Priyanka Chopra ranked at the 97th spot in the Forbes List of 100 Most Powerful Women, 2017.
Forbes released its annual 2017 World’s 100 Most Powerful Women list. Forbes determines its ranking by evaluating four categories: money – which covers net worth, company revenues, assets under management, or GDP – media presence, influence, and impact.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel was declared as the most influential woman in politics by the American magazine Forbes for another year.Another prominent political leader, UK Prime Minister Theresa May , ranked second. It is her first time appearing on Forbes’ annual list.
Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, is the highest-ranking American woman, taking the third spot.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s strong position is due to continued low unemployment and strong economic growth, which reached 3.5 trillion GDP. dollar in 2016, according to data from the World Bank. Seven of the world’s 10 most powerful women are American, according to the Forbes list.
ICICI Bank CEO and MD Chanda Kochhar was ranked 32 on the coveted list while HCL Corporation CEO Roshni Nadar Malhotra took the 57th position, followed by Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, founder-Chair, of Biocon, at 71.
Shobhana Bhartia, Chairperson and Editorial Director for HT Media, at the 92nd place and Priyanka Chopra, “the most successful Bollywood actor to cross over to Hollywood”, at 97.
Top 20 most influential women in world politics:
1. Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany
2. Theresa May, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
3. Tsai Ing-wen, President of Taiwan
4. Michel Bachelet, President of Chile
5. Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the EU for Foreign Policy and Security
6. Ivanka Trump, US Presidential Advisor
7. Ruth Ginsburg / Elena Kagan / Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court Judges
8. Queen Elizabeth II
9. Sheikh Hasina Wazed, Prime Minister of Bangladesh
10. Beata Shidlo, Prime Minister of Poland
11. Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar State Counselor
12. Sheikha Lubna al-Qasimi, United Arab Emirates Minister of International Cooperation and Development
13. Jacinda Kate Laurell Ardern, Prime Minister of New Zealand
14. Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, President of Croatia
15. Nicola Ferguson Sturgeon, First Minister of Scotland
16. Nikki Haley, US Ambassador to the United Nations
17. Erna Solberg, Prime Minister of Norway
18. Elvira Nabiullina, Governor of the Russian Central Bank
19.Peng Liu Yen, First Lady of China
20. Hillary Clinton, Former US Presidential Candidate
