There is also Giorgia Meloni in the 2022 edition of the World’s Most Powerful Women, the annual ranking compiled by Forbes. The first female premier in the history of Italy is in seventh place among the 100 most powerful women in the world, and she is the only Italian in the ranking. Never had an Italian reached so high in the classic of the 100 most powerful women in the world. Since 2004, when Forbes began compiling her, none of her had ever appeared in a top ten position.
“As Italy’s most right-wing head of government since the end of the Second World War, Meloni is a controversial figure, whose political future remains uncertain. Despite this, her success represents an achievement for female leadership, if only because she is the only woman to lead a G20 country », reads an article published on Forbes.com.
The first place of the ranking of the 100 most influential women is covered by Ursula von der Leyen, a choice determined by the role that the president of the EU Commission had in managing the pandemic and during the war in Ukraine: “Her influence is unique, no other woman in the standings does politics on behalf of 450 million people”, we read among the reasons.
In second place of the top ten most influential women is the president of the European Central Bank Christine Lagardefollowed by the US vice president Kamala Harrisby the CEO of General Motors, Mary Barra and by the CEO of the American investment company Fidelity Investments Abigail Johnson.
At the sixth we find the entrepreneur ex-wife of Bill Gates, Melinda French Gatesin eighth place the best-selling author Karen Lynchthe chief executive officer (CEO) of Accenture Julie Sweet in the ninth and the president of Citigroup, Jane Fraser, in tenth place.
Worth mentioning, within the Forbes ranking, too Oprah Winfrey in 24th place and Nancy Pelosi on the 25th. Furthermore, to represent the Iranian protesters, there is symbolically in this year’s ranking Mahsa Aminithe 22-year-old Kurdish girl who died on September 16 after being arrested for not wearing the headscarf properly and whose death sparked an unprecedented wave of protests in Iran.
Each year, the Forbes ranking is compiled on the basis of four fundamental parameters: money, media, impact and spheres of influence. For politicians, the gross domestic product and the population are evaluated, in the case of businesswomen, the turnover and number of employees.
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