Most Powerful Women in the World 2011

The following table lists the most powerful women in the world, according to Forbes. The women range from presidents to divas, CEOs to a mining tycoon.

Rank	Name	Title	Category
1.	Angela Merkel	Chancellor of Germany	politics
2.	Hillary Clinton	U.S. Secretary of State	politics
3.	Dilma Rousseff	President of Brazil	politics
4.	Indra Nooyi	Chief Executive, PepsiCo	business
5.	Sheryl Sandberg	COO, Facebook	business
6.	Melinda Gates	Cofounder, Cochair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation	non-profit
7.	Sonia Gandhi	President of Indian National Congress	politics
8.	Michelle Obama	First Lady	politics
9.	Christine Lagarde	Managing Director, International Monetary Fund	non-profit
10.	Irene Rosenfeld	CEO, Kraft Foods	business
11.	Lady Gaga	entertainer	celebrity / lifestyle
12.	Jill Abramson	NY Times Executive Editor	media
13.	Kathleen Sebelius	Secretary of Health and Human Services	politics
14.	Oprah Winfrey	Media Personality	media
15.	Janet Napolitano	Secretary of Homeland Security	politics
16.	Susan Wojcicki	SVP, Advertising, Google	business
17.	Cristina Fernandez	President of Argentina	politics
18.	Beyoncé Knowles	Entertainer, Designer	celebrity / lifestyle
19.	Georgina Rinehart	Mining Tycoon	billionaire
20.	Cher Wang	Cofounder, Chair, HTC; VIA Technologies	business

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Most Powerful Women in the World 2011 - The following table lists the most powerful women in the world including Michelle Obama, Sarah Palin, Lady GaGa and Oprah Winfrey.