According to the latest issue of Fortune Magazine, the 50 Most Powerful Women in Business (both in the U.S. and International) were revealed. My blog will focus on the international list since it includes women from different countries around the world. They represent a heightened level of women empowerment and make men think twice about their real worth as the supposed movers and shakers in the business arena.
It is interesting to note that 15 Asians are included, including the Philippines’ Teresita Sy-Coson of SM Investments. With the endless commercial and residential businesses & infrastructures of SM around the Philippines and China alone, I am not surprised that she consistently secures a slot in the Top 50.

#40 on the list: Teresita Sy-Coson of SM Investments, Philippines
To think that she is such a low-profile individual, Ms. Sy-Coson exemplifies the old adage “still waters run deep.”
The French, on the other hand, captured 12 of the Top 50 slots which set them at the forefront of world businesses with women at the helm. However, the Brits did not let their guards down as Cynthia Carroll (CEO, Anglo-American) topped the list and towed 5 other countrymen into the same. What could be amusing to some is the fact that only one American (#12 Maureen Kempston Darkes) made it, considering the fact that the world looks up to the U.S. as a superpower in business. However, Cynthia Carroll is also born American but runs a British company.

She's #1 on the list: Cynthia Carroll of Anglo-American (a London UK Mining Company which is the world's largest platinum producer)
Here are the 50 Most Powerful Women in Business (International) listed by country:
Britain
#1 Cynthia Carroll (CEO, Anglo-American)
#3 Marjorie Scardino (CEO, Pearson)
#23 Katrina Landis (CEO, Alternative Energy, BP)
#24 Angela Ahrendts (CEO, Burberry)
#31 Kate Swann (CEO, W.H. SMith)
#32 Isabelle Ealet (Global Head of Commodities, Goldman Sachs)
France
#4 Anne Lauvergeon (CEO, Areva)
#5 Barbara Dalibard (President and CEO, Orange Business Services)
#16 Patrizia Barbizet (CEO, Artemis Holdings)
#18 Dominique Senequier (CEO, AXA Private Equity)
#21 Dominique Reiniche (President, Coca-Cola Europe)
#27 Maureen Chiquet (Global CEO, Chanel)
#34 Clara Gaymard (National Executive, GE France)
#38 Virginie Morgon (Director of Investments, Eurazeo)
#41 Dominique Heriard Dubreuil (Chairman, Remy Cointreau)
#42 Francoise Gri (President, Manpower France)
#47 Marie-Christine Caubet (Chairman, Volkswagen France)
#48 Valerie Hermann (CEO, Yves Saint Laurent)
India
#15 Chanda Kochar (Managing Director and CEO,ICICI Bank)
#37 Neelam Dhawan (Managing Director, HP India)
#43 Shobhana Bhartia (Chairperson, HT Media)
#46 Preetha Reddy (Managing Director, Apollo Hospitals)
China
#17 Yang Mianmian (President, Haier Group)
#20 Sun Yafang (Chairman, Huawei Technologies)
#30 Dong Mingzhu (Vice Chairman and President, Gree Electric Appliances)
#39 Marjorie Yang (Chairman, Esquel Group)
#44 Wei Christianson (SVP, Greater China, Morgan Stanley)
#49 Jing Ulrich (Managing Director, J.P. Morgan)

Chua Sock Koong of SingTel is the highest-ranked Asian on the list at #14.
Singapore
#14 Chua Sock Koong (CEO, Singapore Telecommunications)
#19 Deb Henretta (Group President, Asia, Procter & Gamble)
#50 Olivia Lum (Group CEO, Hyflux)
Germany
#6 Barbara Kux (Head of Supply Chain Management, Siemens)
#36 Nicola Leibinger-Kammuller (Chairman and President, Trumpf)
Sweden
#7 Annika Falkengren (President and CEO, SEB)
#22 Antonia Ax:son Johnson (Chairman, Axel Johnson Group)
Netherlands
#13 Nancy McKinstry (Chairman and CEO, Wolters Kluwer)
#25 Ann Pickard (EVP Upstream International, Royal Dutch Shell)

Gail Kelly of Westpac may be the only one from Australia on the list, but she ranks #2, just like last year.
Australia
#2 Gail Kelly (Managing Director and CEO, Westpac)
Turkey
#8 Guler Sabanci (Chairman and Managing Director, Sabanci Holding)
South Africa
#9 Maria Ramos (Group CEO, ABSA)
Italy
#10 Marina Berlusconi (Chairman, Fininvest)
Spain
#11 Ana Patricia Botin (Executive Chairman, Banesto)

General Motors' Maureen Kempston Darkes is the only one representing a U.S. company at #12
U.S.
#12 Maureen Kempston Darkes (President, GM Latin America, Africa & Middle East)
Mexico
#26 Maria Aramburuzabala de Garza (Vice-President, Grupo Modelo)
Switzerland
#28 Monika Ribar (CEO, Panalpina)
Saudi Arabia
#29 Lubna Olayan (CEO, Olayan Financing)
Denmark
#33 Christine Bosse (CEO, Trygvesta)

Yoshiko Shinohara is the President of Tempstaff and the only Japanese on the list at #35
Japan
#35 Yoshiko Shinohara (President, Tempstaff)
Philippines
#40 Teresita Sy-Coson (Vice Chairman, SM Investments)
Israel
#45 Ofra Strauss (Chairperson, Strauss Group)
It is quite clear that these ladies achieved their business prominence as individuals and with no allusion to their specific countries of citizenship. I doff my hat to all 50 of them!
Source of ranking: Fortune Magazine (Asia-Pacific Edition)
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