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
