World’s 100 most powerful women 2011 | Forbes announced annual ranking of the World’s 100 most powerful women

Here are the women included in the Top 15:

1 Angela Merkel Chancellor/ Germany
2 Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State/ U.S.
3 Dilma Rouseff President/ Brazil
4 Indra Nooyi CEO, PepsiCo/ U.S.
5 Sheryl Sandberg COO, Facebook/U.S.
6 Melinda Gates Cofounder, Cochair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation/U.S.
7 Sonia Gandhi President, Indian National Congress Party/India
8 Michelle Obama First Lady/ U.S.
9 Christine Lagarde Managing Director, International Monetary Fund/U.S.
10 Irene Rosenfeld CEO, Kraft Foods/ U.S.
11 Lady Gaga Entertainer/U.S.
12 Jill Abramson Executive Editor, The New York Times/U.S.
13 Kathleen Sebelius Secretary of Health and Human Services/U.S.
14 Oprah Winfrey Media Mogul/U.S.
15 Janet Napolitano Secretary of Homeland Security/U.S.