The world's most powerful women

• Michelle Obama was named the most powerful woman in the world by Forbes magazine publishers

Michelle Obama was named the most powerful woman in the world by Forbes magazine editors, the top ten positions of this classification being found and some leading celebrities such as Oprah Winfrey, Lady Gaga, Beyonce Knowles and Ellen DeGeneres. 
To achieve this ranking editors take into account the personal wealth, position held, the influence on people's creativity and quality of the entrepreneur. Michelle Obama was ranked the first one on the top after last year ranked 40. Forbes editors have calculated her wealth and her husband, President Barack Obama, but switched to the national budget category American - 3.5 trillion dollars. In second place was located Irene Rosenfeld, Kraft Foods director of the corporation and the podium was occupied by realizatoarea Oprah Winfrey, whose fortune is estimated at 2.7 billion dollars. The fourth place went to German Chancellor Angela Merkel and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton took fifth position. Indra Nooyi, PepsiCo Inc. director., Ranked sixth, and the controversial singer Lady Gaga ranks seventh. With estimated revenues of $ 62 million during the fourth year, according to Forbes editors, American singer "has single-handedly revived pop and pop culture." Gail Kelly, chairman of the board of the Australian Westpac Banking Corp Corporation., Ranks eighth, and singer Beyonce Knowles, with revenues of $ 87 million made over the last 12 months, was ranked ninth. Realizatoarea and television presenter Ellen DeGeneres end top 10 most powerful women compiled by Forbes magazine in the world with revenues of $ 55 million during the fourth year. Other celebrities present in the top 100 are Angelina Jolie (No. 21) Katie Couric (No. 22), Arianna Huffington (No. 28), Madonna (No. 29) and Sarah Jessica Parker (No. 45).