Forbes’ top 10 list of most powerful women.
1: Angela Merkel
2: Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who was No. 5 in 2010.
3: Brazil’s new president, Dilma Rousseff. She was No. 95 last year.
4: Indra Nooyi, CEO of PepsiCo. In 2010, she was No. 6.
5: Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg, who was No. 66 in 2010.
6: Melinda Gates, co-founder and co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. She was No. 27 in 2010.
7: Sonia Gandhi, president of India’s National Congress Party. She was not among the top 100 last year.
8: Michelle Obama.
9: Christine Lagarde, the new managing director at the International Monetary Fund. She rose from No. 43.
10: Irene Rosenfeld, CEO of Kraft Foods. Last year, she was No. 2.
via NPR.
