FX.co ★ Top 10 most powerful female leaders in the world

Angela Merkel has been the Chancellor of Germany for last eight years and has constantly been in the top list of the most powerful female leader for nearly a decade. Again, she is also the first woman in Germany to become the Chancellor and has been successful to win the re-election held in September 2013. The Chancellor managed to cope with the recession in Germany during the global crisis. Some believed that in 2016 a woman would give first place in the list to someone else due to the migration crisis in Europe.

Hillary Clinton is well known as former First Lady of the United States and one of the most influential women of the world. Current predictions show that she would be the first lady president of the US, if she runs for the 2016 Presidential election. Clinton has strong diplomatic personality and has already become a famous public figure with large number of fans worldwide.

Janet Yellen has recently been nominated as chair of the US Federal Reserve by President Barrack Obama and will be the first woman to head the central bank in the history of the United States. Yellen often demonstrates the independence and stiffness peculiar to men. Note, the next chairman of the US Federal Reserve will choose in February 2018. It is possible that Janet Yellen will be elected for a second term.

The first woman of the list who is not connected with big politics is Melina Gates, the co-chair of The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The Gates foundation has been spending billions every year in social responsibility, especially in health programs. Melinda is one of the active philanthropists working for public welfare with several campaigns worldwide.

Businesswoman Mary Barra occupies the fifth line. In 2013, Mary Barra became the first female CEO of General Motors — and thereby the first female CEO of a major automaker.

Christine Lagarde became the first lady managing director at International Monetary Fund in 2011. Lagarde is French by birth, already having served as finance minister of France and there are also rumors about her possible candidacy for French Presidential election. Lagarde, who also has controversial personality, is now expected to recover the debt crisis of Euro Zone.

Sheryl Sandberg takes the seventh position in the list of the most influential women around the globe. She is the chief operating officer at Facebook, has inspiring personality, and believes in fortitude. Sandberg joined Facebook before four years from another popular search engine website; Google, and is the first women in the Facebook Company Board of Directors.

Susan Wojcicki can certainly claim to be one of the most influential women in business owing to her being Senior Vice President at search engine giant Google, Susan has been responsible for helping to turn a great idea into a very profitable idea. Two years ago, a 47-year-old US citizen left her post and went to work in YAHOO.

The general director of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Margaret Whitman takes the ninth line in this ranking. The woman joined HP at the end of 2015, when the company was going through hard times - the value of its shares fell by 17%.

Ana Patricia Botín closes the list of the most powerful and successful female entrepreneurs of our time. In 2014 Ana Patricia Botín became one of the most powerful banking executives in the world and the first woman to head the largest bank in the Eurozone. For the sake of fairness, it should be noted that Botin was previously appointed for the above position, as the bank was managed by her father.