Power: Women : Forbes magazine ranks world's top-10 women

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice wields so much influence that Forbes magazine, according to The Christian Science Monitor's email newsletter, "rates her the most powerful woman in the world. Right behind on the political stage are Vice Premier Yi Wu of China, Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko (a newcomer), and Philippines President Gloria Arroyo. Rice's closest rivals on the US political scene are Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (No. 23) and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D) of New York (No. 26). The most powerful women, as ranked by Forbes on the basis of economic impact and visibility in the news media:

1. Condoleezza Rice, US, Secretary of State

2. Yi Wu, China, Vice Premier

3. Yulia Tymoshenko, Ukraine, Prime Minister

4. Gloria Arroyo, Philippines, President

5. Margaret Whitman, US, Chief executive, EBay

6. Anne Mulcahy, US, Chief executive, Xerox

7. Sallie Krawcheck, US, Chief financial officer, Citigroup

8. Brenda Barnes, US, Chief executive, Sara Lee Corp.

9. Oprah Winfrey, US, Chairman, Harpo Inc.

10. Melinda Gates, US, Cofounder, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
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What happened to Madonna?

Seriously, you can check out the companion piece, a Special Report on "The World's 100 Most Powerful Women" by Elizabeth MacDonald and Chana R. Schoenberger, Forbes August 20, 2004 (? - that's what it says, mistake?). Just click the headline at the top of this blog entry. - Anaximaximum