Indra Nooyi is the only Asian woman who made the top ten

September 29, 2025 admin 0 Comments

Indra Nooyi is the only Asian woman who made the top ten list of Forbes Most Powerful Women in 2010. Nooyi helms PepsiCo, which has revenues of $43 billion annually and a portfolio of brands that include Tropicana, Frito Lay and Gatorade.

See the top ten:

No. 1: Michelle Obama
Age: 46
Title: First Lady
Country of citizenship: United States
Education: LLM , Harvard University; BA/BS, Princeton University
Marital Status: Married
Children: 2

No. 2: Irene Rosenfeld
Age: 57
Title: Chief Executive, Kraft Foods
Country of citizenship: United States
Education: BA/BS , Cornell University; PHD, Cornell University; MS, Cornell University
Marital Status: Widower
Children: 2

No. 3: Oprah Winfrey
Age: 56
Title: Talk show host and media mogul
Source: television, self-made
Residence: Chicago, IL
Country of citizenship: United States
Education: BA/BS , Tennessee State University
Marital Status: Single

No. 4: Angela Merkel
Age: 56
Title: Chancellor
Country of citizenship: Germany
Marital Status: Married

No. 5: Hillary Clinton
Age: 62
Title: Secretary of State
Country of citizenship: United States
Education: BA/BS , Wellesley College; LLM, Yale University
Marital Status: Married
Children: 1

No. 6: Indra Nooyi
Age: 54
Title: Chief Executive, PepsiCo
Country of citizenship: United States
Education: MBA , Yale University
Marital Status: Married
Children: 2

No. 7: Lady Gaga
Age: 24
Title: Singer and performance artist
Country of citizenship: United States
Education: Dropout , New York University
Marital Status: Single

No. 8: Gail Kelly
Age: 54
Title: Chief Executive, Westpac
Country of citizenship: Australia
Education: BA/BS , University of Cape Town
Marital Status: Married

No. 9: Beyonce Knowles
Age: 29
Title: Singer, fashion designer
Country of citizenship: United States
Marital Status: Married

No. 10: Ellen DeGeneres
Age: 52
Title: Talk show host
Country of citizenship: United States
Marital Status: Married