The 2023 Forbes list of the world’s most powerful women has been released Tuesday, December 5, 2023.
The list, curated using ‘four main metrics: money, media, impact, and spheres of influence,’ comprised 100 women excelling in various fields, including politics, business, technology, media&entertainment, amongst others.
Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo–Iweala, the Director-General World Trade Orgainsation, and Media personality Mo Abudu also made this list at numbers 87 and 98, respectively.
Here are Forbes’s 2023 100 most powerful women in the world.
Rank: Name, Age, Location, Category
- Ursula von der Leyen, 65, Belgium, Politics & Policy
- Christine Lagarde, 67, Germany, Politics & Policy
- Kamala Harris, 59, United States, Politics & Policy
- Giorgia Meloni, 46, Italy, Politics & Policy
- Taylor Swift, 33, United States, Media & Entertainment
- Karen Lynch, 59, United States, Business
- Jane Fraser, 56, United States, Finance
- Abigail Johnson, 61, United States, Finance
- Mary Barra, 61, United States, Business
- Melinda French Gates, 59, United States, Philanthropy
- Julie Sweet, 56, United States, Business
- Kristalina Georgieva, 70, United States, Politics & Policy
- MacKenzie Scott, 53, United States, Philanthropy
- Gail Boudreaux, 63, United States, Business
- Emma Walmsley, 54, United Kingdom, Business
- Ruth Porat, 66, United States, Technology
- Safra Catz, 62, United States, Technology
- Ana Patricia Botín, 63, Spain, Finance
- Carol Tomé, 66, United States, Business
- Sandy Ran Xu, 46, China, Business
- Kathryn McLay, 49, United States, Business
- Sarah London, 43, United States, Business
- Amy Hood, 51, United States, Technology
- Tarciana Paula Gomes Medeiros, 45, Brazil, Finance
- Laurene Powell Jobs & family, 60, United States, Philanthropy
- Catherine MacGregor, 51, France, Business
- Janet Yellen, 77, United States, Politics & Policy
- Gwynne Shotwell, 60, United States, Technology
- Phebe Novakovic, 66, United States, Business
- Tsai Ing-wen, 67, Taiwan, Politics & Policy
- Oprah Winfrey, 69, United States, Media & Entertainment
- Nirmala Sitharaman, 64, India, Politics & Policy
- Ho Ching, 70, Singapore, Finance
- Thasunda Brown Duckett, 50, United States, Finance
- Marianne Lake, Jennifer Piepszak, United States, Finance
- Beyoncé Knowles, 42, United States, Media & Entertainment
- Shari Redstone, 69, United States, Media & Entertainment
- Kathy Warden, 52, United States, Business
- Dana Walden, 59, United States, Media & Entertainment
- Amanda Blanc, 56, United Kingdom, Business
- Susan Li, 38, United States, Technology
- Margherita Della Valle, 58, United Kingdom, Business
- Adena Friedman, 54, United States, Finance
- Mary Callahan Erdoes, 56, United States, Finance
- Lynn Martin, 47, United States, Finance
- Sheikh Hasina Wajed, 76, Bangladesh, Politics & Policy
- Sri Mulyani Indrawati, 61, Indonesia, Politics & Policy
- Gina Rinehart, 69, Australia, Business
- Lisa Su, 54, United States, Technology
- Vicki Hollub, 64, United States, Business
- Nicke Widyawati, 55, Indonesia, Business
- Shemara Wikramanayake, 61, Australia, Finance
- Tricia Griffith, 59, United States, Business
- Jessica Tan, 46, China, Business
- Judy Faulkner, 80, United States, Technology
- Tokiko Shimizu, 58, Japan, Finance
- Donna Langley, 55, United States, Media & Entertainment
- Jennifer Salke, 59, United States, Media & Entertainment
- Wang Laichun, 56, China, Technology
- Roshni Nadar Malhotra, 42, India, Technology
- Jenny Johnson, 59, United States, Finance
- Yuriko Koike, 71, Japan, Politics & Policy
- Hana Al Rostamani, United Arab Emirates, Finance
- Suzanne Scott, 57, United States, Media & Entertainment
- Lynn Good, 64, United States, Business
- Sinead Gorman, 46, United Kingdom, Business
- Bela Bajaria, 52, United States, Media & Entertainment
- Belén Garijo, 63, Germany, Business
- Melanie Kreis, 52, Germany, Business
- Soma Mondal, 60, India, Business
- Paula Santilli, Mexico, Business
- Mette Frederiksen, 46, Denmark, Politics & Policy
- Joey Wat, 52, China, Business
- Rihanna, 35, United States, Media & Entertainment
- Linda Thomas-Greenfield, 71, United States, Politics & Policy
- Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, 70, India, Business
- Güler Sabanci, 68, Turkey, Business
- Trudy Shan Dai, 47, China, Business
- Debra Crew, 52, United Kingdom, Business
- Robyn Denholm, 60, Australia, Business
- Solina Chau, 61, Hong Kong, Philanthropy
- Lee Boo-jin, 53, South Korea, Business
- Robyn Grew, 54, United Kingdom, Finance
- Zuzana Caputova, 50, Slovakia, Politics & Policy
- Mary Meeker, 64, United States, Finance
- Makiko Ono, 63, Japan, Business
- Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, 69, Nigeria, Politics & Policy
- Mpumi Madisa, 44, South Africa, Business
- Melanie Perkins, 36, Australia, Business
- Dominique Senequier, 70, France, Finance
- Raja Easa Al Gurg, United Arab Emirates, Business
- Julia Gillard, 62, United Kingdom, Philanthropy
- Samia Suluhu Hassan, 63, Tanzania, Politics & Policy
- Xiomara Castro, 64, Honduras, Politics & Policy
- Kirsten Green, 52, United States, Finance
- Choi Soo-yeon, 42, South Korea, Business
- Jenny Lee, 51, Singapore, Finance
- Mo Abudu, 59, Nigeria, Media & Entertainment
- Mia Mottley, 58, Barbados, Politics & Policy
100. Barbie, 64, Media & Entertainment
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