Want to get onto Forbes’ annual 100 Most Powerful Women list? Better get yourself into one of these six categories, which is where all of this year’s candidates came from: billionaires, business, lifestyle, media, nonprofits, and politics. Candidates were ranked by money, traditional and social media influence, and their “reach” or power base. The top 10:
- Angela Merkel: Chancellor of Germany
- Hillary Clinton: Secretary of State, United States
- Dilma Rousseff: President of Brazil
- Indra Nooyi: Chief Executive of PepsiCo
- Sheryl Sandberg: COO of Facebook
- Melinda Gates: Co-founder and co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- Sonia Gandhi: President of the Indian National Congress Party
- Michelle Obama: First lady, United States
- Christine Lagarde: Managing director of the International Monetary Fund
- Irene Rosenfeld: CEO of Kraft Foods
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