The 20 most powerful women in the world for 2016

Four Indian business leaders have made their way into the 2016 edition of The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women list, brought out by Forbes

Jun 07, 2016, 14:44 IST4 min
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US Presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton (Rank 2)
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Federal Reserve Chairman, Janet Yellen (Rank 3)
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Melinda Gates, Cochair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Rank 4)
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Mary Barra, CEO, General Motors (Rank 5)
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Christine Lagarde, Managing director, International Monetary Fund (Rank 6)
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Sheryl Sandberg, COO, Facebook (Rank 7)
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Susan Wojcicki, CEO, YouTube, Google (Rank 8)
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Meg Whitman, CEO, Hewlett-Packard (Rank 9)
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Ana Patricia Botín, Executive Chairman, Santander Group, Banco Santander (Rank 10)
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Ginni Rometty, CEO, IBM (Rank 11)
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Park Geun-hye, President, South Korea (Rank 12)
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Michelle Obama, First lady, United States (Rank 13)
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Indra Nooyi, CEO, PepsiCo (Rank 14)
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Angela Ahrendts, SVP, Retail, Apple (Rank 15)
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Abigail Johnson,  President-CEO, Fidelity Investments (Rank 16)
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Tsai Ing-wen, President, Taiwan (Rank 17)
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Michelle Bachelet, President, Chile (Rank 18)
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Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, European Union (Rank 19)
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Safra Catz, Co-CEO, Oracle (Rank 20)
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Four Indian business leaders have made their way into the 2016 edition of The World&rsquos 100 Most Powerful Women list, brought out by Forbes. State Bank of India Chairman Arundhati Bhatta...
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Chanda Kochhar, MD and CEO, ICICI Bank (Rank 40)
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Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Chairman and MD of Biocon (Rank 77)
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Shobhana Bhartia, Chairperson and Editorial Director, HT Media Ltd (Rank 93)To view the full list of The World&rsquos 100 Most Powerful Women, click here: ...
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