| Rank | Name | Age | Country | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Angela Merkel – Chancellor | 57 | Germany | Politics |
| 2 | Hillary Clinton – Secretary of State | 64 | United States | Politics |
| 3 | Dilma Rousseff – President | 64 | Brazil | Politics |
| 4 | Indra Nooyi – Chief Executive, PepsiCo | 56 | United States | Business |
| 5 | Sheryl Sandberg – COO, Facebook | 42 | United States | Business |
| 6 | Melinda Gates – Cofounder, Gates Foundation | 47 | United States | Non-Profit |
| 7 | Sonia Gandhi – President | 65 | India | Politics |
| 8 | Michelle Obama – First Lady | 48 | United States | Politics |
| 9 | Christine Lagarde – Managing Director, IMF | 56 | France | Non-Profit |
| 10 | Irene Rosenfeld – CEO, Kraft Foods | 58 | United States | Business |
| 11 | Lady Gaga – Entertainer | 25 | United States | Celebrity/Lifestyle |
| 12 | Jill Abramson – Executive Editor, NY Times | 57 | United States | Media |
| 13 | Kathleen Sebelius – Secretary of HHS | 63 | United States | Politics |
| 14 | Oprah Winfrey – Media Personality | 58 | United States | Media |
| 15 | Janet Napolitano -Secretary of Homeland Security | 54 | United States | Politics |
| 16 | Susan Wojcicki – SVP, Advertising, Google | 43 | United States | Business |
| 17 | Cristina Fernandez – President | 59 | Argentina | Politics |
| 18 | Beyoncé Knowles – Entertainer, Designer | 30 | United States | Celebrity/Lifestyle |
| 19 | Georgina Rinehart – Mining Tycoon | 58 | Australia | Billionaire |
| 20 | Cher Wang – Cofounder, Chair, HTC | 53 | Taiwan | Business |
| 21 | Margaret Hamburg – Commissioner FDA | 56 | United States | Politics |
| 22 | Michele Bachmann – Presidential Candidate | 55 | United States | Politics |
| 23 | Julia Gillard – Prime Minister | 50 | Australia | Politics |
| 24 | Mary Schapiro – Chair, SEC | 56 | United States | Politics |
| 25 | Anne Sweeney – Co-Chair of Disney | 54 | United States | Business |