The president of Brazil became the three most powerful women

Tops the list Chancellor Angela Merkel, in second place – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. According to Forbes, Dilma Rousseff made ​​history by winning the presidential election in the largest economy in Latin America in late 2010. Her closest "presledovatelnitsa" and colleague in the region, Argentine President Cristina Kirchner takes a list of the 17 th position. Tops the list of last year the U.S. first lady Michelle Obama has moved into eighth place. In the list of Forbes – eight women – heads of state and 29 heads of large companies. The average age of the most influential women in the world – 54 years. Together, they control $ 30 trillion, the newspaper notes.