First Lady The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women

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Forbes releases its 2010 rankings, with "a true change-maker" topping the list

When it comes to power, cultural impact means as much as money and political influence.
Forbes' power lists are synonymous with moguls and movie stars, heads of state and captains of business. One look at the 2010 World's 100 Most Powerful Women list and it is clear that we've come up with a new ranking of the female power elite that reflects the New Order of now.
When we set out to identify this year's list, we decided it was time to look up and out into the broader culture. Our assessment is based less on traditional titles and roles and more on creative influence and entrepreneurship. These power women have built distinctive companies and brands and championed weighty causes, sometimes through unconventional means; in other cases they have broken through gender barriers.

Michelle Obama

Age: 46
Title: First Lady
Residence: Washington, DC
Country of citizenship: United States
Education: JD , Harvard University; LLM, Harvard University; BA/BS, Princeton University
Marital Status: Married
Children: 2

Irene Rosenfeld

Age: 57
Title: Chief Executive, Kraft Foods
Residence: Kenilworth, IL
Country of citizenship: United States
Education: BA/BS , Cornell University; PHD, Cornell University; MS, Cornell University
Marital Status: Married
Children: 2

Oprah Winfrey

Age: 56
Title: Talk show host and media mogul
Source: television, self-made
Residence: Chicago, IL
Country of citizenship: United States
Education: BA/BS , Tennessee State University
Marital Status: Single

Angela Merkel

Age: 56
Title: Chancellor
Country of citizenship: Germany
Marital Status: Married

Hillary Clinton

Age: 62
Title: Secretary of State
Residence: Chappaqua , NY
Country of citizenship: United States
Education: BA/BS , Wellesley College; LLM, Yale University
Marital Status: Married
Children: 1

Indra Nooyi

Age: 54
Title: Chief Executive, PepsiCo
Residence: Purchase, NY
Country of citizenship: United States
Education: MBA , Yale University
Marital Status: Married
Children: 2

Lady Gaga

Age: 24
Title: Singer and performance artist
Residence: New York , NY
Country of citizenship: United States
Education: Dropout , New York University
Marital Status: Single

Gail Kelly

Age: 54
Title: Chief Executive, Westpac
Country of citizenship: Australia
Education: BA/BS , University of Cape Town
Marital Status: Married

Beyonce Knowles

Age: 29
Title: Singer, fashion designer
Residence: New York , NY
Country of citizenship: United States
Marital Status: Married

Ellen DeGeneres

Age: 52
Title: Talk show host
Residence: Beverly Hills , CA
Country of citizenship: United States
Marital Status: Married

Nancy Pelosi

Age: 70
Title: Speaker of the House
Residence: San Francisco , CA
Country of citizenship: United States
Education: BA/BS , Trinity Washington University
Marital Status: Married
Children: 5

Angela Braly

Age: 49
Title: Chief Executive, Wellpoint
Source: insurance, self-made
Residence: Indianapolis, IN
Country of citizenship: United States
Education: JD , Southern Methodist University; BA/BS, Texas Tech University
Marital Status: Married
Children: 3

Janet Napolitano

Age: 52
Title: Secretary, Homeland Security
Residence: Washington, DC
Country of citizenship: United States
Education: BA/BS , Santa Clara University; JD, University of Virginia
Marital Status: Single

Cynthia Carroll

Age: 53
Title: Chief Executive, Anglo American
Country of citizenship: United States
Education: MBA , Harvard University; BA/BS, Skidmore College; MS, University of Kansas
Marital Status: Married
Children: 4

Sheila Bair

Age: 56
Title: Chair, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Residence: Washington, DC
Country of citizenship: United States
Education: BA/BS , University of Kansas; LLM, University of Kansas
Marital Status: Married
Children: 2

Sarah Palin

Age: 46
Title: Political maverick and commentator
Residence: Wasilla, AK
Country of citizenship: United States
Education: BA/BS , University of Idaho
Marital Status: Married
Children: 5

Mary Schapiro

Age: 55
Title: Chair, Securities and Exchange Commission
Residence: Wilmington , DE
Country of citizenship: United States
Education: BA/BS , Franklin & Marshall College; JD, George Washington University
Marital Status: Married

Ellen Kullman

Age: 54
Title: Chief Executive, DuPont
Country of citizenship: United States
Education: MBA , Northwestern University; Tufts University
Marital Status: Married
Children: 3

Sonia Sotomayor

Age: 56
Title: Supreme Court Justice
Residence: New York , NY
Country of citizenship: United States
Education: BA/BS , Princeton University; JD, Yale University
Marital Status: Single

Ursula Burns

Age: 51
Title: Chief Executive, Xerox
Residence: Norwalk, CT
Country of citizenship: United States
Education: MS , Columbia University; BA/BS, Polytechnic Institute
Marital Status: Married
Children: 2

Angelina Jolie

Age: 35
Title: Actor and UN Goodwill Ambassador
Country of citizenship: United States
Marital Status: Divorced
Children: 6

Katie Couric

Age: 53
Title: News anchor
Residence: New York , NY
Country of citizenship: United States
Education: BA/BS , University of Virginia
Marital Status: Widow
Children: 2

Kathleen Sebelius

Age: 62
Title: Secretary, Health & Human Services
Residence: Topeka, KS
Country of citizenship: United States
Education: BA/BS , Trinity College Connecticut; MBA, University of Kansas; BA/BS, Trinity Washington University
Marital Status: Married
Children: 2

Anne Lauvergeon

Age: 51
Title: Chief Executive, Areva
Residence: Paris ,
Country of citizenship: France
Education: PHD , Ecole Normale Superieure
Marital Status: Married
Children: 2

Elena Kagan

Age: 50
Title: Supreme Court Justice
Residence: New York , NY
Country of citizenship: United States
Education: LLM , Harvard University; MA, Oxford University; BA/BS, Princeton University
Marital Status: Single

Patricia Woertz

Age: 57
Title: Chief Executive, Archer Daniels Midland
Residence: Decatur, IL
Country of citizenship: United States
Marital Status: Divorced
Children: 3

Melinda Gates

Age: 46
Title: Co-chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Residence: Medina, WA
Country of citizenship: United States
Marital Status: Married
Children: 3

Arianna Huffington

Age: 60
Title: Founder and editor-in-chief, Huffington Post
Residence: Los Angeles , CA
Country of citizenship: United States
Education: MA , Girton College, Cambridge University
Marital Status: Divorced
Children: 2

Madonna

Age: 52
Title: Singer, fashion designer
Residence: New York , NY
Country of citizenship: United States
Marital Status: Divorced
Children: 4

Ho Ching

Age: 57
Title: Chief Executive, Temasek Holdings
Country of citizenship: Singapore
Education: MS , Stanford University
Marital Status: Married
Children: 4

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Age: 77
Title: Supreme Court Justice
Residence: Washington D.C., DC
Country of citizenship: United States
Education: LLM , Columbia University; BA/BS, Cornell University; N/A, Harvard University
Marital Status: Widow
Children: 2

Maria Ramos

Age: 51
Title: Chief Executive, Absa Group Banks
Residence: Johannesburg ,
Country of citizenship: South Africa
Education: MS , University of South Africa
Marital Status: Married

Chelsea Handler

Age: 35
Title: Talk show host and author
Residence: Los Angeles , CA
Country of citizenship: United States
Marital Status: Single

Tina Brown

Age: 56
Title: Cofounder and editor-in-chief, The Daily Beast
Residence: New York , NY
Country of citizenship: United States
Marital Status: Married
Children: 2

Carla Bruni-Sarkozy

Age: 42
Title: First Lady
Residence: Paris ,
Country of citizenship: France
Marital Status: Married
Children: 1

Lynn Laverty Elsenhans

Age: 54
Title: Chief Executive, Sunoco
Residence: Philadelphia , PA
Country of citizenship: United States

Elizabeth Warren

Age: 61
Title: Assistant to the President and Special Adviser to the Secretary of Treasury
Residence: Cambridge , MA
Country of citizenship: United States
Education: JD , Rutgers University; BA/BS, University of Houston
Marital Status: Married

Ana Patricia Botin

Age: 49
Title: Chair, Banesto bank
Residence: Madrid ,
Country of citizenship: Spain
Children: 3

Heidi Klum

Age: 37
Title: Model and producer
Residence: Los Angeles , CA
Country of citizenship: United States
Marital Status: Married
Children: 4

Meredith Vieira

Age: 56
Title: Co-anchor
Residence: New York , NY
Country of citizenship: United States
Marital Status: Married
Children: 3

Queen Elizabeth II

Age: 84
Title: Monarch
Source: investments, real estate, inherited
Residence: London ,
Country of citizenship: United Kingdom
Marital Status: Married
Children: 4

Carol Bartz

Age: 62
Title: Chief Executive, Yahoo!
Residence: Sunnyvale, CA
Country of citizenship: United States
Marital Status: Married
Children: 1

Christine Lagarde

Age: 54
Title: Finance Minister
Residence: Paris ,
Country of citizenship: France
Education: MA , Institut d'etudes politiques d'Aix-en-Provence
Marital Status: Married
Children: 2

Sallie Krawcheck

Age: 45
Title: President, Global Wealth & Investment Management, Bank of America
Residence: New York , NY
Country of citizenship: United States
Education: MBA , Columbia University; BA/BS, University of North Carolina
Marital Status: Married
Children: 2

Sarah Jessica Parker

Age: 45
Title: Actor and fashion designer
Residence: New York , NY
Country of citizenship: United States
Marital Status: Married
Children: 3

Diane Sawyer

Age: 64
Title: News anchor
Residence: New York , NY
Country of citizenship: United States
Education: BA/BS , Wellesley College
Marital Status: Married

Meg Whitman

Age: 54
Title: Gubernatorial candidate, California
Source: Ebay, self-made
Residence: Atherton, CA
Country of citizenship: United States
Education: MBA , Harvard University; BA/BS, Princeton University
Marital Status: Married
Children: 2

Marina Berlusconi

Age: 44
Title: Chair, Mondadori and Fininvest Group
Residence: Milan ,
Country of citizenship: Italy
Marital Status: Married
Children: 2

Stephenie Meyer

Age: 36
Title: Author
Residence: Cave Creek, AZ
Country of citizenship: United States
Education: BA/BS , Brigham Young University
Marital Status: Married
Children: 3

Rachel Maddow

Age: 37
Title: Talk show host
Source: television, self-made
Residence: New York , NY
Country of citizenship: United States
Education: PHD , Oxford University; BA/BS, Stanford University

Carly Fiorina

Age: 56
Title: Senatorial candidate, California
Residence: Palo Alto, CA
Country of citizenship: United States
Marital Status: Married

Guler Sabanci

Age: 54
Title: Chair, Sabanci Holding
Source: , inherited
Residence: Istanbul ,
Country of citizenship: Turkey
Education: BA/BS , Bogazici University
Marital Status: Single

Maria Shriver

Age: 54
Title: First Lady, California
Residence: Brentwood, CA
Country of citizenship: United States
Education: BA/BS , Georgetown University
Marital Status: Married
Children: 4

Carol Meyrowitz

Age: 56
Title: Chief Executive, TJX companies
Residence: Framingham, MA
Country of citizenship: United States

Serena Williams

Age: 28
Title: Athlete
Residence: Palm Beach Gardens , FL
Country of citizenship: United States
Marital Status: Single

Anna Wintour

Age: 60
Title: Editor-in-Chief, Vogue
Residence: New York , NY
Country of citizenship: United States
Marital Status: Divorced
Children: 2

Andrea Jung

Age: 52
Title: Chief Executive, Avon Products
Residence: New York , NY
Country of citizenship: United States
Education: BA/BS , Princeton University
Marital Status: Divorced
Children: 2

Julia Gillard

Age: 48
Title: Prime Minister
Residence: Canberra,
Country of citizenship: Australia
Education: BA/BS , University of Melbourne
Marital Status: Single

Abigail Johnson

Age: 48
Title: President, Fidelity Personal, Workplace and Institutional Services
Source: Fidelity, inherited and growing
Residence: Boston , MA
Country of citizenship: United States
Education: MBA , Harvard University; BA/BS, Hobart and William Smith
Marital Status: Married
Children: 2

Venus Williams

Age: 30
Title: Athlete
Country of citizenship: United States
Marital Status: Single

Suze Orman

Age: 59
Title: Author and personal finance guru
Residence: New York , NY
Country of citizenship: United States
Education: BA/BS , University of Illinois at Urbana

Tarja Halonen

Age: 66
Title: President
Residence: Helsinki,
Country of citizenship: Finland
Education: LLM , University of Helsinki

Marjorie Scardino

Age: 63
Title: Chief Executive, Pearson PLC
Residence: London ,
Country of citizenship: United States
Education: BA/BS , Baylor University; LLM, University of San Francisco
Marital Status: Married
Children: 3

Mary McAleese

Age: 59
Title: President
Residence: Dublin ,
Country of citizenship: Ireland
Education: LLM , Queen's University Belfast
Marital Status: Married
Children: 3

Annika Falkengren

Age: 48
Title: Chief Executive, SEB
Residence: Stockholm ,
Country of citizenship: Sweden
Education: BA/BS , Stockholm University
Marital Status: Married
Children: 1

Sheryl Sandberg

Age: 41
Title: Chief Operating Officer, Facebook
Residence: Palo Alto, CA
Country of citizenship: United States
Marital Status: Married
Children: 2

Cathleen Black

Age: 66
Title: Chair, Hearst Magazines
Residence: New York , NY
Country of citizenship: United States
Education: BA/BS , Trinity Washington University
Marital Status: Married
Children: 2

Cristina Fernandez

Age: 57
Title: President
Residence: Buenos Aires ,
Country of citizenship: Argentina
Marital Status: Married
Children: 2

Anne Sweeney

Age: 52
Title: Co-chair, Disney Media Networks
Residence: Burbank, CA
Country of citizenship: United States
Education: MA , Harvard University; BA/BS, The College of New Rochelle
Marital Status: Married
Children: 2

Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi

Age: 51
Title: Minister of Economy
Residence: Dubai ,
Country of citizenship: United Arab Emirates
Education: BA/BS , California State Chico

Chua Sock Koong

Age: 51
Title: Group Chief Executive, Singapore Telecommunications
Country of citizenship: Singapore
Marital Status: Married
Children: 2

Gisele Bundchen

Age: 30
Title: Model and fashion designer
Residence: New York , NY
Country of citizenship: Brazil
Marital Status: Married
Children: 1

Christiane Amanpour

Age: 52
Title: Anchor
Residence: New York , NY
Country of citizenship: United States
Education: BA/BS , University of Rhode Island
Marital Status: Married
Children: 1

Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al-Missned

Age: 50
Title: First Lady
Residence: Doha ,
Country of citizenship: Qatar
Marital Status: Married

Susan Ivey

Age: 51
Title: Chief Executive, Reynolds American
Residence: Winston Salem, NC
Country of citizenship: United States
Education: BA/BS , University of Florida; MBA, Bellarmine University
Marital Status: Married

Queen Rania Al Abdullah

Age: 40
Title: Monarch
Residence: Amman ,
Country of citizenship: Jordan
Education: BA/BS , American University

Nancy McKinstry

Age: 51
Title: Chief Executive, Wolters Kluwer
Residence: Wassenaar,
Country of citizenship: United States
Education: MBA , Columbia University; BA/BS, University of Rhode Island
Marital Status: Married
Children: 2

Rachael Ray

Age: 42
Title: Talks show host and author
Residence: New York , NY
Country of citizenship: United States

Nikki Finke

Age: 56
Title: Founder and blogger, Deadline Hollywood Daily
Residence: Los Angeles , CA
Country of citizenship: United States
Education: BA/BS , Wellesley College
Marital Status: Divorced

Johanna Sigurdardottir

Age: 67
Title: President
Residence: Reykjavik ,
Country of citizenship: Iceland

Jing Ulrich

Age: 43
Title: Managing director and chair, China Equities and Commodities, J.P. Morgan Chase
Residence: Hong Kong,
Country of citizenship: United States