According to Forbes list of World’s 100 most Powerful Women, four Indians have made to the list. They are SBI Chief Arundhati Bhattacharya, ICICI bank head Chanda Kochhar, Biocon founder Kiran Mazumdar- Shaw and HT Media Chair Shobhana Bhartia. Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel topped the list. Two women of Indian-origin PepsiCo Chief Indra Nooyi and Cisco Chief Technology and Strategy Officer Padmasree Warrior also made to the list.
The 12th Annual list of Forbes’s 100 most influential women include women who are entrepreneurs, visionary CEOs, politicians, celebrity role models, billionaire activists and pioneer philanthropists..etc. These women have played a major role in “transforming the world” and and have been “ranked by dollars, media presence and impact”.
The top 10 Powerful Women in Forbes List
- Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel
- US presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton
- Philanthropist Melinda Gates
- Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen
- GM CEO Mary Barra
- IMF Chief Christine Lagarde
- Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff
- Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg
- YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki
- US First Lady Michelle Obama