1 | Michelle Obama
First Lady
| 46 | United States | Politics | #1 |
2 | Irene Rosenfeld
Chief Executive, Kraft Foods
| 57 | United States | Business | #1 |
3 | Oprah Winfrey
Talk show host and media mogul
| 56 | United States | Media | #1 |
4 | Angela Merkel
Chancellor
| 56 | Germany | Politics | #2 |
5 | Hillary Clinton
Secretary of State
| 62 | United States | Politics | #3 |
6 | Indra Nooyi
Chief Executive, PepsiCo
| 54 | United States | Business | #2 |
7 | Lady Gaga
Singer and performance artist
| 24 | United States | Lifestyle | #1 |
8 | Gail Kelly
Chief Executive, Westpac
| 54 | Australia | Business | #3 |
9 | Beyonce Knowles
Singer, fashion designer
| 29 | United States | Lifestyle | #2 |
10 | Ellen DeGeneres
Talk show host
| 52 | United States | Media | #2 |
11 | Nancy Pelosi
Speaker of the House
| 70 | United States | Politics | #4 |
12 | Angela Braly
Chief Executive, Wellpoint
| 49 | United States | Business | #4 |
13 | Janet Napolitano
Secretary, Homeland Security
| 52 | United States | Politics | #5 |
14 | Cynthia Carroll
Chief Executive, Anglo American
| 53 | United States | Business | #5 |
15 | Sheila Bair
Chair, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
| 56 | United States | Politics | #6 |
16 | Sarah Palin
Political maverick and commentator
| 46 | United States | Media | #3 |
17 | Mary Schapiro
Chair, Securities and Exchange Commission
| 55 | United States | Politics | #7 |
18 | Ellen Kullman
Chief Executive, DuPont
| 54 | United States | Business | #6 |
19 | Sonia Sotomayor
Supreme Court Justice
| 56 | United States | Politics | #8 |
20 | Ursula Burns
Chief Executive, Xerox
| 51 | United States | Business | #7 |
21 | Angelina Jolie
Actor and UN Goodwill Ambassador
| 35 | United States | Lifestyle | #3 |
22 | Katie Couric
News anchor
| 53 | United States | Media | #4 |
23 | Kathleen Sebelius
Secretary, Health & Human Services
| 62 | United States | Politics | #9 |
24 | Anne Lauvergeon
Chief Executive, Areva
| 51 | France | Business | #8 |
25 | Elena Kagan
Supreme Court Justice
| 50 | United States | Politics | #10 |
26 | Patricia Woertz
Chief Executive, Archer Daniels Midland
| 57 | United States | Business | #9 |
27 | Melinda Gates
Co-chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
| 46 | United States | Lifestyle | #4 |
28 | Arianna Huffington
Founder and editor-in-chief, Huffington Post
| 60 | United States | Media | #5 |
29 | Madonna
Singer, fashion designer
| 52 | United States | Lifestyle | #5 |
30 | Ho Ching
Chief Executive, Temasek Holdings
| 57 | Singapore | Business | #10 |
31 | Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Supreme Court Justice
| 77 | United States | Politics | #11 |
32 | Maria Ramos
Chief Executive, Absa Group Banks
| 51 | South Africa | Business | #11 |
33 | Chelsea Handler
Talk show host and author
| 35 | United States | Lifestyle | #6 |
34 | Tina Brown
Cofounder and editor-in-chief, The Daily Beast
| 56 | United States | Media | #6 |
35 | Carla Bruni-Sarkozy
First Lady
| 42 | France | Politics | #12 |
36 | Lynn Laverty Elsenhans
Chief Executive, Sunoco
| 54 | United States | Business | #12 |
37 | Elizabeth Warren
Assistant to the President and Special Adviser to the Secretary of Treasury
| 61 | United States | Politics | #13 |
38 | Ana Patricia Botin
Chair, Banesto bank
| 49 | Spain | Business | #13 |
39 | Heidi Klum
Model and producer
| 37 | United States | Lifestyle | #7 |
40 | Meredith Vieira
Co-anchor
| 56 | United States | Media | #7 |
41 | Queen Elizabeth II
Monarch
| 84 | United Kingdom | Politics | #14 |
42 | Carol Bartz
Chief Executive, Yahoo!
| 62 | United States | Business | #14 |
43 | Christine Lagarde
Finance Minister
| 54 | France | Politics | #15 |
44 | Sallie Krawcheck
President, Global Wealth & Investment Management, Bank of America
| 45 | United States | Business | #15 |
45 | Sarah Jessica Parker
Actor and fashion designer
| 45 | United States | Lifestyle | #8 |
46 | Diane Sawyer
News anchor
| 64 | United States | Media | #8 |
47 | Meg Whitman
Gubernatorial candidate, California
| 54 | United States | Politics | #16 |
48 | Marina Berlusconi
Chair, Mondadori and Fininvest Group
| 44 | Italy | Business | #16 |
49 | Stephenie Meyer
Author
| 36 | United States | Lifestyle | #9 |
50 | Rachel Maddow
Talk show host
| 37 | United States | Media | #9 |
51 | Carly Fiorina
Senatorial candidate, California
| 56 | United States | Politics | #17 |
52 | Guler Sabanci
Chair, Sabanci Holding
| 54 | Turkey | Business | #17 |
53 | Maria Shriver
First Lady, California
| 54 | United States | Politics | #18 |
54 | Carol Meyrowitz
Chief Executive, TJX companies
| 56 | United States | Business | #18 |
55 | Serena Williams
Athlete
| 28 | United States | Lifestyle | #10 |
56 | Anna Wintour
Editor-in-Chief, Vogue
| 60 | United States | Media | #10 |
57 | Andrea Jung
Chief Executive, Avon Products
| 52 | United States | Business | #19 |
58 | Julia Gillard
Prime Minister
| 48 | Australia | Politics | #19 |
59 | Abigail Johnson
President, Fidelity Personal, Workplace and Institutional Services
| 48 | United States | Business | #20 |
60 | Venus Williams
Athlete
| 30 | United States | Lifestyle | #11 |
61 | Suze Orman
Author and personal finance guru
| 59 | United States | Media | #11 |
62 | Tarja Halonen
President
| 66 | Finland | Politics | #20 |
63 | Marjorie Scardino
Chief Executive, Pearson PLC
| 63 | United States | Business | #21 |
64 | Mary McAleese
President
| 59 | Ireland | Politics | #21 |
65 | Annika Falkengren
Chief Executive, SEB
| 48 | Sweden | Business | #22 |
66 | Sheryl Sandberg
Chief Operating Officer, Facebook
| 41 | United States | Business | #23 |
67 | Cathleen Black
Chair, Hearst Magazines
| 66 | United States | Media | #12 |
68 | Cristina Fernandez
President
| 57 | Argentina | Politics | #22 |
69 | Anne Sweeney
Co-chair, Disney Media Networks
| 52 | United States | Business | #24 |
70 | Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi
Minister of Economy
| 51 | United Arab Emirates | Politics | #23 |
71 | Chua Sock Koong
Group Chief Executive, Singapore Telecommunications
| 51 | Singapore | Business | #25 |
72 | Gisele Bundchen
Model and fashion designer
| 30 | Brazil | Lifestyle | #12 |
73 | Christiane Amanpour
Anchor
| 52 | United States | Media | #13 |
74 | Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al-Missned
First Lady
| 50 | Qatar | Politics | #24 |
75 | Susan Ivey
Chief Executive, Reynolds American
| 51 | United States | Business | #26 |
76 | Queen Rania Al Abdullah
Monarch
| 40 | Jordan | Politics | #25 |
77 | Nancy McKinstry
Chief Executive, Wolters Kluwer
| 51 | United States | Business | #27 |
78 | Rachael Ray
Talks show host and author
| 42 | United States | Lifestyle | #13 |
79 | Nikki Finke
Founder and blogger, Deadline Hollywood Daily
| 56 | United States | Media | #14 |
80 | Johanna Sigurdardottir
President
| 67 | Iceland | Politics | #26 |
81 | Jing Ulrich
Managing director and chair, China Equities and Commodities, J.P. Morgan Chase
| 43 | United States | Business | #28 |
82 | Laura Sen
Chief Executive, BJ's Wholesale Club
| 54 | United States | Business | #29 |
83 | Laura Chinchilla
President
| 51 | Costa Rica | Politics | #27 |
84 | Mary Callahan Erdoes
Chief Executive, Asset Management, JP Morgan Chase
| 43 |
| Business | #30 |
85 | Janet L. Robinson
Chief Executive and President
| 60 | United States | Business | #31 |
86 | Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf
President
| 71 | Liberia | Politics | #28 |
87 | Amy Pascal
Co-Chair, Sony Pictures Entertainment
| 52 | United States | Business | #32 |
88 | Tory Burch
Fashion designer
| 44 | United States | Lifestyle | #14 |
89 | Shikha Sharma
Chief Executive, Axis Bank
| 49 | India | Business | #33 |
90 | Sun Yafang
Chair, Huawei Technologies
| 54 | China | Business | #34 |
91 | Vera Wang
Fashion designer
| 61 | United States | Lifestyle | #15 |
92 | Chanda Kocchar
Chief Executive, ICICI Bank
| 48 | India | Business | #35 |
93 | Danica Patrick
Race car driver
| 28 | United States | Lifestyle | #16 |
94 | Maha Al-Ghunaim
Cofounder and chair, Global Investment House
| 50 | Kuwait | Business | #36 |
95 | Dilma Rousseff
Presidential candidate
| 62 | Brazil | Politics | #29 |
96 | Donna Karan
Fashion designer
| 61 | United States | Lifestyle | #17 |
97 | Angela Ahrendts
Chief Executive, Burberry Group
| 50 | United States | Business | #37 |
98 | Ellen Alemany
Chief Executive, Citizens Financial Group
| 54 | United States | Business | #38 |
99 | Martha Stewart
Lifestyle Guru
| 69 | United States | Lifestyle | #18 |
100 | Dominique Senequier
Chief Executive, AXA Private Equity
| 57 | France | Business |