Die Liste der 100 mächtigsten Frauen der Welt – englisch The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women – ist eine seit 2004 vom englischsprachigen Wirtschaftsmagazin Forbes veröffentlichte Liste. Sie wird von Mary Ellen Egan erstellt und basiert auf der öffentlichen Wahrnehmung und der wirtschaftlichen Bedeutung der genannten Frauen.
Top 10 In den nachfolgenden Abschnitten werden jeweils die ersten 10 Plätze des jeweiligen Jahres aufgeführt.
2025
Ursula von der Leyen, Christine Lagarde, Sanae Takaichi, Giorgia Meloni, Claudia Sheinbaum, Julie Sweet, Mary Barra, Jane Fraser, Abigail Johnson, Lisa Su,
2024 Ursula von der Leyen, Christine Lagarde, Giorgia Meloni, Claudia Sheinbaum, Mary Barra, Abigail Johnson, Julie Sweet, Melinda French Gates, MacKenzie Scott, Jane Fraser,
2023 Ursula von der Leyen, Christine Lagarde, Kamala Harris, Giorgia Meloni, Taylor Swift, Karen S. Lynch, Jane Fraser, Abigail Johnson, Mary Barra, Melinda Gates,
2022
Ursula von der Leyen, Christine Lagarde, Kamala Harris, Mary Barra, Abigail Johnson, Melinda Gates, Giorgia Meloni, Karen S. Lynch, Julie Sweet, Jane Fraser,
2021 Top 10: MacKenzie Scott, Kamala Harris, Christine Lagarde, Mary Barra, Melinda French Gates, Abigail Johnson, Ana Patricia Botín, Ursula von der Leyen, Tsai Ing-wen, Julie Sweet,
2020 Top 10: Angela Merkel, Christine Lagarde, Kamala Harris, Ursula von der Leyen, Melinda Gates, Mary Barra, Nancy Pelosi, Ana Patricia Botín, Abigail Johnson, Gail Boudreaux,
2019 Angela Merkel, Christine Lagarde, Nancy Pelosi, Ursula von der Leyen, Mary Barra, Melinda Gates, Abigail Johnson, Ana Patricia Botín, Virginia Rometty, Marillyn Hewson,
2018 Angela Merkel, Theresa May, Christine Lagarde, Mary Barra, Abigail Johnson, Melinda Gates, Susan Wojcicki, Ana Patricia Botín, Marillyn Hewson, Virginia Rometty,
2017 Angela Merkel, Theresa May, Melinda Gates, Sheryl Sandberg, Mary Barra Susan Wojcicki, Abigail Johnson, Christine Lagarde, Ana Patricia Botín, Virginia Rometty,
2016 Angela Merkel, Hillary Clinton, Janet Yellen, Melinda Gates, Mary Barra, Christine Lagarde, Sheryl Sandberg, Susan Wojcicki, Meg Whitman, Ana Patricia Botín,
2015 Angela Merkel, Hillary Clinton, Melinda Gates, Janet Yellen, Mary Barra, Christine Lagarde, Dilma Rousseff, Sheryl Sandberg, Susan Wojcicki, Michelle Obama,
2014 Angela Merkel, Janet Yellen, Melinda Gates, Dilma Rousseff, Christine Lagarde, Hillary Clinton, Mary Barra, Michelle Obama, Sheryl Sandberg, Virginia Rometty,
2013 Angela Merkel, Dilma Rousseff, Melinda Gates, Michelle Obama, Hillary Clinton, Sheryl Sandberg, Christine Lagarde, Janet Napolitano, Sonia Gandhi, Indra Nooyi,
2012 Angela Merkel, Hillary Clinton, Dilma Rousseff, Melinda Gates, Jill Abramson, Sonia Gandhi, Michelle Obama, Christine Lagarde, Janet Napolitano, Sheryl Sandberg,
2011 Angela Merkel, Hillary Clinton, Dilma Rousseff, Indra Nooyi, Sheryl Sandberg, Melinda French Gates, Sonia Gandhi, Michelle Obama, Christine Lagarde, Irene Rosenfeld,
2010 Michelle Obama, Irene Rosenfeld, Oprah Winfrey, Angela Merkel, Hillary Clinton, Indra Nooyi, Lady Gaga, Gail Kelly, Beyoncé Knowles, Ellen DeGeneres,
2009 Angela Merkel, Sheila Bair, Indra Nooyi, Cynthia Carroll, , Ho Ching, Irene Rosenfeld, Ellen J. Kullman, Angela Braly, Anne Lauvergeon, Lynn Elsenhans,
2008 Angela Merkel, Sheila Bair, Indra Nooyi, Angela Braly, Cynthia Carroll, , Irene Rosenfeld, Condoleezza Rice, Ho Ching, Anne Lauvergeon, Anne M. Mulcahy,
2007 Angela Merkel, Wu Yi, Ho Ching, Condoleezza Rice, Indra Nooyi, Sonia Gandhi, Cynthia Carroll, , Patricia Woertz, Irene Rosenfeld, Patricia Russo,
2006 Angela Merkel, Condoleezza Rice, Wu Yi, Indra Nooyi, Anne M. Mulcahy, Sallie Krawcheck, Patricia Woertz, Anne Lauvergeon, Brenda C. Barnes, Zoe Cruz,
2005 Condoleezza Rice, Wu Yi, Julija Tymoschenko, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Meg Whitman, Anne M. Mulcahy, Sallie Krawcheck, Brenda C. Barnes, Oprah Winfrey, Melinda French Gates,
2004 Condoleezza Rice, Wu Yi, Sonia Gandhi, Laura Bush, Hillary Clinton, Sandra Day O’Connor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Megawati Sukarnoputri, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Carly Fiorina,
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2004 Platz Name Land 1 Condoleezza Rice 2 Wu Yi 3 Sonia Gandhi 4 Laura Bush 5 Hillary Clinton 6 Sandra Day O’Connor 7 Ruth Bader Ginsburg 8 Megawati Sukarnoputri 9 Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo 10 Carly Fiorina 11 Nancy Pelosi 12 Cherie Blair 13 Rania von Jordanien 14 Khaleda Zia 15 Abigail Johnson 16 Susan Arnold 17 Christine Poon 18 Karen Hughes 19 Marjorie Magner 20 Ann S. Moore 21 Margaret Thatcher 22 Elisabeth II. 23 Lynne Cheney 24 Ho Ching 25 Barbara Walters 26 Diane Sawyer 27 Anne Sweeney 28 Vivian Banta 29 Indra Nooyi 30 Elizabeth Dole 31 Tarja Halonen 32 Nance Dicciani 33 Mary McAleese 34 Loyola de Palacio 35 Königin Beatrix der Niederlande 36 Marina Berlusconi 37 Brenda C. Barnes 38 Vanessa Castagna 39 Königin Sofia von Spanien 40 Mary Sammons 41 Susanne Klatten 42 Anne M. Mulcahy 43 Helen Clark 44 Chandrika Kumaratunga 45 Aung San Suu Kyi 46 Faezeh Rafsanjani 47 Peng Peiyun 48 Sallie Krawcheck 49 Gail Berman 50 Dianne Feinstein 51 Meg Whitman 52 Patricia Stonesifer 53 Anne Lauvergeon 54 Karen Elliott House 55 Xie Qihua 56 Patricia Russo 57 Katie Couric 58 Olympia Snowe 59 Marjorie Scardino 60 Stacey Snider 61 Andrea Jung 62 Oprah Winfrey 63 Colleen Barrett 64 Judith McGrath 65 Antonia Johnson 66 Amy Pascal 67 Anne Cox Chambers,Barbara Cox Anthony 68 Silvia von Schweden 69 Nancy McKinstry 70 Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga 71 Sherry Lansing 72 Susan Berresford 73 Luísa Diogo 74 Sima Samar 75 Carla Cico 76 Christine Lagarde 77 Belinda Stronach 78 María Asunción Aramburuzabala 79 Liliane Bettencourt 80 Mary Ma Xuezheng 81 Stephanie Burns 82 Marilyn Carlson Nelson 83 Nūr von Jordanien 84 Greta Van Susteren 85 Joanne K. Rowling 86 Mathilde Krim 87 Louise Fréchette 88 Ruth Ann Marshall 89 Ann Fudge 90 Carol Bartz 91 Orit Gadiesh 92 Martha Nelson 93 Shelly Lazarus 94 Ana Patricia Botín 95 Carol Bellamy 96 Hanan Aschrawi 97 Clara Furse 98 Nancy Barry 99 Shirin Ebadi 100 Jody Williams
2005 Platz Name Land 1 Condoleezza Rice 2 Wu Yi 3 Julija Tymoschenko 4 Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo 5 Meg Whitman 6 Anne M. Mulcahy 7 Sallie Krawcheck 8 Brenda C. Barnes 9 Oprah Winfrey 10 Melinda French Gates 11 Anne Lauvergeon 12 Julie Gerberding 13 Patricia Russo 14 Xie Qihua 15 Aung San Suu Kyi 16 Zoe Cruz 17 Patricia Dunn 18 Marjorie Scardino 19 Abby Joseph Cohen 20 Ann Livermore 21 Mary McAleese 22 Safra A. Catz 23 Ruth Bader Ginsburg 24 Helen Clark 25 Chandrika Kumaratunga 26 Hillary Clinton 27 Mary Sammons 28 Indra Nooyi 29 Khaleda Zia 30 Ho Ching 31 Tarja Halonen 32 Carla Cico 33 Anne Sweeney 34 Marjorie Magner 35 Andrea Jung 36 Sandra Day O’Connor 37 Abigail Johnson 38 Ann S. Moore 39 Liliane Bettencourt 40 Joanne K. Rowling 41 Ruth Ann Marshall 42 Dianne Feinstein 43 Christine Poon 44 Neelie Kroes 45 Nancy McKinstry 46 Laura Bush 47 Katie Couric 48 Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga 49 Judith McGrath 50 Amy Pascal 51 Michèle Alliot-Marie 52 Colleen Barrett 53 María Asunción Aramburuzabala 54 Olympia Snowe 55 Diane Sawyer 56 Susan Arnold 57 Mary Ma 58 Elizabeth Dole 59 Stacey Snider 60 Doris Fisher 61 Antonia Johnson 62 Cherie Blair 63 Rose Marie Bravo 64 Vanessa Castagna 65 Louise Fréchette 66 Fumiko Hayashi 67 Dawn Hudson 68 Wangari Maathai 69 Gail Berman 70 Vivian Banta 71 Susanne Klatten 72 Christiane Amanpour 73 Karen Elliott House 74 Marina Berlusconi 75 Elisabeth II. 76 Nancy Pelosi 77 Janet L. Robinson 78 Rochelle Lazarus 79 Marilyn Carlson Nelson 80 Rania von Jordan 81 Susan Desmond-Hellmann 82 Stephanie Burns 83 Linda Cook 84 Nance Dicciani 85 Mary Minnick 86 Carol Bartz 87 Kay Bailey 88 Christine Lagarde 89 Penny Pritzker 90 Christie Hefner 91 Cathleen Black 92 Martha Nelson 93 Susan Berresford 94 Nina Jacobson 95 Orit Gadiesh 96 Luísa Diogo 97 Lubna Olayan 98 Nancy Barry 99 Ana Patricia Botín 100 Mary Callahan Erdoes
2006 Platz Name Land 1 Angela Merkel 2 Condoleezza Rice 3 Wu Yi 4 Indra Nooyi 5 Anne M. Mulcahy 6 Sallie Krawcheck 7 Patricia Woertz 8 Anne Lauvergeon 9 Brenda C. Barnes 10 Zoe Cruz 11 Irene Rosenfeld 12 Melinda French Gates 13 Sonia Gandhi 14 Oprah Winfrey 15 Anne Sweeney 16 Mary Sammons 17 Michelle Bachelet 18 Hillary Clinton 19 Ann Livermore 20 Helen Clark 21 Safra A. Catz 22 Meg Whitman 23 Julie Gerberding 24 Susan Arnold 25 Patricia Russo 26 Christine Poon 27 Renetta McCann 28 Sima Samar 29 Margaret Beckett 30 Christine Lagarde 31 Marjorie Scardino 32 Ruth Bader Ginsburg 33 Khaleda Zia 34 Suzanne Nora Johnson 35 Wu Xiaoling 36 Ho Ching 37 Andrea Jung 38 Neelie Kroes 39 Fumiko Hayashi 40 Tzipi Livni 41 Beth Brooke 42 Marina Berlusconi 43 Laura Bush 44 Tarja Halonen 45 Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo 46 Elisabeth II. 47 Aung San Suu Kyi 48 Nancy Pelosi 49 Theresa Gattung 50 Clara Furse 51 Ellen Johnson Sirleaf 52 Judith McGrath 53 Ann S. Moore 54 Katie Couric 55 Mary McAleese 56 Linda Cook 57 Michèle Alliot-Marie 58 Paula Rosput Reynolds 59 Amy Pascal 60 Diane Sawyer 61 Susan Ivey 62 Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala 63 Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga 64 Marilyn Carlson Nelson 65 Güler Sabancı 66 Dora Bakogianni 67 Nancy McKinstry 68 Han Myung-sook 69 Meredith Vieira 70 Yang Mianmian 71 Antonia Johnson 72 Nahed Taher 73 Ana Patricia Botín 74 Janet L. Robinson 75 Nancy Tellem 76 Angela Ahrendts 77 Susan Berresford 78 Dawn Hudson 79 Christiane Amanpour 80 Christie Hefner 81 Königin Rania von Jordanien 82 Colleen Barrett 83 Luísa Diogo 84 Stephanie Burns 85 Marie Ehrling 86 Vivian Banta 87 Rochelle Lazarus 88 Galia Maor 89 Portia Simpson Miller 90 Gail Berman 91 Maha Al-Ghunaim 92 Cathleen Black 93 Lalita Gupte,Kalpana Morparia 94 Stacey Snider 95 Vidya Chhabria 96 Sharon Allen 97 Lubna Olayan 98 Martha Nelson 99 Orit Gadiesh 100 İmre Barmanbek
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