Ten Most Powerful Women In The World

9. Sheryl Sandberg: The Chief Operating Officer of Facebook, Sheryl Kara Sandberg is one of the most respected businesspersons in the modern world.

With a list of honors ranging from entry into the list of “Fortune’s 50 Most Powerful Women in Business"; " Wall Street Journal’s 50 Women to Watch" to "25 Most Influential People on the Web" by Business Week; and "Forbes’ 100 Most Powerful Women", Sandberg has emerged as a great inspiration to many, especially for women. Sandberg made headlines in 2013, through her book titled ‘Lean In’. As per Facebook’s exec, this book is intended to encourage women who are generally plagued by gender bias at workplace to seek out for bigger executive roles and persuade them to ask more in their career.

10. Virginia Rometty: Presently the Chairwoman and CEO of IBM, Virginia Rometty is the first woman to head the company. She has been recognized in Fortune Magazine’s ‘50 Most Powerful Women in Business’ for eight consecutive years. There’s more to it; Rometty is also included on Forbes Magazine’s ‘World’s 100 Most Powerful Women,’ and also made it to the ‘Time 100’.
Rometty joined IBM in 1981 as a system engineer and became a member of its consulting group in 1991. She is being credited with IBM’s growth strategy over the years and is seen as a leading reason behind IBM getting into cloud computing and analytics businesses. Over the years, Rometty has held a number of positions including some of the top positions in IBM’s sales and service units.

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