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The World`s 100 Most Powerful Women

Posted on Aug 27th, 2008 by Albert  : ~ Albert
 Forbes once again ranked the worlds 100 most powerful women. It revealing how power, access and control to revenue and public viisibility are defined and seen. German Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel is Number One again.

Angela Merkel

Congratulations, Frau Bundeskanzlerin, from me, from this place too. Hope one day we can contribute something together for Innovation and Change in Germany and Europe together. You might not know right now that I am one of your biggest fan since 1999 when you wrote this remarkable article in FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG 3 days before Christmas.

You have started to exemplify beginning of understanding of stratified democracy. Your ability to shape biggest constellations for change with feeling, power, determination, timing and intelligence -on national, EU and World Levels is unique.

And:):) I am delighted how you expressed your joy publicly in 2006 during lFIFA Worldcup 2006


 
Special Report
The World's 100 Most Powerful Women

Edited by Mary Ellen Egan and Chana R. Schoenberger 08.27.08, 6:00 PM ET


Our annual ranking of the most powerful women in the world measures "power" as a composite of public profile--calculated using press mentions--and financial heft. The economic component of the ranking considers job title and past career accomplishments, as well as the amount of money the woman controls. 

A chief executive "controls" the revenue of her business, for instance, while a head of state gets the country's gross domestic product. The raw numbers are modified to allow comparisons across financial realms.

For the third year running Germany's chancellor, Angela Merkel, is the world's most powerful woman. U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton (overall rank: 28) is the woman with the highest public profile, resulting from the intense media scrutiny of her failed presidential bid.

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