2004 yılından beri yayınlanan liste hazırlanırken medyada görünürlük, siyaset ve ekonomiyi yönlendirme gibi ölçütler göz önüne alınıyor.
Condoleezza Rice ve Wu Yi, listede ilk iki yıl ön sıraları paylaştılar. 2005 yılında ilk 100`e giremeyen Angela Merkel, 2006 yılında Almanya`da başbakan seçilerek listede ilk sıraya yükseldi.
Forbes`in listesinde Türkiye`den de Sabancı Holding Yönetim Kurulu Başkanı Güler Sabancı ve Doğan Holding Genel Koordinatörü İmre Barmanbek olmak üzere iş dünyasının iki temsilcisi yer almaktadır.
2007
- Angela Merkel
- Wu Yi
- Ho Ching
- Condoleezza Rice
- Indra Nooyi
- Sonia Gandhi
- Cynthia Carroll
- Patricia Woertz
- Irene Rosenfeld
- Patricia Russo
2006
- Angela Merkel
- Condoleezza Rice
- Wu Yi
- Indra Nooyi
- Anne M. Mulcahy
- Sallie Krawcheck
- Patricia Woertz
- Anne Lauvergeon
- Brenda Barnes
- Zoe Cruz
- Irene Rosenfeld
- Melinda Gates
- Sonia Gandhi
- Oprah Winfrey
- Anne Sweeney
- Mary Sammons
- Michelle Bachelet
- Hillary Rodham Clinton
- Ann Livermore
- Helen Clark
- Safra Catz
- Margaret Whitman
- Julie Gerberding
- Susan Arnold
- Patricia Russo
- Christine Poon
- Renetta McCann
- Sima Samar
- Margaret Beckett
- Christine Lagarde
- Marjorie Scardino
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- Khaleda Zia
- Suzanne Nora Johnson
- Wu Xiaoling
- Ho Ching
- Andrea Jung
- Neelie Kroes
- Fumiko Hayashi
- Tzipi Livni
- Beth Brooke
- Marina Berlusconi
- Laura Bush
- Tarja Halonen
- Gloria Arroyo
- Königin Elisabeth II. von GroíŸbritannien
- Aung San Suu Kyi
- Nancy Pelosi
- Theresa Gattung
- Clara Furse
- Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf
- Judy McGrath
- Ann Moore
- Katie Couric
- Mary McAleese
- Linda Cook
- Michí¨le Alliot-Marie
- Paula Rosput Reynolds
- Amy Pascal
- Diane Sawyer
- Susan Ivey
- Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
- Vaira Vike-Freiberga
- Marilyn Carlson Nelson
- Guler Sabanci
- Dora Bakoyannis
- Nancy McKinstry
- Han Myung-sook
- Meredith Vieira
- Mian Mian Yang
- son Johnson
- Nahed Taher
- Ana Patricia Botin
- Janet Robinson
- Nancy Tellem
- Angela Ahrendts
- Susan Berresford
- Dawn Hudson
- Christiane Amanpour
- Christie Hefner
- Königin Rania von Jordanien
- Colleen Barrett
- Luisa Diogo
- Stephanie Burns
- Marie Ehrling
- Vivian Banta
- Rochelle Lazarus
- Galia Maor
- Portia Simpson-Miller
- Gail Berman
- Maha Al-Ghunaim
- Cathleen Black
- Lalita Gupte & Kalpana Morparia
- Stacey Snider
- Vidya Chhabria
- Sharon Allen
- Lubna Olayan
- Martha Nelson
- Orit Gadiesh
- Imre Barmanbek
2005
- Condoleezza Rice
- Wu Yi
- Julija Tymoschenko
- Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
- Margaret Whitman
- Anne Mulcahy
- Sallie Krawcheck
- Brenda Barnes
- Oprah Winfrey
- Melinda Gates
- Anne Lauvergeon
- Julie Gerberding
- Patricia Russo
- Xie Qihua
- Aung San Suu Kyi
- Zoe Cruz
- Patricia Dunn
- Marjorie Scardino
- Abby Joseph Cohen
- Ann Livermore
- Mary McAleese
- Safra Catz
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- Helen Clark
- Chandrika Kumaratunga
- Hillary Rodham Clinton
- Mary Sammons
- Indra Nooyi
- Khaleda Zia
- Ho Ching
- Tarja Halonen
- Carla Cico
- Anne Sweeney
- Marjorie Magner
- Andrea Jung
- Sandra Day O`Connor
- Abigail Johnson
- Ann Moore
- Liliane Bettencourt
- J.K. Rowling
- Ruth Ann Marshall
- Dianne Feinstein
- Christine Poon
- Neelie Kroes
- Nancy McKinstry
- Laura Bush
- Katie Couric
- Vaira Vike-Freiberga
- Judy McGrath
- Amy Pascal
- Michí¨le Alliot-Marie
- Colleen Barrett
- Maria Aramburuzabala
- Olympia Snowe
- Diane Sawyer
- Susan Arnold
- Mary Ma
- Elizabeth Dole
- Stacey Snider
- Doris Fisher
- Antonia Axson Johnson
- Cherie Blair
- Rose Marie Bravo
- Vanessa Castagna
- Louise Frí©chette
- Fumiko Hayashi
- Dawn Hudson
- Wangari Maathai
- Gail Berman
- Vivian Banta
- Susanne Klatten
- Christiane Amanpour
- Karen Elliott House
- Marina Berlusconi
- Queen Elizabeth II
- Nancy Pelosi
- Janet Robinson
- Rochelle Lazarus
- Marilyn Carlson Nelson
- Queen Rania
- Susan Desmond-Hellmann
- Stephanie Burns
- Linda Cook
- Nance Dicciani
- Mary Minnick
- Carol Bartz
- Kay Bailey
- Christine Lagarde
- Penny Pritzker
- Christie Hefner
- Cathleen Black
- Martha Nelson
- Susan Berresford
- Nina Jacobson
- Orit Gadiesh
- Luisa Diogo
- Lubna Olayan
- Nancy Barry
- Ana Patricia Botín
- Mary Callahan Erdoes
2004
- Condoleezza Rice
- Wu Yi
- Sonia Gandhi
- Laura Bush
- Hillary Rodham Clinton
- Sandra Day O`Connor
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- Megawati Sukarnoputri
- Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
- Carleton S. Fiorina
- Nancy Pelosi
- Cherie Booth Blair
- Rania Al-Abdullah
- Khaleda Zia
- Abigail Johnson
- Susan Arnold
- Christine Poon
- Karen Hughes
- Marjorie Magner
- Ann S. Moore
- Margaret Thatcher
- Queen Elizabeth II.
- Lynne Cheney
- Ho Ching
- Barbara Walters
- Diane Sawyer
- Anne Sweeney
- Vivian Banta
- Indra Nooyi
- Elizabeth Dole
- Tarja Halonen
- Nance Dicciani
- Mary McAleese
- Loyola de Palacio
- Königin Beatrix der Niederlande
- Marina Berlusconi
- Brenda Barnes
- Vanessa Castagna
- Königin Sofia von Spanien
- Mary Sammons
- Susanne Klatten
- Anne Mulcahy
- Helen Clark
- Chandrika Kumaratunga
- Aung San Suu Kyi
- Faezeh Rafsanjani
- Peng Peiyun
- Sallie Krawcheck
- Gail Berman
- Dianne Feinstein
- Margaret Whitman
- Patricia Stonesifer
- Anne Lauvergeon
- Karen Elliott House
- Xie Qihua
- Patricia Russo
- Katie Couric
- Olympia Snowe
- Marjorie Scardino
- Stacey Snider
- Andrea Jung
- Oprah Winfrey
- Colleen Barrett
- Judy McGrath
- Antonia Axson Johnson
- Amy Pascal
- Anne Cox Chambers & Barbara Cox Anthony
- Königin Silvia von Schweden
- Nancy McKinstry
- Vaira Vike-Freiberga
- Sherry Lansing
- Susan V. Berresford
- Luisa Diogo
- Sima Samar
- Carla Cico
- Christine Lagarde
- Belinda Stronach
- Maria Asuncion Aramburuzabala
- Liliane Bettencourt
- Mary Ma Xuezheng
- Dr. Stephanie Burns
- Marilyn Carlson Nelson
- Königin Noor von Jordanien
- Greta Van Susteren
- Joanne "J.K." Rowling
- Mathilde Krim
- Louise Frí©chette
- Ruth Ann Marshall
- Ann Fudge
- Carol Bartz
- Orit Gadiesh
- Martha Nelson
- Rochelle "Shelly" Lazarus
- Ana Patricia Botin
- Carol Bellamy
- Hanan Ashrawi
- Clara Furse
- Nancy Barry
- Shirin Ebadi
- Jody Williams
Dğş Bağlantılar
- Forbes: The World`s Most Powerful Women
- Forbes: The World`s Most Powerful Women: Drop-Offs, analyzing changes from the 2005 list