| | Rank Name Occupation Country |
| | 1 Angela Merkel Chancellor Germany |
| | 2 Wu Yi Vice premier China |
| | 3 Ho Ching Chief executive, Temasek Holdings Singapore |
| | 4 Condoleezza Rice Secretary of State U.S. |
| | 5 Indra K. Nooyi Chairman, chief executive, PepsiCo U.S. |
| | 6 Sonia Gandhi President, Congress Party India |
| | 7 Cynthia Carroll Chief executive, Anglo American U.K. |
| | 8 Patricia A. Woertz Chairman, Archer Daniels Midland U.S. |
| | 9 Irene Rosenfeld Chairman, chief executive, Kraft Foods U.S. |
| | 10 Patricia Russo Chief executive, Alcatel-Lucent U.S. |
| | 11 Michèle Alliot-Marie Minister for the Interior and overseas territories France |
| | 12 Christine Lagarde Minister of economy, finance and employment France |
| | 13 Anne M. Mulcahy Chairman, chief executive, Xerox U.S. |
| | 14 Anne Lauvergeon Chief executive, Areva France |
| | 15 Mary Sammons Chairman, chief executive, president, Rite Aid Corp. U.S. |
| | 16 Angela Braly Chief executive, president, WellPoint U.S. |
| | 17 Marjorie Scardino Chief executive, Pearson PLC U.K. |
| | 18 Wu Xiaoling Deputy governor, People's Bank of China China |
| | 19 Brenda Barnes Chairman, chief executive, Sara Lee Corp. U.S. |
| | 20 Ruth Bader Ginsburg Supreme court justice U.S. |
| | 21 Oprah Winfrey Chairman, Harpo U.S. |
| | 22 Margaret Whitman Chief executive, president, Ebay U.S. |
| | 23 Queen Elizabeth II Queen U.K. |
| | 24 Melinda Gates Cofounder, cochairman, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation U.S. |
| | 25 Hillary Rodham Clinton U.S. senator, New York U.S. |
| | 26 Nancy Pelosi Speaker of the House, House of Representatives U.S. |
| | 27 Michelle Bachelet President Chile |
| | 28 Safra A. Catz President, chief financial officer, Oracle U.S. |
| | 29 Susan E. Arnold President, global business units, Procter & Gamble U.S. |
| | 30 Andrea Jung Chairman, chief executive, Avon Products U.S. |
| | 31 Judy McGrath Chairman, chief executive, MTV Networks U.S. |
| | 32 Dr. Julie Louise Gerberding Director, Center for Disease Control and Prevention U.S. |
| | 33 Marina Berlusconi Chairman, Fininvest Group Italy |
| | 34 Zoe Cruz Co-president, Morgan Stanley U.S. |
| | 35 Amy Pascal Cochair, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Sony Pictures U.S. |
| | 36 Ann Livermore Executive vice president, Hewlett-Packard U.S. |
| | 37 Margaret Chan Director-general, World Health Organization China |
| | 38 Helen Clark Prime minister New Zealand |
| | 39 Tzipora Livni Foreign affairs minister Israel |
| | 40 Ana Patricia Botin Chairman, Banesto Spain |
| | 41 Renetta McCann Chief executive, Starcom MediaVest Group U.S. |
| | 42 Susan M. Ivey Chairman, chief executive, president, Reynolds American U.S. |
| | 43 Yang Mianmian Chairman, Haier China |
| | 44 Linda Z. Cook Executive director, gas & power, Royal Dutch Shell Netherlands |
| | 45 Janet L. Robinson Chief executive, president, The New York Times Company U.S. |
| | 46 Christine Poon Vice chairman, Johnson & Johnson U.S. |
| | 47 Drew Gilpin Faust President, Harvard university U.S. |
| | 48 Paula Rosput Reynolds Chief executive, president, Safeco U.S. |
| | 49 Nancy Tellem President, CBS Paramount Television Entertainment, CBS Corp. U.S. |
| | 50 Tarja Halonen President Finland |
| | 51 Gloria Arroyo President, Philipines Philippines |
| | 52 Dawn Hudson Chief executive, president, Pepsi-Cola North America U.S. |
| | 53 Nancy McKinstry Chairman, chief executive, Wolters Kluwer Netherlands |
| | 54 Clara Furse Chief executive, London Stock Exchange U.K. |
| | 55 Meredith Vieira Host, The Today Show U.S. |
| | 56 Christina Gold Chief executive, president, Western Union U.S. |
| | 57 Ann Moore Chairman, chief executive, Time Inc. U.S. |
| | 58 Mary McAleese President Ireland |
| | 59 Neelie Kroes Commissioner for competition, European Union Netherlands |
| | 60 Laura Bush First Lady U.S. |
| | 61 Susan Desmond-Hellmann President, product development, Genentech U.S. |
| | 62 Diane Sawyer Co-anchor, Good Morning America U.S. |
| | 63 Katie Couric Anchor, managing editor, CBS Evening News U.S. |
| | 64 Sharon Allen Chairman, Deloitte & Touche U.S. |
| | 65 Guler Sabanci Chairman, Sabanci Holding Turkey |
| | 66 Angela Ahrendts Chief executive, Burberry U.K. |
| | 67 Dora Bakoyannis Foreign affairs minister Greece |
| | 68 Zaha Hadid Founder, head architect, Zaha Hadid Architects U.K. |
| | 69 Antonia Ax:son Johnson Chairman, owner, Axel Johnson AB Group Sweden |
| | 70 Beth Brooke Global vice chairman, Ernst & Young U.S. |
| | 71 Aung San Suu Kyi Nobel Peace laureate, Democratically elected leader of Myanmar, 1990 Myanmar |
| | 72 Maha Al-Ghunaim Chairman, managing director, Global Investment House Kuwait |
| | 73 Colleen Barrett President, Southwest Airlines U.S. |
| | 74 Christiane Amanpour Chief international correspondent, CNN U.K. |
| | 75 Yan Cheung Chairman, Nine Dragons Paper China |
| | 76 Rosalia Mera Cofounder, Inditex Spain |
| | 77 Anne Sweeney President, Disney-ABC Television Group; Co-Chair, Disney U.S. |
| | 78 Marilyn Carlson Nelson Chairman, chief executive, Carlson Companies U.S. |
| | 79 Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al-Missned First Lady Qatar |
| | 80 Maureen Chiquet Chief executive, Chanel France |
| | 81 Portia Simpson Miller Prime minister Jamaica |
| | 82 Queen Rania Queen Jordan |
| | 83 Galia Maor Chief executive, president, Bank Leumi Group Israel |
| | 84 Georgina Rinehart Chairman, Hancock Prospecting Australia |
| | 85 Christie Hefner Chairman, chief executive, Playboy Enterprises U.S. |
| | 86 Stephanie A. Burns Chairman, chief executive, Dow Corning U.S. |
| | 87 Stacey Snider Co-chairman, chief executive, DreamWorks SKG U.S. |
| | 88 Imre Barmanbek Deputy chairman, Dogan Holding Turkey |
| | 89 Luisa Diogo Prime minister Mozambique |
| | 90 Chu Lam Yiu Chairman, Huabao International Holdings China |
| | 91 Giuliana Benetton Director, Edizione Holding, The Benetton Group Italy |
| | 92 Dr. Sima Samar Chairman, Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission Afghanistan |
| | 93 Dong Mingzhu Vice chairman, president, Gree Electric Appliances China |
| | 94 Cathleen Black President, Hearst Magazine U.S. |
| | 95 Mary West Cofounder, West Corp. U.S. |
| | 96 Rochelle Lazarus Chairman, chief executive, Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide U.S. |
| | 97 Vidya Chhabria Chairman, Jumbo Group United Arab Emirates |
| | 98 Orit Gadiesh Chairman, Bain & Co. U.S. |
| | 99 Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi Minister of the economy United Arab Emirates |
| | 100 Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf President Liberia |