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The 100 most powerful women in the world.

Who run the world? Girls.

Forbes has announced their annual Most Powerful Women ranking — and the list is unsurprisingly impressive.

Topping the list is German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who has featured on the list 12 other times.

But this year, there is a remarkable newcomer — our favourite Gen Y representative, Taylor Swift, who is the youngest woman to make that list at the ripe old age of 25. She came in at #64 on the list.

 

Queen Bey came in at #21.

Angelina Jolie, Shakira and Sofia Vergara also received a nod, but none ranked as highly as Oprah Winfrey at #12.

Gina Rinehart carried the torch for Australia as the only Aussie to make the list at #37. (Hey, she ranked higher than the Queen.)

But if you need a few role models that you don’t see in the news every day, browse the incredible number of CEOs, leaders and tech geniuses who are running the world.

  1. Angela Merkel, 60, Germany, Politics
  2. Hillary Clinton, 67, United States, Politics
  3. Melinda Gates, 50, United States, Philanthropy/NGO
  4. Janet Yellen, 68, United States, Finance
  5. Mary Barra, 53, United States, Automotive
  6. Christine Lagarde, 59, France, Philanthropy/NGO
  7. Dilma Rousseff, 67, Brazil, Politics
  8. Sheryl Sandberg, 45, United States, Technology
  9. Susan Wojcicki, 46, United States, Technology
  10. Michelle Obama, 51, United States, Politics
  11. Park Geun-hye, 63, South Korea, Politics
  12. Oprah Winfrey, 61, United States, Media
  13. Ginni Rometty, 57, United States, Technology
  14. Meg Whitman, 58, United States, Technology
  15. Indra Nooyi, 59, United States, Business
  16. Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, 62, Argentina, Politics
  17. Irene Rosenfeld, 62, United States, Business
  18. Ana Patricia Botín, 54, Spain, Finance
  19. Abigail Johnson, 53, United States, Investments
  20. Marillyn Hewson, 61, United States, Manufacturing
  21. Beyoncé Knowles, 33, United States, Celebrity
  22. Marissa Mayer, 39, United States, Technology
  23. Helen Clark, 65, New Zealand, Philanthropy/NGO
  24. Safra Catz, 53, United States, Technology
  25. Angela Ahrendts, 54, United States, Technology
  26. Ellen Kullman, 59, United States, Business
  27. Michelle Bachelet, 63, Chile, Politics
  28. Anna Wintour, 65, United States, Media
  29. Ursula Burns, 56, United States, Technology
  30. Arundhati Bhattacharya, 59, India, Finance
  31. Sri Mulyani Indrawati, 52, Indonesia, Philanthropy/NGO
  32. Ruth Porat, 57, United States, Technology
  33. Lucy Peng, 42, China, Technology
  34. Loretta Lynch, 56, United States, Politics
  35. Chanda Kochhar, 53, India, Business
  36. Federica Mogherini, 41, Italy, Politics
  37. Gina Rinehart, 61, Australia, Metals and Mining
  38. Nancy Pelosi, 75, United States, Politics
  39. Adena Friedman, 45, United States, Finance
  40. Ewa Kopacz, 58, Poland, Politics
  41. Queen Elizabeth II, 89, United Kingdom, Politics
  42. Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi, 53, United Arab Emirates, Politics
  43. Ho Ching, 62, Singapore, Business
  44. Laurene Powell Jobs, 51, United States, Technology
  45. Renée James, 50, United States, Technology
  46. Drew Gilpin Faust, 67, United States, Philanthropy/NGO
  47. Ertharin Cousin, 58, United States, Philanthropy/NGO
  48. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, 60, Nigeria, Politics
  49. Samantha Power, 44, United States, Politics
  50. Ellen DeGeneres, 57, United States, Celebrity
  51. Amy Hood, 43, United States, Technology
  52. Bonnie Hammer, 64, United States, Media
  53. Mary Callahan Erdoes, 47, United States, Finance
  54. Angelina Jolie, 39, United States, Celebrity
  55. Beth Comstock, 54, United States, Business
  56. Phebe Novakovic, 56, United States, Business
  57. Sofía Vergara, 42, Colombia, Celebrity
  58. Donna Langley, 47, United Kingdom, Media
  59. Sheikh Hasina Wajed, 67, Bangladesh, Politics
  60. Katie Jacobs Stanton, 45, United States, Media
  61. Arianna Huffington, 64, United States, Media
  62. Margaret Chan, 67, China, Philanthropy/NGO
  63. Mary Jo White, 67, United States, Politics
  64. Taylor Swift, 25, United States, Celebrity
  65. Rosalind Brewer, 52, United States, Business
  66. Nemat (Minouche) Shafik, 53, United Kingdom, Politics
  67. Lubna S. Olayan, 59, Saudi Arabia, Business
  68. Peng Liyuan, 52, China Politics, Politics
  69. Zhang Xin, 49, China, Business
  70. Güler Sabanci, 60, Turkey, Business
  71. Elvira Nabiullina, 51, Russia, Politics
  72. Elizabeth Holmes, 31, United States, Healthcare
  73. Tory Burch, 48, United States, Fashion and Retail
  74. Dana Walden – United States, Media
  75. Diane von Furstenberg, 68, United States, Fashion and Retail
  76. Carol Meyrowitz, 61, United States, Business
  77.  Mary Meeker, 55, United States, Technology
  78.  Solina Chau, 53, Hong Kong, Technology
  79. Miuccia Prada, 66, Italy, Fashion and Retail
  80. Katharine Viner, 44, United Kingdom, Media
  81. Shakira Mebarak, 38, Colombia, Celebrity
  82. Yao Chen, 35, China, Celebrity
  83. Fabiola Gianotti, 54, Italy, Philanthropy/NGO
  84. Padmasree Warrior, 54, United States, Technology
  85. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, 62, India, Medicine
  86. Kaci Kullmann Five, 64, Norway, Philanthropy/NGO
  87. Folorunsho Alakija, 64, Nigeria, Oil
  88. Judy Faulkner, 71, United States, Healthcare
  89. Patricia Harris, 58, United States, Philanthropy/NGO
  90. Gwynne Shotwell, 51, United States, Construction and Engineering
  91. Sara Blakely, 44, United States, Fashion and Retail
  92. Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, 60, United States, Philanthropy/NGO
  93. Shobhana Bhartia, 58, India, Media
  94. Beth Brooke-Marciniak, 55, United States, Business
  95. Weili Dai, 53, United States, Technology
  96. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, 76, Liberia, Politics
  97. Raja Easa Al Gurg – United Arab Emirates, Business
  98. Jenny Lee, 43, Singapore, Technology
  99. Greta Van Susteren, 60, United States, Media
  100. Lee Boo-Jin, 44, South Korea, Service

Who do you think should have made the list?

 

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