German Chancellor, Angela Merkel topped the Forbes annual list of Most Powerful Women 2014 in the world. The annual list of Forbes was released on 28 May 2014. Angela Merkel topped the list for fourth year in a row and nine times overall.
Five Indian women have also featured in Forbes 100 most powerful women List. Chief of Pepsico, Indian born Indra Nooyi was ranked 13th and Chief Technology and Strategy Officer of Cisco Padmasree Warrior is ranked 71st in the list.
Other Indians who made in to the list are State Bank of India Chairperson Arundhati Bhattacharya (36th) ICICI Bank Managing Director Chanda Kochhar (43rd) and Biocon founder Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (92nd).
The list of Top ten Most Powerful Women
| Rank | Name | Company |
| 1 | Angela Merkel | Chancellor of Germany |
| 2 | Janet Yellen | Chairman of US Federal Reserve Bank |
| 3 | Melinda Gates | Co-Chairperson of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation |
| 4 | Dilma Rouseff | President of Brazil |
| 5 | Christine Lagarde | Managing Director of IMF |
| 6 | Hillary Rodham Clinton | Former US Secretary of State |
| 7 | Mary Barra | CEO of General Motors |
| 8 | Michelle Obama | US First Lady |
| 9 | Sheryl Sandberg | COO of Facebook |
| 10 | Virginia Rometty | CEO of IBM |
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