and Philanthropist, made the list of 100 World’s Most Powerful Women as released by American Business Magazine, Forbes.
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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO); and Mo Abudu, Media Mogul and Philanthropist |
The List (forbes.com):
1. Ursula von der Leyen – Germany – Politics & Policy
2. Christine Lagarde – France – Politics & Policy
3. Kamala Harris – United States – Politics & Policy
4. Giorgia Meloni – Italy – Politics & Policy
5. Taylor Swift – United States – Media & Entertainment
6. Karen Lynch – United States – Business
7. Jane Fraser – United States – Finance
8. Abigail Johnson – United States – Finance
9. Mary Barra – United States – Business
10. Melinda French Gates – United States – Philanthropy
11. Julie Sweet – United States – Business
12. Kristalina Georgieva – Bulgaria – Politics & Policy
13. MacKenzie Scott – United States – Philanthropy
14. Gail Boudreaux – United States – Business
15. Emma Walmsley – United Kingdom – Business
16. Ruth Porat – United States – Technology
17. Safra Catz – United States – Technology
18. Ana Patricia Botín – Spain – Finance
19. Carol Tomé – United States – Business
20. Sandy Ran Xu – Business
21. Kathryn McLay – Business
22. Sarah London – Business
23. Amy Hood – United States – Business
24. Tarciana Paula Gomes Medeiros – Finance
25. Laurene Powell Jobs – United States – Philanthropy
26. Catherine MacGregor – France – Business
27. Janet Yellen – United States – Politics & Policy
28. Gwynne Shotwell – United States – Technology
29. Phebe Novakovic – United States – Business
30. Tsai Ing-wen – Taiwan – Politics & Policy
31. Oprah Winfrey – United States – Media & Entertainment
32. Nirmala Sitharaman – India – Politics & Policy
33. Ho Ching – Singapore – Finance
34. Thasunda Brown Duckett – United States – Finance
35. Marianne Lake, Jennifer Piepszak – United States – Finance
36. Beyoncé Knowles – United States – Media & Entertainment
37. Shari Redstone – United States – Media & Entertainment
38. Kathy Warden – United States – Business
39. Dana Walden – United States – Media & Entertainment
40. Amanda Blanc – United States – Business
41. Susan Li – Technology
42. Margherita Della Valle – Business
43. Adena Friedman – United States – Finance
44. Mary Callahan Erdoes – United States – Finance
45. Lynn Martin – Finance
46. Sheikh Hasina Wajed – Bangladesh – Politics & Policy
47. Sri Mulyani Indrawati – Indonesia – Politics & Policy
48. Gina Rinehart – Australia – Business
49. Lisa Su – United States – Technology
50. Vicki Hollub – United States – Business
51. Nicke Widyawati – Indonesia – Business
52. Shemara Wikramanayake – Australia – Finance
53. Tricia Griffith – United States – Business
54. Jessica Tan – China – Business
55. Judy Faulkner – United States – Technology
56. Tokiko Shimizu – Japan – Finance
57. Donna Langley – United States – Media & Entertainment
58. Jennifer Salke – United States – Media & Entertainment
59. Wang Laichun – Hong Kong – Technology
60. Roshni Nadar Malhotra – India – Technology
61. Jenny Johnson – United States – Finance
62. Yuriko Koike – Japan – Media & Entertainment
63. Hana Al Rostamani – Finance
64. Suzanne Scott – United States – Media & Entertainment
65. Lynn Good – United States – Business
66. Sinead Gorman – United Kingdom – Business
67. Bela Bajaria – Media & Entertainment
68. Belén Garijo – Business
69. Melanie Kreis – Germany – Business
70. Soma Mondal – Business
71. Paula Santilli – Mexico – Business
72. Mette Frederiksen – Denmark – Politics & Policy
73. Joey Wat – China – Business
74. Rihanna – Barbados – Media & Entertainment
75. Linda Thomas-Greenfield – Politics & Policy
76. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw – India – Business
77. Güler Sabanci – Turkey – Business
78. Trudy Shan Dai – China – Business
79. Debra Crew – Business
80. Robyn Denholm – Australia – Business
81. Solina Chau – Hong Kong – Philanthropy
82. Lee Boo-jin – South Korea – Business
83. Robyn Grew – Finance
84. Zuzana Caputova – Slovakia – Politics & Policy
85. Mary Meeker – United States – Finance
86. Makiko Ono – Business
87. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala – Nigeria – Politics & Policy
88. Mpumi Madisa – Business
89. Melanie Perkins – Australia – Business
90. Dominique Senequier – France – Finance
91. Raja Easa Al Gurg – United Arab Emirates – Business
92. Julia Gillard – Australia – Philanthropy
93. Samia Suluhu Hassan – Tanzania – Politics & Policy
94. Xiomara Castro – Politics & Policy
95. Kirsten Green – United States – Finance
96. Choi Soo-yeon – Business
97. Jenny Lee – Singapore – Finance
98. Mo Abudu – Nigeria – Media & Entertainment
99. Mia Mottley – Politics & Policy
100. Barbie – United States – Media & Entertainment