Top 10 Most Powerful Woman in the World | Most Powerful Women in 2011-2012

1 Michelle Obama

Age                                   : 46 (January 17, 1964)

Title                                  : First Lady

Residence                         : Washington, DC

Country of citizenship     : United States

Education                        : JD , Harvard University; LLM, Harvard University; BA/BS, Princeton University.

2 Irene Rosenfeld

Age                                   : 57 (May 3, 1953)

Title                                  : Chief Executive, Kraft Foods

Residence                         : Kenilworth, IL

Country of citizenship     : United States

Education                        : BA/BS , Cornell University; PHD, Cornell University; MS, Cornell University

3 Oprah Winfrey

Age                                   : 56 (January 29, 1954)

Title                                  : Talk show host and media mogul

Residence                         : Chicago, IL

Country of citizenship     : United States

Education                        : BA/BS , Tennessee State University Cornell University

4 Angela Merkel 

Age                                   : 56 (17 July 1954)

Title                                  : Chancellor of Germany

Country of citizenship     : Germany

5 Hillary Clinton

Age                                   : 62 (October 26, 1947)

Title                                  : Secretary of State

Residence                         : Chappaqua , NY

Country of citizenship     : United States

Education                        : BA/BS , Wellesley College; LLM, Yale University

she was the First Lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001

6 Indra Nooyi

Age                                   : 54 (October 28, 1955)

Title                                  : Chief Executive, PepsiCo

Residence                         : Purchase, NY

Country of citizenship     : United States

Education                        : MBA , Yale University

7 Lady Gaga

Age                                   : 24 (March 28, 1986)

Title                                  : Singer and performance artist

Residence                         : New York , NY

Country of citizenship     : United States

Education                        : Dropout , New York University

8 Gail Kelly

Age                                   : 54 (25 April 1956)

Title                                  : Chief Executive, Westpac

Country of citizenship     : Australia

Education                        : BA/BS , University of Cape Town

9 Beyonce Knowles 

Age                                   :29 (September 4, 1981)

Title                                  : Singer, fashion designer

Residence                         : New York , NY

Country of citizenship     : United States

10 Ellen DeGeneres 

Age                                   : 52 (January 26, 1958)

Title                                  : Talk show host

Residence                         : Beverly Hills , CA

Country of citizenship     : United States.