Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala makes Forbes List of 100 world most powerful women 2012

Forbes has recently released the worlds 100 most powerful women and a couple of African Women including Nigeria’s Finance Minister Mrs Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala appear on the list.

World’s most powerful woman is German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Hilary Clinton, US Secretary of State is 2nd while Brazil’s President Dilma Rouseff is third on the list.

Nigeria’s Okonjo Iweala is N0 81  after celebrities like Oprah Winfrey, Beyonce, Sophia Vergara and even Shakira. Even more interesting is the fact that according to the list, Lady Gaga appears to be more powerful than the Queen of England.

See the comprehensive list below. Do leave your comments.

 

Net Worth Calculated August 2012

Rank	Name	Age	Country	Category
1	Angela Merkel Chancellor, Germany	58	Germany	Politics
2	Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, United States	64	United States	Politics
3	Dilma Rousseff President, Brazil	64	Brazil	Politics
4	Advertisement Melinda Gates Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation	48	United States	Humanitarian
5	Jill Abramson Executive Editor, New York Times Co.	58	United States	Media
6	Sonia Gandhi President, Indian National Congress, India	65	India	Politics
7	Michelle Obama First Lady, United States	48	United States	Politics
8	Advertisement Christine Lagarde Managing Director, International Monetary Fund	56	France	Humanitarian
9	Janet Napolitano Secretary, Department of Homeland Security, United States	54	United States	Politics
10	Advertisement Sheryl Sandberg COO, Facebook	42	United States	Technology
11	Oprah Winfrey Entrepreneur, Personality	58	United States	Celebrity
12	Indra Nooyi Chairman and CEO, PepsiCo	56	United States	Business
13	Irene Rosenfeld Chairman and CEO, Kraft Foods	59	United States	Business
14	Lady Gaga Musician, Philanthropist	26	United States	Celebrity
15	Virginia Rometty President and CEO, IBM	54	United States	Technology
16	Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner President, Argentina	59	Argentina	Politics
17	Ursula Burns Chairman and CEO, Xerox	53	United States	Technology
18	Meg Whitman CEO, Hewlett-Packard	56	United States	Technology
19	Aung San Suu Kyi Chair and Parliamentarian, National League for Democracy, Burma	67	Burma	Politics
20	Maria das Graças Silva Foster CEO, Petrobras-Petróleo Brasil	59	Brazil	Business
21	Marissa Mayer CEO, Yahoo	37	United States	Technology
22	Anne Sweeney Co-Chair, Disney Media Networks, and President, Disney/ABC Television Group, Walt Disney	54	United States	Media
23	Diane Sawyer Anchor of World News, ABC, Walt Disney	66	United States	Media
24	Angela Braly CEO, WellPoint	51	United States	Business
25	Susan Wojcicki Senior Vice President, Google	44	United States	Technology
26	Queen Elizabeth II Monarch, United Kingdom	86	United Kingdom	Politics
27	Julia Gillard Prime Minister, Australia	50	Australia	Politics
28	Nancy Pelosi Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, United States	72	United States	Politics
29	Arianna Huffington Editor-In-Chief, Huffington Post Media Group, AOL	62	United States	Media
30	Yingluck Shinawatra Prime Minister, Thailand	45	Thailand	Politics
31	Kathleen Sebelius Secretary, Department of Health and Human Service, United States	64	United States	Politics
32	Beyonce Knowles Actress, Entrepreneur, Musician	30	United States	Celebrity
33	Diane Von Furstenberg Owner, Fashion Designer, Diane von Furstenberg Studio, L.P.	65	United States	Business
34	Helen Clark Administrator, U.N. Development Programme	62	New Zealand	Humanitarian
35	Georgina Rinehart Executive Chairman, Hancock Prospecting	58	Australia	Billionaire
36	Amy Pascal Co-Chairman, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Sony	54	United States	Media
37	Margaret Chan Director-General, World Health Organization	65	China	Humanitarian
38	Jennifer Lopez Actress, Musician, Personality, Philanthropist	43	United States	Celebrity
39	Sheri McCoy CEO, Avon Products	53	United States	Business
40	Shakira Musician, Personality, Philanthropist	35	Colombia	Celebrity
41	Mary Barra SVP, Global Product Development, General Motors	50	United States	Business
42	Zhang Xin & family Cofounder, CEO, Soho China Ltd.	47	China	Business
43	Alice Walton Chairman, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art	62	United States	Billionaire
44	Laura Lang CEO, Time Inc., Time Warner	56	United States	Media
45	Angela Ahrendts CEO, Burberry Group	52	United States	Business
46	Sue Naegle President, HBO Entertainment, Time Warner Cable	43	United States	Media
47	Ellen DeGeneres Comedian, Personality, Philanthropist	54	United States	Celebrity
48	Safra Catz President, CFO, Oracle	50	United States	Technology
49	Laurene Powell Jobs & family Founder and Chair, Emerson Collective	48	United States	Billionaire
50	Rosalind Brewer President and CEO, Sam’s Club, Wal-Mart Stores	49	United States	Business
51	Anna Wintour Editor-in-Chief, Vogue, Conde Nast Publications, Inc.	62	United States	Media
52	Helene Gayle President, CEO, CARE	57	United States	Humanitarian
53	Christiane Amanpour Chief International Correspondent, CNN, Time Warner	54	United States	Media
54	Rosalia Mera Investor, Philanthropist	68	Spain	Billionaire
55	Cynthia Carroll CEO, Anglo American	55	United States	Business
56	Cher Wang Co-founder and Chair, HTC	53	Taiwan	Technology
57	Abigail Johnson President, Fidelity Personal, Workplace and Institutional Services, Fidelity Investments	50	United States	Business
58	Padmasree Warrior Chief Technology and Strategy Officer, Cisco Systems	51	United States	Technology
59	Chanda Kochhar Managing Director and CEO, ICICI Bank	50	India	Business
60	Gail Kelly CEO, Westpac Banking Group	56	Australia	Business
61	Margaret Hamburg Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration, United States	57	United States	Politics
62	Ellen Kullman Chairman and CEO, EI du Pont de Nemours	56	United States	Business
63	Drew Gilpin Faust President, Harvard University	64	United States	Humanitarian
64	Shari Arison Investor, Philanthropist	54	Israel	Billionaire
65	Mary Schapiro Chair, Securities and Exchange Commission, United States	57	United States	Politics
66	Angelina Jolie Actress, Philanthropist	37	United States	Celebrity
67	Miuccia Prada Owner, Fashion Designer, Prada	63	Italy	Business
68	Carol Meyrowitz CEO, TJX Cos	58	United States	Business
69	Ertharin Cousin Executive Director, World Food Programme, United Nations	55	United States	Humanitarian
70	Sue Gardner Executive Director, WikiMedia Foundation	45	Canada	Technology
71	Joyce Banda President, Malawi	62	Malawi	Politics
72	Sri Mulyani Indrawati Managing Director, World Bank	50	Indonesia	Humanitarian
73	Bonnie Hammer Chairman, Cable Entertainment and Cable Studios, NBCUniversal, Comcast	62	United States	Media
74	Chua Sock Koong Group CEO, SingTel	53	Singapore	Technology
75	Sofia Vergara Actress, Entrepreneur	40	Colombia	Celebrity
76	Ho Ching CEO, Temasek	59	Singapore	Business
77	Tina Brown Editor-in-Chief, The Daily Beast and Newsweek, IAC/InterActiveCorp.	58	United States	Media
78	J.K. Rowling Author	47	United Kingdom	Celebrity
79	Chan Laiwa & family Philanthropist	71	China	Billionaire
80	Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw Founder, Chair, Biocon Ltd.	59	India	Technology
81	Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Minister of Finance, Nigeria	58	Nigeria	Politics
82	Ellen Johnson Sirleaf President, Liberia	73	Liberia	Politics
83	Gisele Bundchen Entrepreneur, Philanthropist, Supermodel	32	Brazil	Celebrity
84	Mary Meeker General Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers	51	United States	Technology
85	Shaikha Al-Bahar CEO-Kuwait, National Bank of Kuwait	–	Kuwait	Business
86	Marjorie Scardino CEO, Pearson	65	United States	Media
87	Solina Chau Director, Li Ka Shing Foundation	50	Hong Kong	Humanitarian
88	Jan Fields President, McDonald’s USA, McDonald’s	57	United States	Business
89	Weili Dai Co-founder, Marvell Technology Group	50	United States	Technology
90	Risa Lavizzo-Mourey President, CEO, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation	57	United States	Humanitarian
91	Sun Yafang Chair, Huawei Technologies	56	China	Technology
92	Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi Minister of Foreign Trade, United Arab Emirates	53	United Arab Emirates	Politics
93	Guler Sabanci Chairman and Managing Director, Sabanci Holding	57	Turkey	Business
94	Greta Van Susteren Anchor, FOX News, News Corp	58	United States	Media
95	Mary Callahan Erdoes CEO, J.P. Morgan Asset Management, JPMorgan Chase	45	United States	Business
96	Mindy Grossman CEO, HSN	54	United States	Media
97	Patricia Woertz Chairman, CEO and President, Archer Daniels Midland	59	United States	Business
98	Judith Rodin President, Rockefeller Foundation	67	United States	Humanitarian
99	Beth Brooke Global Vice Chair – Public Policy, Ernst & Young	53	United States	Business
100	Sheikha Mayassa Al Thani Chair, Qatar Museums Authority, Qatar	29	Qatar	Humanitarian