Most Powerful Women
22 CEOs of major companies and many more corner office contenders in all industries. Nine newcomers and one return. Over $1.1 trillion in market capitalization. Plus: bonus pick Queen Bey! Read on to see who made it in 2016—and who didn't.
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- 1 Mary Barra
- 2 Indra Nooyi
- 3 Marillyn Hewson
- 4 Ginni Rometty
- 5 Abigail Johnson
- 6 Sheryl Sandberg
- 7 Meg Whitman
- 8 Phebe Novakovic
- 9 Irene Rosenfeld
- 10 Safra Catz
- 11 Lynn Good
- 12 Helena Foulkes
- 13 Ruth Porat
- 14 Angela Ahrendts
- 15 Cathy Engelbert
- 16 Susan Wojcicki
- 17 Pam Nicholson
- 18 Tricia Griffith
- 19 Rosalind Brewer
- 20 Ann-Marie Campbell
- 21 Susan Cameron
- 22 Debra Reed
- 23 Heather Bresch
- 24 Denise Morrison
- 25 Ursula Burns
- 26 Karen Lynch
- 27 Sandra (Sandi) Peterson
- 28 Marianne Lake
- 29 Margaret Keane
- 30 Mary Erdoes
- 31 Amy Hood
- 32 Vicki Hollub
- 33 Judith McKenna
- 34 Barbara Rentler
- 35 Kathleen Murphy
- 36 Lynne Doughtie
- 37 Carolyn Tastad
- 38 Bridget Van Kralingen
- 39 Julie Sweet
- 40 Marni Walden
- 41 Crystal Hanlon
- 42 Shari Ballard
- 43 Mary Mack
- 44 Diane Bryant
- 45 Jennifer Taubert
- 46 Jane Fraser
- 47 Debra Crew
- 48 Beth Comstock
- 49 Bonnie Hammer
- 50 Anne Finucane
- 51 Beyoncé