| Rank Name Country Occupation 1 Rice, Condoleezza U.S. Secretary of state 2 Wu Yi China Vice Premier, minister of health 3 Tymoshenko, Yulia Ukraine Prime minister 4 Arroyo, Gloria Philippines President 5 Whitman, Margaret U.S. Chief executive, eBay 6 Mulcahy, Anne U.S. Chief executive officer, Xerox 7 Krawcheck, Sallie U.S. Chief financial officer, Citigroup 8 Barnes, Brenda U.S. Chief executive officer, Sara Lee 9 Winfrey, Oprah U.S. Chairman, Harpo 10 Gates, Melinda U.S. Co-founder, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 11 Lauvergeon, Anne France Chairman, The Areva Group 12 Gerberding, Julie U.S. Director Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 13 Russo, Patricia U.S. Chief executive, Lucent Technologies 14 Xie Qihua China Chairman, president, Shanghai Baosteel 15 Suu Kyi, Aung San Myanmar Nobel Peace Laureate 16 Cruz, Zoe U.S. Acting president, Morgan Stanley 17 Dunn, Patricia U.S. Nonexecutive chairman, Hewlett-Packard; Global chief executive, Barclays Global Investors 18 Scardino, Marjorie England Chief executive, Pearson 19 Cohen, Abby Joseph U.S. Chief U.S. portfolio strategist, Goldman Sachs Group 20 Livermore, Ann U.S. Executive vice president, technology solutions group, Hewlett-Packard 21 McAleese, Mary Ireland President 22 Catz, Safra U.S. President, Oracle 23 Ginsburg, Ruth Bader U.S. U.S. Supreme Court Justice 24 Clark, Helen New Zealand Prime Minister 25 Kumaratunga, Chandrika Sri Lanka President Lista de 2004 |