The 2009 World's Most Powerful Women

Forbes most powerful women list 2009 revealed.
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The Fccount women in politics, business, the news, and even the entertainment industry in order to decide the world's most powerful women. The Forbes most powerful women list is comprised using a number of factors, including visibility and the size of the organization or country these women lead. For the fourth consecutive year, the most powerful woman in the world is German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Leader of the worlds' fourth largest economy, Angela Merkel is a well-respected leader, and again chosen as the Forbes most powerful woman in the world.
The second most powerful woman in the world is Sheila Bair, who is the Chairman for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in the United States. Being Chairman of the FDIC is no easy job, and Sheila Bair has not only had to fight for respect, but for the FDIC to retain power in a struggling economy. Following Bair in the list of most powerful women in the world is Indra Nooyi, who serves as Chief Executive Officer at PepsiCo. Cynthia Carroll is the fourth most powerful woman on the list, serving as the Chief Executive Officer of Anglo American in Britain. The large mining company is one of the largest in the world, and Carroll oversees the company's interests in platinum, coal, gold, industrial minerals and diamonds.