The long list of Aviva chief executive Amanda Blanc’s (pictured) credentials now includes being a couple of spots away from Oprah Winfrey in The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women list by Forbes for 2021. Blanc joins the likes of Queen Elizabeth II and US vice president Kamala Harris.
Below are the ‘power women’ who made it to this year’s Forbes list:
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Rank |
Name |
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1 |
MacKenzie Scott |
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2 |
Kamala Harris |
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3 |
Christine Lagarde |
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4 |
Mary Barra |
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5 |
Melinda French Gates |
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6 |
Abigail Johnson |
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7 |
Ana Patricia Botín |
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8 |
Ursula von der Leyen |
|
9 |
Tsai Ing-wen |
|
10 |
Julie Sweet |
|
11 |
Karen Lynch |
|
12 |
Carol Tomé |
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13 |
Emma Walmsley |
|
14 |
Jane Fraser |
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15 |
Nancy Pelosi |
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16 |
Gail Boudreaux |
|
17 |
Rosalind Brewer |
|
18 |
Susan Wojcicki |
|
19 |
Safra Catz |
|
20 |
Ruth Porat |
|
21 |
Martina Merz |
|
22 |
Kristalina Georgieva |
|
23 |
Oprah Winfrey |
|
24 |
Shemara Wikramanayake |
|
25 |
Judith McKenna |
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26 |
Amanda Blanc |
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27 |
Nicke Widyawati |
|
28 |
Amy Hood |
|
29 |
Catherine MacGregor |
|
30 |
Phebe Novakovic |
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31 |
Shari Redstone |
|
32 |
Laurene Powell Jobs |
|
33 |
Ho Ching |
|
34 |
Jacinda Ardern |
|
35 |
Jessica Uhl |
|
36 |
Sheryl Sandberg |
|
37 |
Nirmala Sitharaman |
|
38 |
Gwynne Shotwell |
|
39 |
Janet Yellen |
|
40 |
Kathy Warden |
|
41 |
Adena Friedman |
|
42 |
Marianne Lake, Jennifer Piepszak |
|
43 |
Sheikh Hasina Wajed |
|
44 |
Gina Rinehart |
|
45 |
Thasunda Brown Duckett |
|
46 |
Vicki Hollub |
|
47 |
Mary Callahan Erdoes |
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48 |
Ozlem Tureci |
|
49 |
Lisa Su |
|
50 |
Dana Walden |
|
51 |
Tricia Griffith |
|
52 |
Roshni Nadar Malhotra |
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53 |
Cathie Wood |
|
54 |
Jennifer Salke |
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55 |
Tokiko Shimizu |
|
56 |
Donna Langley |
|
57 |
Hana Al Rostamani |
|
58 |
Dong Mingzhu |
|
59 |
Yuriko Koike |
|
60 |
Elvira Nabiullina |
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61 |
Suzanne Scott |
|
62 |
Lynn Good |
|
63 |
Ann Sarnoff |
|
64 |
Judy Faulkner |
|
65 |
Melanie Kreis |
|
66 |
Sri Mulyani Indrawati |
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67 |
Paula Santilli |
|
68 |
Rihanna |
|
69 |
Laura Cha |
|
70 |
Queen Elizabeth II |
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71 |
Mette Frederiksen |
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72 |
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw |
|
73 |
Joey Wat |
|
74 |
Reese Witherspoon |
|
75 |
Wang Feng Ying |
|
76 |
Beyoncé Knowles |
|
77 |
Güler Sabanci |
|
78 |
Taylor Swift |
|
79 |
Zhou Qunfei |
|
80 |
Ava DuVernay |
|
81 |
Solina Chau |
|
82 |
Magdalena Andersson |
|
83 |
Sanna Marin |
|
84 |
Mary Meeker |
|
85 |
Serena Williams |
|
86 |
Zuzana Caputova |
|
87 |
Dominique Senequier |
|
88 |
Falguni Nayar |
|
89 |
Lee Boo-jin |
|
90 |
Anne Wojcicki |
|
91 |
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala |
|
92 |
Raja Easa Al Gurg |
|
93 |
Julia Gillard |
|
94 |
Samia Suluhu Hassan |
|
95 |
Kirsten Green |
|
96 |
Renuka Jagtiani |
|
97 |
Chrystia Freeland |
|
98 |
Mo Abudu |
|
99 |
Christiana Figueres |
|
100 |
Frances Haugen |
According to Forbes, its 18th annual list of the most powerful women in the world includes 40 chief executives and 19 world leaders. Also, for the first time in more than a decade, the top post isn’t held by former German chancellor Angela Merkel.
“This year, that honour goes to billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott,” said Forbes. “She’s the third richest woman in the world, but it’s her unfettered access to that money – and her determination to donate it in a way that is meaningful and revolutionary – that puts her above the competition.”
Meanwhile, Aviva commented: “Congratulations to our group CEO Amanda Blanc on making this year’s annual Forbes list of The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women. These are the women who are rewriting the rules of business, finance, and politics.”
