The annual top-100 composed by business magazine Forbes (August 15, 2005), based on a composite of visibility (measured by press citations) and economic impact.
1. Condoleezza Rice (U.S.), Secretary of State
2. Yi Wu (China), vice premier, minister of health
3. Yulia Tymoshenko (Ukraine), prime-minister
4. Gloria Arroyo (Philippines), president
5. Margaret (Meg) Whitman (U.S.), chief executive, eBay
6. Anne Mulcahy (U.S.), chief executive officer, Xerox
7. Sallie Krawcheck (U.S.), chief financial officer, Citigroup
8. Brenda Barnes (U.S.), chief executive, Sara Lee
9. Oprah Winfrey (U.S.), chairman, Harpo
10. Melinda Gates (U.S.), co-founder, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
11. Anne Lauvergeon (France), chairman, The Areva Group
12. Julie Gerberding (U.S.), director Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
13. Patricia Russo (U.S.), chief executive, Lucent Technologies
14. Qihua Xie (China), chairman, president, Shanghai Baosteel
15. Aung San Suu Kyi (Myanmar), Nobel Peace Laureate
16. Zoe Cruz (U.S.), acting president, Morgan Stanley
17. Patricia Dunn (U.S.), nonexecutive chairman, Hewlett-Packard; global hief executive, Barclays Global Investors
18. Marjorie Scardino (England), chief executive, Pearson
19. Abby Joseph Cohen (U.S.), chief U.S. Portfolio strategist, Goldman Sachs Group
20. Ann Livermore (U.S.), executive vice president, technology solutions group, Hewlett-Packard
21. Mary McAleese (Ireland), president
22. Safra Catz (U.S.), president, Oracle
23. Ruth Bader Ginsburg (U.S.), Supreme Court Justice
24. Helen Clark (New Zealand), prime minister
25. Chandrika Kumaratunga (Sri Lanka), president
26. Hillary Rodham Clinton (U.S.), Senator
27. Mary Sammons (U.S.), chief executive, president, Rite Aid
28. Indra Nooyi (U.S.), president and chief financial officer, PepsiCo
29. Khaleda Zia (Bangladesh), prime minister
30. Ho Ching (Singapore), chief cxecutive, Temasek
31. Tarja Halonen (Finland), president
32. Carla Cico (Brazil), chief executive, Brasil Telecom
33. Anne Sweeney (U.S.), co-chair, Disney Media Networks; president, Disney-ABC Television Group
34. Marjorie Magner (U.S.), chairman and chief executive, global consumer group, Citigroup
35. Andrea Jung (U.S.), chairman and chief executive, Avon
36. Sandra Day O’Connor (U.S.), Supreme Court Justice
37. Abigail Johnson (U.S.), president, Fidelity Management & Research
38. Ann Moore (U.S.), chairman and chief executive, Time Inc.
39. Liliane Bettencourt (France), majority owner, L’Oréal
40. Joanne Rowling (England), author
41. Ruth Ann Marshall (U.S.), president, Americas region, MasterCard
42. Dianne Feinstein (U.S.), Senator
43. Christine Poon (U.S.), vice chairman, Johnson & Johnson
44. Neelie Kroes (Netherlands), European competition commissioner
45. Nancy McKinstry (U.S.), chief executive officer, Wolters Kluwer
46. Laura Bush (U.S.), First Lady
47. Katie Couric (U.S.), co-anchor, NBC’s Today Show, contributing anchor, Dateline NBC
48. Vaira Vike-Freiberga (Latvia), president
49. Judy McGrath (U.S.), chief executive, MTV Networks
50. Amy Pascal (U.S.), chairman, Motion Picture Group, Sony Pictures Entertainment; vice chairman, Sony Pictures Entertainment
51. Michèle Alliot-Marie (France), minister of Defense
52. Colleen Barrett (U.S.), president, Southwest Airlines
53. Maria Asunción Aramburuzabala (Mexico), vice chairman, Grupo Modelo
54. Olympia Snowe (U.S.), Senator
55. Diane Sawyer (U.S.), co-anchor, ABC’s Good Morning America, Primetime Live
56. Susan Arnold (U.S.), vice chairman, global beauty care, Procter & Gamble
57. Mary Ma (China), chief financial officer, Lenovo Group
58. Elizabeth Dole (U.S.), Senator
59. Stacey Snider (U.S.), chairman, Universal Pictures
60. Doris Fisher (U.S.), co-founder, The Gap
61. Antonia Axson Johnson (Sweden), chairman, owner, The Axel Johnson Group
62. Cherie Booth Blair (England), wife of prime minister Tony Blair; lawyer
63. Rose Marie Bravo (U.S.), chief executive, the Burberry Group
64. Vanessa Castagna (U.S.), executive chairman, Mervyns
65. Louise Fréchette (Canada), deputy secretary general, United Nations
66. Fumiko Hayashi (Japan), chief executive, Daiei
67. Dawn Hudson (U.S.), chief executive, Pepsi-Cola North America
68. Wangari Maathai (Kenya), Nobel laureate; deputy minister of environment
69. Gail Berman (U.S.), president, Paramount Pictures
70. Vivian Banta (U.S.), vice chairman, insurance, Prudential Financial
71. Susanne Klatten (Germany), deputy chairman of supervisory board, Altana AG
72. Christiane Amanpour (U.S.), chief international correspondent, CNN
73. Karen Elliott House (U.S.), publisher, The Wall Street Journal; senior vice president, Dow Jones & Co
74. Marina Berlusconi (Italy), chairman, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore
75. Queen Elizabeth II (England), queen
76. Nancy Pelosi (U.S.), minority leader, U.S. House of Representatives
77. Janet Robinson (U.S.), chief executive, The New York Times Co
78. Rochelle Lazarus (U.S.), chief executive, Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide
79. Marilyn Carlson Nelson (U.S.), chief executive, Carlson Cos
80. Queen Rania (Jordan), queen
81. Susan Desmond-Hellman (U.S.), president, product development, Genentech
82. Stephanie Burns (U.S.), chief executive, president and chief operating officer, Dow Corning
83. Linda Cook (U.S.), executive director, Gas & Power, Royal Dutch Petroleum
84. Nance Diccian (U.S.), president and chief executive, specialty materials, Honeywell International
85. Mary Minnick (U.S.), executive vice president and president of marketing, strategy and innovation, Coca-Cola
86. Carol Bartz (U.S.), chief executive, Autodesk
87. Kay Bailey Hutchison (U.S.), senator
88. Christine Lagarde (France), minister of foreign trade
89. Penny Pritzker (U.S.), chairman, Classic Residence by Hyatt and TransUnion
90. Christie Hefner (U.S.), chief executive, Playboy Enterprises
91. Cathleen Black (U.S.), president, Hearst Magazines
92. Martha Nelson (U.S.), managing editor, People
93. Susan Berresford (U.S.), president, Ford Foundation
94. Nina Jacobson (U.S.), president, Buena Vista Motion Pictures Group
95. Orit Gadiesh (U.S.), chairman, Bain & Co
96. Luisa Mozambique Diogo (Mozambique), prime minister
97. Lubna Saudi Olayan (Saudi Arabia), chief executive, Olayan Financing
98. Nancy Barry (U.S.), president, Women’s World Banking
99. Ana Patricia Botín (Spain), chairman, Banco Español de Crédito
100. Mary Callahan Erdoes (U.S.), chief executive, JPMorgan Chase Private Bank
