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21-09-07, 01:04
The World's Most Powerful Women
Elizabeth MacDonald and Chana R. Schoenberger 08.30.07, 6:00 PM ET
For the second year in a row, Angela Merkel, the first woman to become chancellor of Germany, ranks No. 1 on our list of the World's 100 Most Powerful Women. She continued to impress the world with her cool leadership at two back-to-back summits. First, she stuck to her principles, getting G-8 leaders to agree to significant cuts in carbon emissions, among other things. Merkel later corralled European Union countries into an agreement on a treaty to replace the E.U. constitution.
Meanwhile, China's vice premier, Wu Yi (No. 2), continues to help lead a government that oversees an economy whose gross domestic product may soon eclipse Germany's, making it the third-biggest economy in the world. Wu recently stared down U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson when he made myriad demands, including a revaluation of the yuan, in recent strategic economic talks with the U.S.
But China faces enormous challenges in improving its rickety social, legal and economic infrastructure, which now has to contend with an overheated stock market, unsafe and shoddy products and severe pollution.
Women are also making very visible advances in business. In the year since we last ran our ranking, Angela Braly (No. 16) took the helm of insurer WellPoint (nyse: WLP - news - people ), providing health care coverage to one in 10 Americans; the world's largest money-transfer company, Western Union (nyse: WU - news - people ), was spun off from First Data (nyse: FDC - news - people ) under the leadership of Christina Gold (No. 56); and PepsiCo (nyse: PEP - news - people )Chief Executive Indra Nooyi (No. 5) added another title, that of chairman.
While there have been plenty of hand-wringing studies arguing that the corporate glass ceiling for women has turned into concrete, we had no difficulty turning up 66 business executives worthy of inclusion on the list. The remaining 34 are mostly in government.
If women aren't being stopped by any ceiling, it still can be argued that they have a tough go on the way to the top. Catalyst, a New York City firm that tracks the progress of women in corporate management positions, reports that women's hold on senior management jobs in the U.S. has stayed essentially flat over the past four years. They account for 15.6% of 10,145 corporate officer positions (chief financial officer, chief information officer or higher) in the 500 largest U.S. corporations.
Our ranking system starts with a list of women who have crossed certain thresholds. Most of them run companies, governments or nonprofits, or are very close to the top. A handful have established power bases in other ways (an entertainment entrepreneur, a judge and an author have been on the list). The power ranking score is based on a composite of visibility (measured by press citations) and economic impact.
The latter, in turn, reflects three things: résumé (career achievements and titles, so a prime minister counts as more powerful than a senator); the size of the economic sphere over which a leader holds sway; and a multiplier that aims to make different financial yardsticks comparable. For example, a chief executive is assigned the company's sales in the economic impact calculation, while a foundation executive is assigned the foundation's assets. The assets get a higher multiplier than sales.
Assistance: Laura Liswood, secretary-general of the Council of Women World Leaders.
Reported by Megha Bahree, Helen Coster, Suzanne Hoppough and Tatiana Serafin. Additional reporting by Erika Brown, Victoria Murphy Barret, Heidi Brown, Ryan Derousseau, Allison Fass, Matthew Herper, Luisa Kroll, Claire Cain Miller, Anne P. Mintz, Zina Moukheiber, Cristina von Zeppelin and David Whelan.
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.
http://www.forbes.com/lists/2007/08/30/most-powerful-women-biz-07women-cz_em_cs_0830power_land.html
Naar land:
92 Dr. Sima Samar Chairman, Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission Afghanistan
84 Georgina Rinehart Chairman, Hancock Prospecting Australia
27 Michelle Bachelet President Chile
2 Wu Yi Vice premier China
18 Wu Xiaoling Deputy governor, People's Bank of China China
37 Margaret Chan Director-general, World Health Organization China
43 Yang Mianmian Chairman, Haier China
75 Yan Cheung Chairman, Nine Dragons Paper China
90 Chu Lam Yiu Chairman, Huabao International Holdings China
93 Dong Mingzhu Vice chairman, president, Gree Electric Appliances China
50 Tarja Halonen President Finland
11 Michèle Alliot-Marie Minister for the Interior and overseas territories France
12 Christine Lagarde Minister of economy, finance and employment France
14 Anne Lauvergeon Chief executive, Areva France
80 Maureen Chiquet Chief executive, Chanel France 1 Angela Merkel Chancellor Germany
67 Dora Bakoyannis Foreign affairs minister Greece
6 Sonia Gandhi President, Congress Party India
58 Mary McAleese President Ireland
39 Tzipora Livni Foreign affairs minister Israel
83 Galia Maor Chief executive, president, Bank Leumi Group Israel
33 Marina Berlusconi Chairman, Fininvest Group Italy
91 Giuliana Benetton Director, Edizione Holding, The Benetton Group Italy
81 Portia Simpson Miller Prime minister Jamaica
82 Queen Rania Queen Jordan
72 Maha Al-Ghunaim Chairman, managing director, Global Investment House Kuwait
100 Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf President Liberia
89 Luisa Diogo Prime minister Mozambique
71 Aung San Suu Kyi Nobel Peace laureate, Democratically elected leader of Myanmar, 1990 Myanmar
44 Linda Z. Cook Executive director, gas & power, Royal Dutch Shell Netherlands
53 Nancy McKinstry Chairman, chief executive, Wolters Kluwer Netherlands
59 Neelie Kroes Commissioner for competition, European Union Netherlands
38 Helen Clark Prime minister New Zealand
51 Gloria Arroyo President, Philipines Philippines
79 Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al-Missned First Lady Qatar
3 Ho Ching Chief executive, Temasek Holdings Singapore
40 Ana Patricia Botin Chairman, Banesto Spain
76 Rosalia Mera Cofounder, Inditex Spain
69 Antonia Ax:son Johnson Chairman, owner, Axel Johnson AB Group Sweden
65 Guler Sabanci Chairman, Sabanci Holding Turkey
88 Imre Barmanbek Deputy chairman, Dogan Holding Turkey
7 Cynthia Carroll Chief executive, Anglo American U.K.
17 Marjorie Scardino Chief executive, Pearson PLC U.K.
23 Queen Elizabeth II Queen U.K.
54 Clara Furse Chief executive, London Stock Exchange U.K.
66 Angela Ahrendts Chief executive, Burberry U.K.
68 Zaha Hadid Founder, head architect, Zaha Hadid Architects U.K.
74 Christiane Amanpour Chief international correspondent, CNN U.K.
4 Condoleezza Rice Secretary of State U.S.
5 Indra K. Nooyi Chairman, chief executive, PepsiCo U.S.
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Elizabeth MacDonald and Chana R. Schoenberger 08.30.07, 6:00 PM ET
For the second year in a row, Angela Merkel, the first woman to become chancellor of Germany, ranks No. 1 on our list of the World's 100 Most Powerful Women. She continued to impress the world with her cool leadership at two back-to-back summits. First, she stuck to her principles, getting G-8 leaders to agree to significant cuts in carbon emissions, among other things. Merkel later corralled European Union countries into an agreement on a treaty to replace the E.U. constitution.
Meanwhile, China's vice premier, Wu Yi (No. 2), continues to help lead a government that oversees an economy whose gross domestic product may soon eclipse Germany's, making it the third-biggest economy in the world. Wu recently stared down U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson when he made myriad demands, including a revaluation of the yuan, in recent strategic economic talks with the U.S.
But China faces enormous challenges in improving its rickety social, legal and economic infrastructure, which now has to contend with an overheated stock market, unsafe and shoddy products and severe pollution.
Women are also making very visible advances in business. In the year since we last ran our ranking, Angela Braly (No. 16) took the helm of insurer WellPoint (nyse: WLP - news - people ), providing health care coverage to one in 10 Americans; the world's largest money-transfer company, Western Union (nyse: WU - news - people ), was spun off from First Data (nyse: FDC - news - people ) under the leadership of Christina Gold (No. 56); and PepsiCo (nyse: PEP - news - people )Chief Executive Indra Nooyi (No. 5) added another title, that of chairman.
While there have been plenty of hand-wringing studies arguing that the corporate glass ceiling for women has turned into concrete, we had no difficulty turning up 66 business executives worthy of inclusion on the list. The remaining 34 are mostly in government.
If women aren't being stopped by any ceiling, it still can be argued that they have a tough go on the way to the top. Catalyst, a New York City firm that tracks the progress of women in corporate management positions, reports that women's hold on senior management jobs in the U.S. has stayed essentially flat over the past four years. They account for 15.6% of 10,145 corporate officer positions (chief financial officer, chief information officer or higher) in the 500 largest U.S. corporations.
Our ranking system starts with a list of women who have crossed certain thresholds. Most of them run companies, governments or nonprofits, or are very close to the top. A handful have established power bases in other ways (an entertainment entrepreneur, a judge and an author have been on the list). The power ranking score is based on a composite of visibility (measured by press citations) and economic impact.
The latter, in turn, reflects three things: résumé (career achievements and titles, so a prime minister counts as more powerful than a senator); the size of the economic sphere over which a leader holds sway; and a multiplier that aims to make different financial yardsticks comparable. For example, a chief executive is assigned the company's sales in the economic impact calculation, while a foundation executive is assigned the foundation's assets. The assets get a higher multiplier than sales.
Assistance: Laura Liswood, secretary-general of the Council of Women World Leaders.
Reported by Megha Bahree, Helen Coster, Suzanne Hoppough and Tatiana Serafin. Additional reporting by Erika Brown, Victoria Murphy Barret, Heidi Brown, Ryan Derousseau, Allison Fass, Matthew Herper, Luisa Kroll, Claire Cain Miller, Anne P. Mintz, Zina Moukheiber, Cristina von Zeppelin and David Whelan.
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.
http://www.forbes.com/lists/2007/08/30/most-powerful-women-biz-07women-cz_em_cs_0830power_land.html
Naar land:
92 Dr. Sima Samar Chairman, Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission Afghanistan
84 Georgina Rinehart Chairman, Hancock Prospecting Australia
27 Michelle Bachelet President Chile
2 Wu Yi Vice premier China
18 Wu Xiaoling Deputy governor, People's Bank of China China
37 Margaret Chan Director-general, World Health Organization China
43 Yang Mianmian Chairman, Haier China
75 Yan Cheung Chairman, Nine Dragons Paper China
90 Chu Lam Yiu Chairman, Huabao International Holdings China
93 Dong Mingzhu Vice chairman, president, Gree Electric Appliances China
50 Tarja Halonen President Finland
11 Michèle Alliot-Marie Minister for the Interior and overseas territories France
12 Christine Lagarde Minister of economy, finance and employment France
14 Anne Lauvergeon Chief executive, Areva France
80 Maureen Chiquet Chief executive, Chanel France 1 Angela Merkel Chancellor Germany
67 Dora Bakoyannis Foreign affairs minister Greece
6 Sonia Gandhi President, Congress Party India
58 Mary McAleese President Ireland
39 Tzipora Livni Foreign affairs minister Israel
83 Galia Maor Chief executive, president, Bank Leumi Group Israel
33 Marina Berlusconi Chairman, Fininvest Group Italy
91 Giuliana Benetton Director, Edizione Holding, The Benetton Group Italy
81 Portia Simpson Miller Prime minister Jamaica
82 Queen Rania Queen Jordan
72 Maha Al-Ghunaim Chairman, managing director, Global Investment House Kuwait
100 Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf President Liberia
89 Luisa Diogo Prime minister Mozambique
71 Aung San Suu Kyi Nobel Peace laureate, Democratically elected leader of Myanmar, 1990 Myanmar
44 Linda Z. Cook Executive director, gas & power, Royal Dutch Shell Netherlands
53 Nancy McKinstry Chairman, chief executive, Wolters Kluwer Netherlands
59 Neelie Kroes Commissioner for competition, European Union Netherlands
38 Helen Clark Prime minister New Zealand
51 Gloria Arroyo President, Philipines Philippines
79 Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al-Missned First Lady Qatar
3 Ho Ching Chief executive, Temasek Holdings Singapore
40 Ana Patricia Botin Chairman, Banesto Spain
76 Rosalia Mera Cofounder, Inditex Spain
69 Antonia Ax:son Johnson Chairman, owner, Axel Johnson AB Group Sweden
65 Guler Sabanci Chairman, Sabanci Holding Turkey
88 Imre Barmanbek Deputy chairman, Dogan Holding Turkey
7 Cynthia Carroll Chief executive, Anglo American U.K.
17 Marjorie Scardino Chief executive, Pearson PLC U.K.
23 Queen Elizabeth II Queen U.K.
54 Clara Furse Chief executive, London Stock Exchange U.K.
66 Angela Ahrendts Chief executive, Burberry U.K.
68 Zaha Hadid Founder, head architect, Zaha Hadid Architects U.K.
74 Christiane Amanpour Chief international correspondent, CNN U.K.
4 Condoleezza Rice Secretary of State U.S.
5 Indra K. Nooyi Chairman, chief executive, PepsiCo U.S.
(...)
http://www.carrefoursicilia.it/Immag05/politici/Neelie%20Kroes.jpg
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