100 most powerful women on earth

Rank, Name, Occupation, Age, Country

1
Condoleezza Rice, National Security Adviser, Bush Administration, 49, U.S.

2
Wu Yi, Vice Premier, former Vice Mayor of Beijing, 65, China

3
Sonia Gandhi, President, Congress Party, 57, India

4
Laura Bush, U.S. First Lady, 57, U.S.

5
Hillary Rodham Clinton, U.S. Senator, 56, U.S.

6
Sandra Day O'Connor, U.S. Supreme Court Justice, 74, U.S.

7
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, U.S. Supreme Court Justice, 71, U.S.

8
Megawati Sukarnoputri, President, Indonesia, 57, Indonesia

9
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, President, Philippines, 57, Phillipines

10
Carleton "Carly" S. Fiorina, Chair and Chief Executive, Hewlett-Packard, 49, U.S.

11
Nancy Pelosi, Minority Leader, U.S. House of Representatives, 64, U.S.

12
Cherie Booth Blair, U.K. First Lady, 49, U.K.

13
Queen Rania Al-Abdullah, Queen of Jordan, 34, Jordan

14
Begum Khaleda Zia, Prime Minister of Bangladesh, 58, Bangladesh

15
Abigail Johnson, President, Fidelity Management & Research, 41, U.S.

16
Susan Arnold, Vice Chair, Global Beauty Care, Procter & Gamble, 50, U.S.

17
Christine Poon, Worldwide Chair, Medicines and Nutritionals, Johnson & Johnson, 51, U.S.

18
Karen Hughes, Adviser and former counselor to President George W. Bush, 48, U.S.

19
Marjorie Magner, Chair and Chief Executive, Global Consumer Group, Citigroup, 55, U.S.

20
Ann S. Moore, Chair and Chief Executive, Time Inc., 54, U.S.

21
Margaret Thatcher, Former U.K. Prime Minister, 79, U.K.

22
Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom, 78, U.K.

23
Lynne Cheney, U.S. Second Lady, 63, U.S.

24
Ho Ching, Chief Executive and Executive Director, Temasek Holdings, 51, Singapore

25
Barbara Walters, News Correspondent and Anchor, ABC's 20/20, 74, U.S.

26
Diane Sawyer, Co-Anchor, ABC's Good Morning America, Primetime Thursday, 58, U.S.

27
Anne Sweeney, Co-Chair, Disney Media Networks, and President, Disney-ABC Television Group, 46, U.S.

28
Vivian Banta, Vice Chair, Chief Executive of Insurance, Prudential Financial, 53, U.S.

29
Indra Nooyi, President and Chief Financial Officer, PepsiCo, 48, U.S.

30
Elizabeth Dole, U.S. Senator, 67, U.S.

31
Tarja Halonen, President, Republic of Finland, 60, Finland

32
Nance Dicciani, President and Chief Executive, Specialty Materials, Honeywell International, 56, U.S.

33
Mary McAleese, President, Ireland, 53, Ireland

34
Loyola de Palacio, Vice President of the European Commission, 53, Spain

35
Queen Beatrix, Queen of the Netherlands, 66, Netherlands

36
Marina Berlusconi, Chair, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 37, Italy

37
Brenda Barnes, President, Chief Operating Officer, Sara Lee, 50, U.S.

38
Vanessa Castagna, Executive Vice President, Chair and Chief Executive Officer, J.C. Penney Stores, Catalog and I, 53, U.S.

39
Queen Sofia, Queen of Spain, 65, Spain

40
Mary Sammons, President and Chief Executive, Rite Aid, 57, U.S.

41
Susanne Klatten, Deputy Chair, Altana, 42, Germany

42
Anne Mulcahy, Chair and Chief Executive, Xerox, 51, U.S.

43
Helen Clark, Prime Minister of New Zealand, 54, New Zealand

44
Chandrika Kumaratunga, President, Sri Lanka, 59, Sri Lanka

45
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Nobel Laureate, 59, Myanmar

46
Faezeh Rafsanjani, Chair, Islamic Countries Women's Sports Federation and former member of Iranian Parliament, NA, Iran

47
Peng Peiyun, President, All-China Women's Federation, 73, China

48
Sallie Krawcheck, Chair and Chief Executive, Smith Barney, 39, U.S.

49
Gail Berman, President of Entertainment, Fox Broadcasting, 47, U.S.

50
Dianne Feinstein, U.S. Senator, 71, U.S.

51
Margaret Whitman, President and Chief Executive, eBay, 47, U.S.

52
Patricia Stonesifer, President, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, 47, U.S.

53
Anne Lauvergeon, Chair, Chief Executive, The Areva Group, 45, France

54
Karen Elliott House, Senior Vice President, Dow Jones & Co.; Publisher, The Wall Street Journal, 56, U.S.

55
Xie Qihua, Chair, President, Shanghai Baosteel Group, NA, China

56
Patricia Russo, Chair, Chief Executive, Lucent Technologies, 51, U.S.

57
Katie Couric, Co-Anchor, The Today Show, 47, U.S.

58
Olympia Snowe, U.S. Senator, 57, U.S.

59
Marjorie Scardino, Chief Executive, Pearson, 57, U.K.

60
Stacey Snider, Chair, Universal Pictures, Vivendi Universal, 43, U.S.

61
Andrea Jung, Chair and Chief Executive, Avon, 45, U.S.

62
Oprah Winfrey, Television host, media billionaire, 50, U.S.

63
Colleen Barrett, President and Chief Operating Officer, Southwest Airlines, 59, U.S.

64
Judy McGrath, Chair and Chief Executive, MTV Networks, 51, U.S.

65
Antonia Axson Johnson, Chair, Axel Johnson, 61, Sweden

66
Amy Pascal, Chair, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 46, U.S.

67
Anne Cox Chambers and Barbara Cox Anthony, Owners, Cox Enterprises, NA, U.S.

68
Queen Silvia, Queen of Sweden, 60, Sweden

69
Nancy McKinstry, Chair, Wolters Kluwer, 45, Netherlands

70
Vaira Vike-Freiberga, President, Latvia, 66, Latvia

71
Sherry Lansing, Chair, Paramount Pictures Motion Picture Group, 59, U.S.

72
Susan V. Berresford, President, Ford Foundation, 61, U.S.

73
Luisa Diogo, Prime Minister of Mozambique, 46, Mozambique

74
Dr. Sima Samar, Deputy Premier of Afghanistan, 47, Afghanistan

75
Carla Cico, President and Chief Executive, Brasil Telecom, NA, Brazil

76
Christine Lagarde, Chair, Baker & McKenzie, 48, France

77
Belinda Stronach, Member of Parliament, Canada, 38, Canada

78
Maria Asuncion Aramburuzabala, Vice Chair, Grupo Modelo, 40, Mexico

79
Liliane Bettencourt, Owner, L'Oreal, 81, France

80
Mary Ma Xuezheng, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, The Legend Group, 50, China

81
Dr. Stephanie Burns, President and CEO, Dow Corning, 49, U.S.

82
Marilyn Carlson Nelson, Chair and Chief Executive, Carlson Companies, 64, U.S.

83
Queen Noor, Dowager Queen of Jordan, 52, Jordan

84
Greta Van Susteren, Anchor, Fox News Network, 50, U.S.

85
Joanne "J.K." Rowling, Author, the Harry Potter series, 38, U.K.

86
Dr. Mathilde Krim, Founder and Chair, American Foundation for AIDS Research, 78, U.S.

87
Louise Frechette, Deputy Secretary General, United Nations, 57, Canada

88
Ruth Ann Marshall, President, Americas, MasterCard International, 49, U.S.

89
Ann Fudge, Chair and Chief Executive, Young & Rubicam, 52, U.S.

90
Carol Bartz, Chair, CEO and President, AutoDesk, 55, U.S.

91
Orit Gadiesh, Chair, Bain & Co., 53, U.S.

92
Martha Nelson, Managing Editor, People magazine, 51, U.S.

93
Rochelle "Shelly" Lazarus, Chair and Chief Executive, Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide, 56, U.S.

94
Ana Patricia Botin, Chair, Banco Espanol de Credito, 44, Spain

95
Carol Bellamy, Executive Director, UNICEF, 62, U.S.

96
Dr. Hanan Ashrawi, Spokeswoman, Palestinian Authority, 57, West Bank

97
Clara Furse, Chief Executive, London Stock Exchange, NA, U.K.

98
Nancy Barry, President, Women's World Banking, 55, U.S.

99
Shirin Ebadi, Nobel Laureate, 57, Iran

100
Jody Williams, Nobel Laureate, 53, U.S.