Nooyi, Sonia in Forbes' powerful women list
London,
Aug
31:
Pepsico
CEO
and
Indian
American
Indra
Nooyi
is
the
fifth
most
powerful
woman
in
the
world,
according
to
the
latest
Forbes
list
on
wealthy
and
powerful
women.
Nooyi is preceded in the rankings by German Chancellor Angela Merkel in first place for the second year running, Chinese Vice President Wu Yi, Ho Ching, the CEO of Singapore Investment firm Temasek Holdings and U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, reports The Scotsman.
Queen Elizabeth the Second, Clara Furse, chief executive of the London Stock Exchange, and the Iraqi-born architect Zaha Hadid all feature in the list of the 100 most powerful women in the world, compiled by Forbes.
Queen Elizabeth is placed at number 23, with Forbes crediting her rise from 46 last year to the length of her reign and "increasing media favourability". Furse was 54th and Hadid at 68.
Former British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett, who last year's most powerful British woman and ranked 29th in the world, has been dropped from this year's list after being replaced by David Miliband.
Cherie Blair, the wife of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, has also failed to make the list for the second year running after being named the 62nd most powerful woman in 2005.
Cynthia Carroll, the chief executive of mining giant Anglo American, is the highest-ranking newcomer, at No7.
The rankings are based on "influence", "economic impact" and media "reach".
The ten most powerful women in the world according to Forbes are:
1.
Angela
Merkel
(German
chancellor)
2.
Wu
Yi
(Chinese
vice-premier)
3.
Ho
Ching
(Temasek
Holdings)
4.
Condoleezza
Rice
(US
Secretary
of
State)
5.
Indra
Nooyi
(PepsiCo)
6.
Sonia
Ghandi
(Indian
National
Congress
Party)
7.
Cynthia
Carroll
(Anglo
American)
8.
Patricia
Wortz
(Archer
Daniels
Midland)
9.
Irene
Rosenfeld
(Kraft
Foods)
10.
Patricia
Russo
(Alcatel-Lucent)
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