Amanda Blanc joins Queen, Kamala Harris, Oprah Winfrey on most powerful women list

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Amanda Blanc joins Queen, Kamala Harris, Oprah Winfrey on most powerful women list

Insurance News

By Terry Gangcuangco

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:

Rank

Name

1

MacKenzie Scott

2

Kamala Harris

3

Christine Lagarde

4

Mary Barra

5

Melinda French Gates

6

Abigail Johnson

7

Ana Patricia Botín

8

Ursula von der Leyen

9

Tsai Ing-wen

10

Julie Sweet

11

Karen Lynch

12

Carol Tomé

13

Emma Walmsley

14

Jane Fraser

15

Nancy Pelosi

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

26

Amanda Blanc

27

Nicke Widyawati

28

Amy Hood

29

Catherine MacGregor

30

Phebe Novakovic

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

48

Ozlem Tureci

49

Lisa Su

50

Dana Walden

51

Tricia Griffith

52

Roshni Nadar Malhotra

53

Cathie Wood

54

Jennifer Salke

55

Tokiko Shimizu

56

Donna Langley

57

Hana Al Rostamani

58

Dong Mingzhu

59

Yuriko Koike

60

Elvira Nabiullina

61

Suzanne Scott

62

Lynn Good

63

Ann Sarnoff

64

Judy Faulkner

65

Melanie Kreis

66

Sri Mulyani Indrawati

67

Paula Santilli

68

Rihanna

69

Laura Cha

70

Queen Elizabeth II

71

Mette Frederiksen

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 honor 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.”

Amanda Blanc was also recognized as one of the winners in Elite Women's Top Female Leaders in Insurance. Read the full report here.

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