10 powerful women

Forbes’ 2008 list of the top 10 most powerful women in the world:

1. Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany

2. Sheila Bair, chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, USA

3. Indra Nooyi, chief executive, PepsiCo, USA

4. Angela Braly, chief executive, WellPoint, USA

5. Cynthia Carroll, chief executive, Anglo American, Britain

6. Irene Rosenfeld, chief executive, Kraft Foods, USA

7. Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State, USA

8. Ho Ching, chief executive, Temasek Holdings, Singapore

9. Anne Lauvergeon, chief executive, Areva, France

10. Anne Mulcahy, chief executive, Xerox, USA