Angela Merkel
No. 1. Angela Merkel, age 59Chancellor, Germany
The first political star from the former East Germany since reunification, Chancellor Merkel is also the backbone and an original architect of the 28-member European Union with a GDP of $15.8T.
Janet Yellen
No. 2. Janet Yellen, age 67Chair, Federal Reserve, United States
Yellen is the first woman to head the most influential central bank in the world, given the size of the Fed's balance sheet ($4T) relative to the U.S. GDP ($16.7T).
Melinda Gates
No. 3. Melinda Gates, age 49Philanthropist, United States
Melinda Gates has cemented her dominance in philanthropy and global development to the tune of $3.4B in giving 2012 (most recent data available) and more than $26B in grant commitments since she founded the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation with her husband in 1998
Dilma Rousseff
No. 4. Dilma Rousseff, age 66President, Brazil
One of the world's most powerful heads of state, Rousseff is more than halfway through her term as president of Brazil, the world's seventh-largest national economy with a GDP of nearly $2.4T.
Christine Lagarde
No. 5. Christine Lagarde, age 58Managing Director, International Monetary Fund, France
The first woman to run the 188-country financial organization has spent much of her first three years in crisis mode, most recently dealing with escalating tensions in Ukraine and approving a $17 billion loan for the country in April.
Hillary Clinton
No. 6. Hillary Clinton, age 66Former Secretary of State, United States
Her upcoming memoir, "Hard Choices," which chronicles her time as Secretary of State, reportedly earned her a high-seven-figure advance.
Mary Barra
No. 7. Mary Barra, age 52CEO, General Motors, United States
A 33-year company veteran, Barra took the reins of GM when she became CEO in January.
Michelle Obama
No. 8. Michelle Obama, age 50First Lady, United States
The Harvard grad and former corporate attorney actively uses her platform as first lady to fight childhood obesity and promote healthier eating and lifestyles.
Sheryl Sandberg
No. 9. Sheryl Sandberg, age 44COO, Facebook, United States
With a net worth just shy of a billion, Sandberg is COO of the social media giant, which has a $160B market value.
Virginia Rometty
No. 10. Virginia Rometty, age 56CEO, IBM, United States
When IBM saw revenue declines, its CEO passed on an annual bonus, that type of leadership has helped Rometty's rise up the ranks of the technology company, where she first began working at 24 in 1981 as a systems engineer.
Geun-hye Park
No. 11. Geun-hye Park, age 62President, South Korea
Commanding a $1.6T economy, Geun-hye took office in 2013 promising a soulful mode of governing -- one of economic rejuvenation, happiness and art.
Susan Wojcicki
No. 12. Susan Wojcicki, age 45CEO, Youtube, United States
This February Wojcicki moved from her post as consigliore for Google's ads and commerce (some 90% of revenue) to become CEO of the world's largest video platform.
Indra Nooyi
No. 13. Indra Nooyi, age 58CEO, PepsiCo, United States
Nooyi has, once again, exceeded analyst's expectations and dour forecasts: Despite a global decline in the consumption of sugary drinks, the company's shares have increased 3.1% while the S&P 500 Index added less than 1%.
Oprah Winfrey
No. 14. Oprah Winfrey, age 60Media Mogul, United States
Winfrey appears to have reversed the fortunes of her once-struggling network OWN, which finally became cash-flow positive in 2013.
Irene Rosenfeld
No. 15. Irene Rosenfeld, age 61CEO, Mondelēz International, United States
When Kraft split into two publicly traded companies in 2012, Rosenfeld picked the helm of the global arm of the snack and grocery business, which operates in more than 80 countries worldwide.
Maria Das Gracas Silva Foster
No. 16. Maria Das Gracas Silva Foster, age 60CEO, Petrobras, Brazil
After 30 years at the company, she has the experience and connections (including Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff) to make running a company with assets exceeding $100B work.
Beyonce Knowles
No. 17. Beyonce Knowles, age 32Entertainer-entrepreneur, United States
The 32-year-old superstar capped off a banner year that included singing for the president, performing at the Super Bowl, and headlining the most profitable tour of the year by shocking the world with a surprise "visual album" in December.
Marissa Mayer
No. 18. Marissa Mayer, age 38CEO, Yahoo, United States
Yahoo's CEO became Silicon Valley's 'spender-in-chief' this past year, dropping more than $1.2B for 22 companies in an effort to grow the number of users and reinvigorate the talent pool.
Cristina Kirchner
No. 19. Cristina Kirchner, age 61President, Argentina
Reigning over a country with the world's highest inflation rates, President Kirchner is still trying to make amends with global creditors after the $95B default on its foreign debt in 2002. And it's working.
Meg Whitman
No. 20. Meg Whitman, age 57CEO, Hewlett Packard, United States
Head of the world's second largest tech company, Meg Whitman has been working to reinvent the HP since joining the board in 2011. For the past three years Whitman has been earning a $1 salary, but she is set to receive a $1.5M raise in 2014.
Marillyn Hewson
No. 21. Marillyn Hewson, age 60CEO, Lockheed Martin, United States
As American wars in the Middle East deescalate, the defense budget shrinks. And Marillyn Hewson is tasked with diversifying aerospace and defense giant Lockheed Martin's portfolio accordingly.
Ursula Burns
No. 22. Ursula Burns, age 55Chairman and CEO, Xerox, United States
Three years into her tenure Burns and Xerox are still trying to shake off the company's carbon copy reputation; more than 50% of its $22.4B in revenue in 2012 came from IT services.
Helen Clark
No. 23. Helen Clark, age 64Administrator, United Nations Development Programme, New Zealand
The most powerful woman in the United Nations, Clark sits atop an annual budget of some $6B, a staff of 8,000 in 177 countries in 37 organizations.
Safra Catz
No. 24. Safra Catz, age 52CFO, Oracle Corp, United States
Often cited as the highest-paid female executive, with a reported remuneration of $51.7M in 2011, Catz's dealmaking skills have led to acquisitions in the billions.
Michelle Bachelet
No. 25. Michelle Bachelet, age 62President, Chile
On her second stint in the La Moneda Presidential Palace, the Chilean president took office in March 2014 by securing 62% of the vote.
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