Forbes releases world's top 100 'Most Powerful Women List'

May 25, 2013

Forbes magazine has released the list of World’s 100 Most Powerful Women Leaders for the year 2013. From India, UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and India-origin PepsiCo chief Indra Nooyi stand among the top 10 in the list of most powerful women in the world.
Sonia Gandhi stands at 9^th, while Indra Nooyi is ranked at 10^th on the chart.
Other Indians in Top 100

Chanda Kochhar (ranked 65^th): ICICI Bank Managing Director and CEO
Kiran Mazumdar Shaw (85^th) : Founder of Biccon has secured the 85th position on the global list.
Padmasree Warrior (57^th) : Cisco Systems Chief Technology and Strategy Officer

How they arrived at these rankings?
A list of influential individuals was prepared from seven different categories or power bases:

Billionaires
Business
Lifestyle (including entertainment and fashion)
Media
Nonprofits and NGOs
Politics
Technology

Then individuals in each of the above categories were weighted by using three metrics:

Money
Media presence
Impact

Who is the most powerful women in the world?
German chancellor Angela Merkel has been named as the most powerful woman in the world for the third successive year. She is followed by Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff who is at second spot while Melinda Gates, co-chairman of the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation in third.
Others on the list include Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg at rank 6^th, Christine IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde at 7^th, Oprah Winfrey at 13^th and Aung San Suu Kyi at 29^th.