Forbes magazine has published a fresh list of the hundred most influential women in the world. Also in 2015, for the fifth year in a row, and for the ninth time in total, German Chancellor Angela Merkel came out on top, and this time American politician Hillary Clinton came closest to her. The list of women with the most power includes as many as 15 billionaires, mostly representatives of show business such as Oprah Winfrey and Beyoncé, while the youngest on the list is the 25-year-old American pop star Taylor Swift.
Forbes ranking of the hundred most influential women in the world it did not experience any changes at the very top. It remains subscribed to the first place Angela Merkel, and right on her heels is the American presidential candidate again Hillary Clinton. She caught the last step this time Melinda Gates, wife of Bill Gates.
The president of the American central bank was placed just below the stage Janet Yellen, who, in addition to Gates, is sandwiched with the director of General Motors Mary Barra. The First Ladies of the International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde the sixth place went to the president of Brazil Dilma Rousseff the seventh, eighth member of the Facebook board Sheryl Sandberg, and the ninth to the CEO of YouTube Susan Wojcicki. The top ten is rounded off by US first lady Michelle Obama.
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Next year, according to Forbes, the reign of the German chancellor and twelve-time "participants" the rankings are seriously threatened, as this will be the time after the American presidential elections, where Bill Clinton's wife is credited with a great chance of winning. Let's remember. During Clinton's tenure as Secretary of State, she was second on the list (2011, 2012), and sixth last year. If the change at the top is not a surprise, the biggest surprise of this time's ranking is the musician Taylor Swift (64th place), who at the age of 25 is also the youngest participant in the list of 100 most influential women in the world.
From the world of show business, a singer is also worth mentioning Beyoncé (21st place), leader Ellen DeGeneres (50th place), actresses Angelina Jolie (54th place) and Sofia Vergarano (57th place) and a singer Shakira (81st place). Geographically on the scale dominated by American women, there are as many as 59 of them. 18 of them are from the Asia-Pacific region (the highest, in 11th place, is the president of South Korea Park Geun-Hye), a dozen from Europe, four representatives each are shared by the Middle East and Latin America, and three come from Africa. Eight of them are heads of state and monarchies, and 15 are billionaires. The latter amount to as much as 67.1 billion euros. Of these, the most influential woman in the world, the queen of talk shows, has a maximum of 12 under her thumb Oprah Winfrey with 2.75 billion euros in assets.
In addition to Swift, among the newcomers is the American Attorney General Loretta Lynch (34th place), EU foreign policy representative Federica Mogherini (36th place) and future editor-in-chief of The Guardian newspaper Katharine Viner (80th place).
The full Forbes ranking:
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