10 most powerful Women of the World

According to Forbes[ 2011 survey], the 10 most powerful Women of the World are as follows:

1. Angela Merkel – German Chancellor
2. Hillary Clinton – U.S. Secretary of State
3. Dilma Rousseff – President of Brazil
4. Indra Nooyi – Chairman and CEO of PepsiCo Inc.
5. Sheryl Sandberg – COO of Facebook
6. Milinda Gates – Co-Chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
[Wife of Bill Gates –Founder of Microsoft Corp]
7. Sonia Gandhi - Chairperson of UPA [United Progressive Alliance] Government
8. Michelle Obama - U.S. First Lady
9. Christine Lagarde – Finance Minister of France
10. Irene Rosenfled - Chairman and CEO of Kraft Foods.