Merkel, the longest-serving elected European Union head of state, has been included on the list for 12 years in a row; nine times as No. 1.
Following her is former United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Bill Gates`s wife, American businesswoman Melinda Gates. Meanwhile, Oprah Winfrey leads the pack in the media industry at 12th while Beyonce takes the lead in the entertainment industry at 18th.
Here is the top 15 list:
1.Angela Merkel, chancellor, Germany
2.Hillary Rodham Clinton, presidential candidate; former secretary of state
3.Melinda Gates, co-chairman, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, US
4.Janet Yellen, US Federal Reserve Bank Chair, US
5.Mary Barra, General Motors chief executive, US
6.Christine Lagarde, International Monetary Fund managing director, US
7.Dilma Rousseff, Brazil president
8.Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook chief operation officer, US
9.Susan Wojcicki, YouTube chief executive, US
10.Michelle Obama, US first lady
11.Park Geun-hye, South Korea president
12.Oprah Winfrey, media mogul, US
13.Virginia Rometty, IBM chief executive, US
14.Meg Whitman, HP chief executive, US
15.Indra Nooyi, PepsiCo chief executive, US
Margaret Hamburg, Amy Pascal, Maria as Gracas Silva Foster, Gail Kelly, Helene Gayle, Patricia Woertz,Joyce Banda, Lady Gaga, Gisele Bundchen, Chua Sock Koong, Sun Yafang, Jennifer Li, Hu Shuli and Fatima Al Jaber are booted out of the list this year.
The rankings were determined using four metrics: money, media presence, spheres of influence and impact.
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