World's 100 Most Powerful Women

As many of you may know, Forbes loves to do lists of the world's billionaires, leading companies in America, most influential people, most powerful people, etc. But one that is striking is a Forbes list done on  the World's 100 Most Powerful Women. The list is composed of not necessarily the most famous or most wealthy women in the world, but instead they are the ones that are most influential. These women that make up this Forbes list include Presidents, Chancellors, Chief Executives of major companies, etc. These women run countries, companies, and organizations and our world would be very different without them. The women who hold's the number one spot is the German Chancellor Angela Merkel who is the leader of the worlds fourth-largest economy, and has held this number one spot for four years! Imagine that. 


In the past, women hardly got any recognition, and were hardly involved in huge corporations and running countries. But today women are strikingly becoming quite powerful, and they are finally getting the recognition they deserve.




http://www.forbes.com/lists/2009/11/power-women-09_The-100-Most-Powerful-Women_Rank.html