“Last year was a tough one for women. It seemed like the we were on the verge of electing a woman as the most powerful person on the planet. Of course that’s not the way it worked out,” Caroline Howard writes for Forbes. “Hillary Clinton’s stunning loss in the 2016 U.S. presidential election left many women feeling untethered (and pushed Clinton down 63 spots on our list from No.2 in 2016 to 65 this year).”
“So who runs the world in 2017? German Chancellor Angela Merkel retains the top spot on this year’s class of female leaders — for the seventh consecutive year and 12 times in total,” Howard writes. “She’s followed by an unexpected newcomer, U.K. Prime Theresa May (No. 2), who is leading her country through Brexit, a historic, complex and transformative time for the country and the European Union. May is followed by Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, who, along with her husband Bill, has distributed more than $40 billion in grants to date and supports organizations in over 100 countries. Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg (No. 4) and GM CEO Mary Barra (No. 5) round out the top five.”
“This year’s list features 48 women from the U.S. and several newcomers from other nations,” Howard writes. “Estonian president Kersti Kaljulaid joins the list in the No. 78 spot. With only 1.2 million people, her country may be tiny but it’s leading a digital revolution where robots make regular deliveries and people can vote for elected officials online.”
Forbes’ Top 20 Most Powerful Women:
#1. Angela Merkel, 63, Germany, Politics
#2. Theresa May, 61, United Kingdom, Politics
#3. Melinda Gates, 53, United States, Philanthropy/NGO
#4. Sheryl Sandberg, 48, United States, Technology
#5. Mary Barra, 55, United States, Automotive
#6. Susan Wojcicki, 49, United States, Technology
#7. Abigail Johnson, 55, United States, Finance and Investments
#8. Christine Lagarde, 61, France, Economy
#9. Ana Patricia Botín, 57, Spain, Finance and Investments
#10. Ginni Rometty, 60, United States, Technology
#11. Indra Nooyi, 62, United States, Diversified
#12. Meg Whitman, 61, United States, Technology
• Laurene Powell Jobs is the widow of Apple cofounder Steve Jobs.
• She founded and chairs the Emerson Collective, an organization that uses entrepreneurship to advance social reform and to assist needy students.
• She also cofounded College Track, a nonprofit program that helps disadvantaged students prepare for and graduate from college.
• In July 2017, she bought a majority stake in The Atlantic magazine and website for an undisclosed price.
• In 2015, Powell Jobs made a $50 million commitment to “XQ: The Super School Project,” a nationwide competition to redevelop the high school curriculum
#15. Tsai Ing-wen, 61, Taiwan, Politics
#16. Michelle Bachelet, 66, Chile, Politics
#17. Federica Mogherini, 44, Italy, Politics
#18. Safra Catz, 55, United States, Technology
#19. Ivanka Trump, 36, United States, Politics
#20. Adena Friedman, 48, United States, Finance and Investments
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Congrats to both Angela Ahrendts and Laurene Powell Jobs!
If Crooked Hillary is still on the list, much less at #65, the world is bereft of powerful women. What power does she have today, except to nauseate?
Last I heard she was trying to get someone, anyone to grope her so she could attach the #metoo hashtag to her tweets.
What Happened?
bwahahahahahahaha
Now, Donna Brazile is throwing her under the bus.
These are the good ol’ days.
“Donna Brazile Says She ‘Found Proof’ Hillary ‘Rigged’ Dem Primary Against Bernie”
the audacity is unbelievable, this is the same woman caught giving The Clot debate questions from CNN.
https://www.mediaite.com/print/donna-brazile-says-she-found-proof-hillary-rigged-dem-primary-against-bernie/
“Trump broke me.”
– The Democrat Party
Hillary IS crooked. Donna Brazile has a thing on Politico where she basically owned the Party before she was nominated. Ms Brazile has served as interim DNC Chair and has long been a Clinton ally:
“…the Joint Fund-Raising Agreement between the DNC, the Hillary Victory Fund, and Hillary for America.
The agreement—signed by Amy Dacey, the former CEO of the DNC, and Robby Mook with a copy to Marc Elias—specified that in exchange for raising money and investing in the DNC, Hillary would control the party’s finances, strategy, and all the money raised. Her campaign had the right of refusal of who would be the party communications director, and it would make final decisions on all the other staff. The DNC also was required to consult with the campaign about all other staffing, budgeting, data, analytics, and mailings.”
This is while the Primaries were going on.
man, just wait until FBI informant testifies with documentation to Grassley.
Naturally, Trump is as pure as the driven snow and everything alleged against him and his staff and appointees is “fake news.” Because we all know that someone with billions of dollars never admits guilt, they just buy NDAs.
You folks embody one of the major weaknesses in the modern Republican Party – the need to justify current indiscretions by deflecting to alleged past indiscretions of your “enemies.” Good luck with that tactic. It wears very thin after a while, then it stops working and the sh1t hits the fan. And the sh1tstorm is approaching rapidly.
Forbes needs to check their privilege cause anyone who is woke knows there is no such thing as a powerful woman in the white male patriarchy.
In fact, only 3 women appear on Forbes’ list of the 20 most powerful people, and one of those was Janet Yellen.
and then there were only two.
Back when everyone was expressing concern about how bad Trump would be, I was trying to focus people on how bad Trump’s appointees would be. The Trump appointees are doing far more harm and damage than Trump every could with his Twitter fetish.
Janet Yellen is history.
Angela? For what? Her Apple cash? Lauren gives and gives and deserves her spot on the list. Angela is not deserving of praise.
Four of these women sexually harassed me 27 years ago. I’m afraid to mention which four.
What were the criteria for selection to this prestigious list? Who only has a vagina?
I guess powerful doesn’t necessarily mean truthful, honest, fair, respectable, just, influential, or respected. This recognition is meaningless since being powerful has not been generally regarded positively.