Indian women on Forbes’ 100 most powerful women list.

Forbes releases it ‘17th annual Forbes Power List’

The women featured on the 17th annual Forbes Power List hail from 30 countries and were born across four generations. Self-made Indian women also achieved a spot in the list. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, Biocon Founder Kiran Mazumdar Shaw and HCL Enterprise CEO Roshni Nadar Malhotra have been named among the world’s 100 most powerful women by Forbes. 

“There are 10 heads of state, 38 CEOs and five entertainers among them. But where they differ in age, nationality and job description, they are united in the ways they have been using their platforms to address the unique challenges of 2020,” said Forbes.

Nirmala Sitharaman is ranked at 41st on the list, Nadar Malhotra took 55th spot, Mazumdar Shaw is ranked on 68th spot and described as “India’s richest self-made woman” and Renuka Jagtiani, chairwoman of Landmark Group is ranked at 98th on the list.

German chancellor Angela Merkel tops the list for 10th year in a row. “(Angela) Merkel remains the de facto leader of Europe, leading the region’s largest economy after steering Germany through financial crisis and back to growth. Her leadership is marked by her steely reserve, from standing up to Donald Trump to allowing more than a million Syrian refugees into Germany,” Forbes said adding: “the big question that the public is now asking is who and what will come after (Angela) Merkel’s time in office comes to an end.”

Kamala Harris, who became the first woman, first Black American and first Asian American to be elected vice president- “an unprecedented trifecta of firsts for California Senator Harris,” is ranked third on the list.