Celebraphy brings to you the most powerful women in the world.
A lot of women in various disciplines are making tremendous impact around the world. They are able to influence policies and decisions that affect the society.
In this article we will be bring to you the top 10 most powerful women in the world.
We gathered information from Forbes, Fortune and Businessinsider
Most Powerful Women in the world
Angela Merkel
Angela Merkel is currently the most powerful woman in the world. She a German politician who has been Chancellor of Germany since 2005. She served as Leader of the Opposition from 2002 to 2005 and as Leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 2000 to 2018. A member of the Christian Democratic Union, Merkel is the first female Chancellor of Germany. Merkel has been widely described as the de facto leader of the European Union
Merkel is the fourth most powerful person on earth
Christine Lagarde
Christine Madeleine Odette Lagarde is a French politician and lawyer serving as President of the European Central Bank since November 2019. Between July 2011 and November 2019, she served as chair and managing director (MD) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Lagarde previously held various senior ministerial posts in the Government of France: she was Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industry (2007–2011), Minister of Agriculture and Fishing (2007) and Minister of Commerce (2005–2007). Lagarde was the first woman to become finance minister of a G8 economy and is the first woman to head each the ECB and IMF.
Most Powerful Women in the world
Nancy Pelosi
Number three of the most powerful women in the world is Nancy Pelosi. She is an American politician who is currently serving as a congresswoman from California and the speaker of the United States House of Representatives.
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Pelosi is the only woman in U.S. history to serve as Speaker and the highest-ranking female elected official in United States history. She is also the dean of California’s congressional delegation. As House speaker, Pelosi is second in the presidential line of succession, after the vice president.
Ursula von der Leyen
Ursula Gertrud von der Leyen is a German politician and the president of the European Commission since 1 December 2019. She served in the federal government of Germany from 2005 to 2019 as the longest-serving member of Angela Merkel’s cabinet. She is a member of the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its EU counterpart, the European People’s Party (EPP).
Mary Barra
Mary Teresa Barra is an American businesswoman who has been the chairman and CEO of General Motors Company since January 15, 2014. She is the first female CEO of a major automaker. On December 10, 2013, GM named her to succeed Dan Akerson as chief executive officer, and prior to that, Barra served as the executive vice president of Global Product Development, Purchasing, and Supply Chain at General Motors. She is among the most powerful women in the world
Most Powerful Women in the world
Melinda Gates
Melinda Ann Gates is an American philanthropist and a former general manager at Microsoft. In 2000, she co-founded the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation with her husband Bill Gates, the world’s largest private charitable organization as of 2015. Gates has consistently been ranked as one of the world’s most powerful women by Forbes.
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Abigail Johnson
Abigail Pierrepont Johnson is an American billionaire businesswoman. Since 2014, Johnson has been president and chief executive officer of American investment firm Fidelity Investments (FMR), and chairman of its international sister company Fidelity International (FIL).
Fidelity was founded by her grandfather Edward C. Johnson II. Her father Edward C. “Ned” Johnson III remains chairman emeritus of FMR. As of March 2013, the Johnson family owned a 49% stake in the company, with Johnson herself holding an estimated 24.5%.
Ana Botín
Ana Patricia Botín-Sanz de Sautuola O’Shea, is a Spanish banker who has served as the executive chairman of Santander Group since 2014. She is the fourth generation of the Botín family to hold this role. Prior to this she was chief executive officer (CEO) of Santander UK, a role she held from December 2010 until her assumption of the chairmanship.
She is one of the most powerful women in the world
Most Powerful Women in the world
Ginni Rometty
Virginia Marie “Ginni” Rometty is an American business executive, serving as executive chairman of IBM. She previously served as chairman, president and CEO of IBM, becoming the first woman to head the company.
Prior to becoming president and CEO in January 2012, she first joined IBM as a systems engineer in 1981 and subsequently headed global sales, marketing, and strategy
Marillyn Hewson
Marillyn Adams Hewson is the current chairman, and former president and chief executive officer of the aerospace and defense manufacturing company Lockheed Martin.
She is the 10th most powerful woman in the world
Most Powerful Women in the world
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