Most Powerfull Women in the World-Top 10

#1 Angela Merkel
Chancellor

Germany

#2 Wu Yi
Vice premier
China

#3 Ho Ching
Chief executive, Temasek Holdings
Singapore

#4 Condoleezza Rice
Secretary of State
U.S.

#5 Indra K. Nooyi
Chairman, chief executive, PepsiCo
U.S.

#6 Sonia Gandhi
President, National Congress Party
India

#7 Cynthia Carroll
Chief executive, Anglo American
U.K.

#8 Patricia A. Woertz
Chairman, Archer Daniels Midland
U.S.

#9 Irene Rosenfeld
Chairman, chief executive, Kraft Foods
U.S.

#10 Patricia Russo
Chief executive, Alcatel-Lucent
U.S.