United States First Lady, Michelle Obama was ranked first in the 100 most powerful women on earth according to Forbes magazine. Michelle is an iconic blend of fashion and politics. This type of modern women.
In the Forbes edition released in October 2010, Michelle ratings up 39 ranks and managed to shift the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel who slipped to fourth position.
Michelle was involved in U.S. government policies such as the rights of women than Laura Bush, wife of George W. Bush. And Michelle did not like Hillary Clinton a hard time pursuing a policy of health care reform.
Michelle, mother of two holds a law degree from Harvard that have a high awareness of social issues. Michelle managed to force companies like Coca-Cola, Kellogg and General Mills to reduce the calorie content of their food in 2012.
"54 percent of Americans view both to Michelle Obama," says Forbes magazine. In the second place there is the Chief Executive Officer of Kraft Foods America, Irene Rosenfeld.
Irene is the second female with the highest salary in America in 2009. Irene paid approximately U.S. $ 26 million and the pay is worth the time it acquired the British Candymaker Cadbury plans. His decision was made Kraft profit up 25 percent which contributed Cadbury Europe.
While in third place is Oprah Winfrey. Forbes assess Oprah is the most successful women in the media business.
Oprah Winfrey has been running for 25 seasons, wrote best-selling books that help millions of women find the identity and eventually spawned its own television station, Oprah Winfrey Network.
Here's a list of 10 most powerful women on Earth Version of Forbes:
1. Michelle Obama - First Lady, USA
2. Irene Rosenfeld - CEO, Kraft Foods, USA
3. Oprah Winfrey - Talk show host and media mogul, USA
4. Angela Merkel - Chancellor, Germany
5. Hillary Clinton - Secretary of State, U.S.
6. Indra Nooyi - CEO, PepsiCo, U.S.
7. Lady GaGa - Singer and entertainer, USA
8. Gail Kelly - CEO, Westpac, Australia
9. Beyoncé Knowles - Singer and fashion designer, USA
10. Ellen DeGeneres - Talk show host, U.S.