| Rank | Name | Title | Category |
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| 1. | Angela Merkel | Chancellor of Germany | politics |
| 2. | Dilma Rousseff | President of Brazil | politics |
| 3. | Melinda Gates | Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation | philanthropy |
| 4. | Michelle Obama | First Lady, United States | politics |
| 5. | Hillary Clinton | Personality, philanthropist | politics |
| 6. | Sheryl Sandberg | COO, Facebook | technology |
| 7. | Christine Lagarde | Managing Director, International Monetary Fund | philanthropy |
| 8. | Janet Napolitano | Secretary, Department of Homeland Security | politics |
| 9. | Sonia Gandhi | President of Indian National Congress, India | politics |
| 10. | Indra Nooyi | CEO, PepsiCo | business |
| 11. | Geun-hye Park | President, South Korea | politics |
| 12. | Virginia Rometty | CEO, IBM | technology |
| 13. | Oprah Winfrey | Entrepreneur, Personality | media |
| 14. | Ursula Burns | Chairman and CEO, Xerox | technology |
| 15. | Meg Whitman | CEO, Hewlett-Packard | technology |
| 16. | Gina Rinehart | Executive Chairman, Hancock Prospecting | metal, mining |
| 17. | Beyonce Knowles | Actress, Entrepreneur, Musician | celebrity |
| 18. | Maria das Graças Silva Foster | CEO, Petrobras-Petróleo Brazil | business |
| 19. | Jill Abramson | Executive Editor, New York Times Co. | media |
| 20. | Irene Rosenfeld | CEO, Mondel's International | business
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