Forbes: 100 Most Powerful Women

This week Forbes released its The World's 100 Most Powerful Women list, which is primarily composed of presidents, CEO's and government officials.

Here are the top 10 most powerful women:

1. Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany - notably, this is the fourth year that Merkel has been ranked as the most powerful woman in the world

2. Sheila Blair, Chairman of Federal Deposit Insurance Corp

3. Indra Nooyi, CEO of PepsiCo

4. Cynthia Carroll, CEO of Anglo American

5. Ho Ching, CEO of Temasek

6. Irene Rosenfeld, CEO of Kraft Foods

7. Ellen Kullman, CEO of DuPont

8. Angela Braly, CEO of WellPoint

9. Anne Lauvergeon, CEO of Areva

10. Lynn Elsenhans, CEO of Sunoco

For Francesca Donner's article: The World's Most Powerful Women

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