November 3rd, 2017 | Updated on June 25th, 2022
Sit down and ask yourself, ‘What is the most important thing to me?’ What grosses me out the most? What makes me the most upset — is it healthcare? Is it so many people being hungry in our culture? Is it sexual abuse? Mix that with doing something you love, something you could keep doing forever and ever. For me it was ending violence against women, and I mixed it with music. And I’ve had a 25-year career. So that’s my advice: Find something you really care about and mix that with something you love doing. — Kathleen Hanna
A Perth woman is considered to be one of the world’s 100 most powerful women by influential American business magazine Forbes. German Chancellor Angela Merkel holds the top spot for the eleventh time in 12 years – but she is joined in the top 10 by a few unfamiliar faces.
Here’s everything you need to know about the most powerful women in the world in 2017. Counting down…
1. Angela Merkel, 63, German Chancellor
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2. Theresa May, 61, British Prime Minister
3. Melinda Gates, 53, American philanthropist married to Bill Gates
4. Sheryl Sandberg, 48, United States technology boss
5. Mary Barra, 55, American General Motor boss
6. Susan Wojcicki, 49, American technology leader
7. Abigail Johnson, 55, United States finance and investments
8. Christine Lagarde, 61, French International Monetary Fund boss
9. Ana Patricia Botín, 57, Spain finance and investments
10. Ginni Rometty, 60, United States technology
11. Indra Nooyi, 62, United Statesbusinesswoman
12. Meg Whitman. 61, American Hewlett Packard boss
13. Angela Ahrendts, 57, United States technology
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14. Laurene Powell Jobs, 53, United States Philanthropy/NGO
15. Tsai Ing-wen, 61, Taiwanese President
16. Michelle Bachelet, 66, Chilean President
17. Federica Mogherini, 44, Italian politician
18. Safra Catz, 55, United States technology
19. Ivanka Trump, 36, Adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump
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20. Adena Friedman, 48, United States finance and investments
21. Oprah Winfrey, 63, American billionaire talk show queen
22. Marillyn Hewson, 63, United States manufacturing
23. Isabelle Kocher, 50, France energy
24. U.S. Supreme Court Justices – United States politics
25. Ruth Porat, 59, United States technology
26. Queen Elizabeth II, 91, world’s longest-serving monarch
27. Anna Wintour, 67, United States media & entertainment
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28. Ho Ching, 64, Singapore diversified
29. Emma Walmsley, 48, United Kingdom
30. Sheikh Hasina Wajed, 70, Bangladeshi Prime Minister
31. Beata Maria Szydlo, 54, Polish Prime Minister
32. Chanda Kochhar 55, India diversified
33. Aung San Suu Kyi, 72, Myanmar’s de facto leader
34. Lucy Peng, 44, China technology
35. Pollyanna Chu, 59, Hong Kong finance and investments
36. Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi, 55, United Arab Emirates politics
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37. Amy Hood, 45, United States technology
38. Jacinda Ardern, 37, New Zealand Prime Minister
39. Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, 49, Croatian President
40. Jean Liu, 39, China technology
41. Bonnie Hammer 67 United States Media & Entertainment
42. Nicola Sturgeon, 47, First Minister of Scotland
43. Nikki Haley, 45, United States Ambassador to the United Nations
44. Rosalind Brewer, 54, United States diversified
45. Gina Rinehart, 63, Australian billionaire mining magnate
46. Erna Solberg, 56, Norwegian Prime Minister
47. Stacey Snider, 56, United States Media & Entertainment
48. Phebe Novakovic, 59, United States Diversified
49. Elvira Nabiullina, 54, Russia Finance and Investments
50. Beyoncé Knowles, 36, pop star
51. Peng Liyuan, 54, China Politics
52. Margarita Simonyan, 37, Russia Media & Entertainment
53. Mary Callahan Erdoes 50 United States Finance and Investments
54. Qunfei Zhou 47 Hong Kong Technology
55. Thi Phuong Thao Nguyen, 47, Vietnam diversified
56. Lisa Davis 54 United States
57. Roshni Nadar Malhotra, 36, India technology
58. Güler Sabanci, 62, Turkey diversified
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59. Lubna S. Olayan, 62, Saudi Arabia Diversified
60. Dana Walden 53 United States Media & Entertainment
61. Katharine Viner 45 United Kingdom Media & Entertainment
62. Feng Ying Wang – China Automotive
63. Donna Langley 49 United Kingdom Media & Entertainment
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64. Marianne Lake 48 United Kingdom Finance and Investments
65. Hillary Clinton, 70, former U.S. Secretary of State
66. Mingzhu Dong 63 – Manufacturing
67. Melanie Kreis 46 Germany
68. Dalia Grybauskaite 61 Lithuania Politics
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69. Priscilla Chan 32 United States Philanthropy/NGO
70. Gwynne Shotwell 53 United States Construction & Engineering
71. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw 64 India Healthcare
72. Zanny Minton Beddoes – United Kingdom Media & Entertainment
73. Miuccia Prada, 68, Italy fashion and retail
74. Isabel dos Santos, 44, Angola Finance and Investments
75. Solina Chau, 55, Hong Kong technology
76. Lam Wai Ying – Hong Kong manufacturing
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77. Kathleen Kennedy – United States Media & Entertainment
78. Kersti Kaljulaid, 47, Estonian President
79. Arianna Huffington, 67, United States media mogul
80. Judy Faulkner, 74, United States Technology
81. Fabiola Gianotti, 57, Italy philanthropy/NGO
82. Lynn Good – United States Energy
83. Geisha Williams – United States
84. Mary Meeker, 58, United States Finance and Investments
85. Taylor Swift, 27, United States All Star Alumni
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86. Patricia Harris, 61, United States Philanthropy/NGO
87. Drew Gilpin Faust, 70, United States philanthropy/NGO
88. J.K. Rowling, 52, United Kingdom-based Harry Potter creator
89. Eliza Manningham-Buller, 69, United Kingdom Philanthropy/NGO
90. Raja Easa Al Gurg – United Arab Emirates Diversified
91. Debra Cafaro – United States Real Estate
92. Shobhana Bhartia, 60, India media & entertainment
93. Lee Boo-Jin, 47, South Korea service
94. Jenny Lee, 45, Singapore finance and investments
95. Kirsten Green, 45, United States finance and investments
96. Belinda Johnson, 50, United States technology
97. Priyanka Chopra, 35, India
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98. Kathryn Petralia, 47, United States finance and investments
99. Anne Finucane – United States Finance and Investments
100. Beth Brooke-Marciniak, 58, United States diversified
