The 10 Most Powerful Business Women in the World in 2008
Submitted by Lori Grant on September 7, 2008 – 6:04 pmNo Comment
Forbes released “The 100 Most Powerful Women ” in the world list for 2008. Forbes’ “annual ranking of the most powerful women in the world measures “power” as a composite of public profile–calculated using press mentions–and financial heft. The economic component of the ranking considers job title and past career accomplishments, as well as the amount of money the woman controls. A chief executive “controls” the revenue of her business, for instance, while a head of state gets the country’s gross domestic product. The raw numbers are modified to allow comparisons across financial realms.”
The following top 10 business women top 2008’s list:
- (#3) Indra K. Nooyi : Chairman, chief executive, PepsiCo
- (#4) Angela Braly : Chief executive, president, WellPoint
- (#5) Cynthia Carroll : Chief executive, Anglo American
- (#6) Irene B. Rosenfeld : Chairman, chief executive, Kraft Foods
- (#8) Ho Ching : Chief executive, Temasek Holdings
- (#9) Anne Lauvergeon : Chief executive, Areva
- (#10) Anne Mulcahy : Chairman, chief executive, Xerox Corp.
- (#11) Gail Kelly : Chief executive and managing director, Westpac Bank
- (#12) Patricia A. Woertz : Chairman, chief executive, president, Archer Daniels Midland
- (#15) Safra A. Catz : President and chief financial officer, Oracle
Additional Top 100 Most Powerful Women resources
- The 100 Most Powerful Women list
- The World’s Most Powerful Women video
- Disney’s Power Woman video
- Women to Watch slideshow
- Media Masters slideshow
- Finance High Flyers slideshow
