Forbes magazine released its annual list of the world's 100 most powerful women yesterday (August 24th). The top 10 women on the list are:
- German Chancellor Angela Merkel
- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
- Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff
- PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi
- Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg
- Melinda Gates, co-founder and co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- Sonia Gandhi, president of
- Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund
- Kraft Foods CEO Irene Rosenfeld
Some of the notable movement seen on the list includes:
- Michelle Obama fell from 1st place last year to 8th place.
- Entertainers Lady Gaga (11th place), Oprah Winfrey (14th place) and Beyonce (18th place) are all in the top 20, but have fallen in ranking, since all were in the top 10 last year, including Oprah at Number 3.
- Former CBS Evening News host Katie Couric was in 22nd place in 2010, but isn't on the top 100 list at all this year because she gave up the anchor job.
- Jill Abramson, the new executive editor of the New York Times, debuts on the list this year in 12th place.
- Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann of
- Sarah Palin, who was 16th last year, fell to 34th place.
