Rank

Name

Age

Country/Territory

Category

#1

Angela Merkel

66

Germany

Politics & Policy

#2

Christine Lagarde

64

France

Politics & Policy

#3

Kamala Harris

56

United States

Politics & Policy

#4

Ursula von der Leyen

62

Germany

Politics & Policy

#5

Melinda Gates

56

United States

Philanthropy

#6

Mary Barra

58

United States

Business

#7

Nancy Pelosi

80

United States

Politics & Policy

#8

Ana Patricia Botín

60

Spain

Finance

#9

Abigail Johnson

58

United States

Finance

#10

Gail Boudreaux

60

United States

Business

#11

Carol Tomé

63

United States

Business

#12

Emma Walmsley

51

United Kingdom

Business

#13

Susan Wojcicki

52

United States

Technology

#14

Julie Sweet

52

United States

Business

#15

Safra Catz

58

United States

Technology

#16

Ruth Porat

63

United States

Technology

#17

Judith McKenna

54

United States

Business

#18

Kristalina Georgieva

67

Bulgaria

Politics & Policy

#19

Martina Merz

57

Germany

Business

#20

Oprah Winfrey

66

United States

Media & Entertainment

#21

Jessica Tan

43

China

Finance

#22

Sheryl Sandberg

51

United States

Technology

#23

Jane Fraser

53

United States

Finance

#24

Shari Redstone

66

United States

Media & Entertainment

#25

Nicke Widyawati

52

Indonesia

Business

#26

Amanda Blanc

53

United Kingdom

Business

#27

Phebe Novakovic

62

United States

Business

#28

Amy Hood

48

United States

Technology

#29

Shemara Wikramanayake

58

Australia

Business

#30

Ho Ching

67

Singapore

Finance

#31

Jessica Uhl

52

Netherlands

Business

#32

Jacinda Ardern

40

New Zealand

Politics & Policy

#33

Adena Friedman

51

United States

Finance

#34

Joey Wat

49

China

Business

#35

Stacey Cunningham

46

United States

Finance

#36

Anne Finucane

68

United States

Finance

#37

Tsai Ing-wen

64

Taiwan

Politics & Policy

#38

Karen Lynch

57

United States

Business

#39

Sheikh Hasina Wajed

73

Bangladesh

Politics & Policy

#40

Mary Callahan Erdoes

53

United States

Finance

#41

Nirmala Sitharaman

61

India

Politics & Policy

#42

Laurene Powell Jobs

57

United States

Philanthropy

#43

Marianne Lake

51

United Kingdom

Finance

#44

Kathy Warden

-

United States

Business

#45

Gina Rinehart

66

Australia

Business

#46

Queen Elizabeth II

94

United Kingdom

Politics & Policy

#47

Mingzhu Dong

66

China

Business

#48

Rosalind Brewer

57

United States

Business

#49

Gwynne Shotwell

57

United States

Technology

#50

Vicki Hollub

60

United States

Business

#51

Dana Walden

56

United States

Media & Entertainment

#52

Erna Solberg

59

Norway

Politics & Policy

#53

Donna Langley

52

United Kingdom

Media & Entertainment

#54

Jennifer Salke

-

United States

Media & Entertainment

#55

Roshni Nadar Malhotra

39

India

Technology

#56

Simonetta Sommaruga

60

Switzerland

Politics & Policy

#57

Elvira Nabiullina

57

Russia

Politics & Policy

#58

Tricia Griffith

56

United States

Business

#59

Nicola Sturgeon

50

United Kingdom

Politics & Policy

#60

Maggie Wei Wu

52

China

Business

#61

Lynn Good

-

United States

Business

#62

Kelly Zhang

-

China

Business

#63

Yuriko Koike

68

Japan

Politics & Policy

#64

Wang Feng Ying

-

China

Business

#65

Melanie Kreis

49

Germany

Business

#66

Paula Santilli

-

Mexico

Business

#67

MacKenzie Scott

50

United States

Philanthropy

#68

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

67

India

Business

#69

Rihanna

32

Barbados

Media & Entertainment

#70

Zhou Qunfei

50

Hong Kong

Technology

#71

Sophie Wilmes

45

Belgium

Politics & Policy

#72

Beyoncé Knowles

39

United States

Media & Entertainment

#73

Kathleen Kennedy

67

United States

Media & Entertainment

#74

Judy Faulkner

77

United States

Business

#75

Mette Frederiksen

43

Denmark

Politics & Policy

#76

Güler Sabanci

65

Turkey

Business

#77

Andrea Marques de Almeida

-

Brazil

Business

#78

Sri Mulyani Indrawati

58

Indonesia

Politics & Policy

#79

Ava DuVernay

48

United States

Media & Entertainment

#80

Solina Chau

58

Hong Kong

Philanthropy

#81

Lam Wai Ying

-

Hong Kong

Technology

#82

Taylor Swift

30

United States

Media & Entertainment

#83

Zuzana Caputova

47

Slovakia

Politics & Policy

#84

Mary Meeker

61

United States

Technology

#85

Sanna Marin

35

Finland

Politics & Policy

#86

Eliza Manningham-Buller

72

United Kingdom

Philanthropy

#87

Linda Rendle

-

United States

Business

#88

Tory Burch

54

United States

Business

#89

Raja Easa Al Gurg

-

United Arab Emirates

Business

#90

Lee Boo-jin

50

South Korea

Business

#91

Dominique Senequier

67

France

Finance

#92

Reese Witherspoon

44

United States

Media & Entertainment

#93

Anne Wojcicki

47

United States

Technology

#94

Mellody Hobson

51

United States

Finance

#95

Kirsten Green

49

United States

Technology

#96

Sahle-Work Zewde

70

Ethiopia

Politics & Policy

#97

Aileen Lee

50

United States

Technology

#98

Renuka Jagtiani

-

United Arab Emirates

Business

#99

Rania Nashar

-

Saudi Arabia

Finance

#100

Stacey Abrams

47

United States

Politics & Policy