Here are snapshots of the top 10 women on the list.
1. Angela Merkel
Age: 57
Title: Chancellor
Residence: Germany
2. Hillary Clinton
Age: 63
Title: Secretary of state
Residence: United States
3. Dilma Rousseff
Age: 63
Title: President
Residence: Brazil
4. Indra Nooyi
Age: 55
Title: Chief executive of PepsiCo
Residence: United States
5. Sheryl Sandberg
Age: 42
Title: Chief operating officer of Facebook
Residence: United States
6. Melinda Gates
Age: 47
Title: Co-founder and co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Residence: United States
7. Sonia Gandhi
Age: 64
Title: President of the Indian National Congress party
Residence: India
8. Michelle Obama
Age: 47
Title: First lady
Residence: United States
9. Christine Lagarde
Age: 55
Title: Managing director of the International Monetary Fund
Residence: United States
10. Irene Rosenfeld
Age: 58
Title: Chief executive of Kraft Foods
Residence: United States
- Go to Forbes.com for more on Rosenfeld
- Check out the full list of the 100 most powerful women at Forbes.com
This article was reported by Caroline Howard for Forbes.



