The 19th edition of the annual Forbes list of the world’s 100 most powerful women was recently released and there were so many talking points on this year’s edition and a little controversy on the selected women. The list was determined 4 main metrics of measurement. The level of wealth, media presence, societal impact and the spheres of influence possessed by each individual. There were Representatives from sport like Serena Williams, Media like Nigeria’s Mo Abudu and Oprah Winfrey, Business like Jane Fraser and a lot of political leaders.
Women from the political Eco System were weighed by their nations G. D. P, populations, corporate leadership and revenues. After properly scrutinizing thousands of women that made the unofficial nominations, a collection of women who are fighting the status quo and defied odds made it to the final 100.
Jane Fraser, a British American banking executive and the current CEO of Citigroup made it to the top 10 list as she was able to successfully distinguish her organization and it stood talk in the banking sector.
10 most powerful women in the world:
10. Jane Fraser (American, 55 years old)
Jane Fraser is a British-American banking executive and the chief executive (CEO) of Citigroup, a position she has held since March 2021. Educated at Girton College, Cambridge, and Harvard Business School, she was a partner at McKinsey & Company for 10 years before joining Citigroup in 2004. In 2019, she was named president of Citigroup, and also CEO of Consumer Banking.
9 . Julie Sweet (American, 55 years old)
Julie Terese Sweet is an American business executive and attorney. She is chair and chief executive officer (CEO) of Accenture, a multinational professional services company.
The New York Times and Fortune have named her among the most powerful women in corporate America.
8. Karen Lynch (American, 58 years old)
Karen S. Lynch is an American businesswoman and the president and chief executive officer of CVS Health. Lynch serves on the board of directors of AHIP, CVS Health, and U.S. Bancorp. In 2015, she became the first female president of Aetna. She has held executive positions at Magellan Health Services and Cigna. In 2021, she became the highest-ranking female chief executive on the Fortune 500 list.
7. Giorgia Meloni (45, Italian)
Giorgia Meloni is an Italian politician who has been serving as the Prime Minister of Italy since 22 October 2022, the first woman to hold this position. A member of the Chamber of Deputies since 2006, she has led the Brothers of Italy (FdI) political party since 2014, and she has been the president of the European Conservatives and Reformists Party since. 2020.
6. Melinda French Gates (American, 58)
Melinda French Gates is an American philanthropist and former multimedia product developer and manager at Microsoft. French Gates has consistently been ranked as one of the world’s most powerful women by Forbes.
5. Abigail Johnson (60, American)
Abigail Pierrepont Johnson (born December 19, 1961) is an American billionaire businesswoman, and the granddaughter of the late ; the founder of Fidelity Investments. Since 2014, Johnson has been president and chief executive officer (CEO) of American investment firm Fidelity Investments (FMR), and chair of its international former sister company Fidelity International (FIL).
4. Mary Barra(60, American)
Mary Teresa Barra is an American businesswoman who has been the chair and chief executive officer (CEO) of General Motors since January 15, 2014. She is the first female CEO of a ‘Big Three’ automaker. In December 2013, GM named her to succeed Daniel Akerson as CEO. Prior to being named CEO, Barra was executive vice president of global product development, purchasing, and supply chain
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3. Kamala Harris(58, American)
Kamala Devi Harris is an American politician and attorney who is the 49th vice president of the United States. She is the first female vice president and the highest-ranking female official in U.S. history, as well as the first African American and first Asian American vice president. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served as the attorney general of California from 2011 to 2017 and as a United States senator representing California from 2017 to 2021.
2. Christine Lagarde(66, Germany)
Christine Madeleine Odette Lagarde is a French politician and lawyer who has been serving as President of the European Central Bank since 2019. She previously served as the 11th managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from 2011 to 2019. Lagarde had also served in the Government of France, most prominently as minister of the economy, finance and industry from 2007 to 2011. She was the first woman to hold each of those posts.
1 .Ursula Von dear Leyen(64, Belgian)
Ursula Gertrud von der Leyen is a German politician who has been serving as the president of the European Commission since 2019. She served in the German federal government between 2005 and 2019, holding successive positions in Angela Merkel’s cabinet, most recently as minister of defence. Von der Leyen is a member of the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its EU counterpart, the European People’s Party (EPP).
