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2012 World's most powerful women

  • 5: New York Times Executive Editor Jill Abramson.
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    2012 Most powerful women

    5: New York Times Executive Editor Jill Abramson.
    REUTERS/Kena Betancur
  • 9: U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano.
    2/14

    2012 Most powerful women

    9: U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano.
    REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
  • 11: Talk show host Oprah Winfrey.
    3/14

    2012 Most powerful women

    11: Talk show host Oprah Winfrey.
    REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko
  • 13: Kraft Foods Chairman and CEO Irene Rosenfeld.
    4/14

    2012 Most powerful women

    13: Kraft Foods Chairman and CEO Irene Rosenfeld.
    REUTERS/Jacky Naegelen
  • 15: IBM President and CEO Virginia Rometty.
    5/14

    2012 Most powerful women

    15: IBM President and CEO Virginia Rometty.
    REUTERS/Jon Iwata-IBM
  • 16: Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez.
    6/14

    2012 Most powerful women

    16: Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez.
    REUTERS/Bruno Domingos
  • 17: Xerox Chairman and CEO Ursula Burns.
    7/14

    2012 Most powerful women

    17: Xerox Chairman and CEO Ursula Burns.
    REUTERS/Steve Marcus
  • 18: Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman.
    8/14

    2012 Most powerful women

    18: Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman.
    REUTERS/David McNew
  • 19: Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
    9/14

    2012 Most powerful women

    19: Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
    REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang
  • 20: CEO of Brazil's state oil company Petroleo Brasileiro Maria das Gracas Silva Foster.
    10/14

    2012 Most powerful women

    20: CEO of Brazil's state oil company Petroleo Brasileiro Maria das Gracas Silva Foster.
    REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino
  • 21: Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer.
    11/14

    2012 Most powerful women

    21: Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer.
    REUTERS/Robert Galbraith
  • 22: Anne Sweeney, Co-Chair Disney Media Networks and President, Disney/ABC Television Group, Walt Disney.
    12/14

    2012 Most powerful women

    22: Anne Sweeney, Co-Chair Disney Media Networks and President, Disney/ABC Television Group, Walt Disney.
    REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
  • 23: Diane Sawyer, Anchor of ABC World News.
    13/14

    2012 Most powerful women

    23: Diane Sawyer, Anchor of ABC World News.
    REUTERS/Gary Hershorn
  • 24: WellPoint CEO Angela Braly.
    14/14

    2012 Most powerful women

    24: WellPoint CEO Angela Braly.
    REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
5: New York Times Executive Editor Jill Abramson.
9: U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano.
11: Talk show host Oprah Winfrey.
13: Kraft Foods Chairman and CEO Irene Rosenfeld.
15: IBM President and CEO Virginia Rometty.
16: Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez.
17: Xerox Chairman and CEO Ursula Burns.
18: Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman.
19: Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
20: CEO of Brazil's state oil company Petroleo Brasileiro Maria das Gracas Silva Foster.
21: Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer.
22: Anne Sweeney, Co-Chair Disney Media Networks and President, Disney/ABC Television Group, Walt Disney.
23: Diane Sawyer, Anchor of ABC World News.
24: WellPoint CEO Angela Braly.

The most powerful women in the world right now.