Bangalore: In this male dominated society, few women dared to dream big and achieved success through their knowledge, perseverance, creativity, and competence. These women are now playing a key role in shaping up the financial sector. These are the 10most powerful women in finance, as reported by Adam Button of Forex live.

1. Christina Lagarde

Christina Lagarde tops the list of world’s most powerful women in finance. Currently she is a French lawyer and Union for a Popular Movement politician who has been the Managing Director (MD) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) since 2011.

Being a lawyer by training, she did well in the world of French politics and she was the first female finance minister of the G8, also she has held various other posts in French government. In her earlier years, she represented France in synchronized swimming. She is not only known as the most powerful women in finance but also powerful in the world if compared in any measure. When other women like Melinda Gates and Michelle Obama got famous due to their husbands, here Christina Lagarde was known for her own abilities.

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