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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Mo Abudu are the only two Nigerians on Forbes’ 2023 Most Powerful Women in the World list.
Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, Director-General of the World Trade Organization, and Mo Abudu, CEO of Ebonylife Media, have been ranked on Forbes’ “100 Most Power Women” list for 2023, making them the only two Nigerians on this list.
Recall that Okonjo Iweala also made the list in 2022.
The foremost business magazine released its 20th annual list of the most powerful women in the world on Tuesday.
The list comprised 100 women excelling in various fields, including politics, business, technology, media, and entertainment, amongst others.
Okonjo Iweala holds the 87th position on the list as the most powerful woman in Africa, while Mpumi Madisa, a South African businesswoman, closely follows at the 88th position.
Tanzanian President Samia Hassan makes her debut at the 93rd spot, while Nigerian media mogul and philanthropist Mo Abudu is at the 98th.
Reacting to the news, she wrote:
Feel truly honored to be named one more time as one of the @Forbes 100 Most Powerful Women in the World. This will be the 7th time, starting in 2011. Congratulations to all the women on this list who are working hard to make a difference and to others who are working hard to change the world, even if they are not on the list. Special congratulations to my younger sister, @MoAbudu, great to have two Nigerian women on this list.
Feel truly honored to be named one more time as one of the @Forbes 100 Most Powerful Women in the world. This will be the 7th time, starting in 2011. Congratulations to all the women on this list working hard to make a difference and to others working hard to change the world…
— Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (@NOIweala) December 6, 2023
See the full list below
- Ursula von der Leyen, 65, Belgium, Politics & Policy
- Christine Lagarde, 67, Germany, Politics & Policy
- Kamala Harris, 59, United States, Politics & Policy
- Giorgia Meloni, 46, Italy, Politics & Policy
- Taylor Swift, 33, United States, Media & Entertainment
- Karen Lynch, 59, United States, Business
- Jane Fraser, 56, United States, Finance
- Abigail Johnson, 61, United States, Finance
- Mary Barra, 61, United States, Business
- Melinda French Gates, 59, United States, Philanthropy
- Julie Sweet, 56, United States, Business
- Kristalina Georgieva, 70, United States, Politics & Policy
- MacKenzie Scott, 53, United States, Philanthropy
- Gail Boudreaux, 63, United States, Business
- Emma Walmsley, 54, United Kingdom, Business
- Ruth Porat, 66, United States, Technology
- Safra Catz, 62, United States, Technology
- Ana Patricia Botín, 63, Spain, Finance
- Carol Tomé, 66, United States, Business
- Sandy Ran Xu, 46, China, Business
- Kathryn McLay, 49, United States, Business
- Sarah London, 43, United States, Business
- Amy Hood, 51, United States, Technology
- Tarciana Paula Gomes Medeiros, 45, Brazil, Finance
- Laurene Powell Jobs & family, 60, United States, Philanthropy
- Catherine MacGregor, 51, France, Business
- Janet Yellen, 77, United States, Politics & Policy
- Gwynne Shotwell, 60, United States, Technology
- Phebe Novakovic, 66, United States, Business
- Tsai Ing-wen, 67, Taiwan, Politics & Policy
- Oprah Winfrey, 69, United States, Media & Entertainment
- Nirmala Sitharaman, 64, India, Politics & Policy
- Ho Ching, 70, Singapore, Finance
- Thasunda Brown Duckett, 50, United States, Finance
- Marianne Lake, Jennifer Piepszak, United States, Finance
- Beyoncé Knowles, 42, United States, Media & Entertainment
- Shari Redstone, 69, United States, Media & Entertainment
- Kathy Warden, 52, United States, Business
- Dana Walden, 59, United States, Media & Entertainment
- Amanda Blanc, 56, United Kingdom, Business
- Susan Li, 38, United States, Technology
- Margherita Della Valle, 58, United Kingdom, Business
- Adena Friedman, 54, United States, Finance
- Mary Callahan Erdoes, 56, United States, Finance
- Lynn Martin, 47, United States, Finance
- Sheikh Hasina Wajed, 76, Bangladesh, Politics & Policy
- Sri Mulyani Indrawati, 61, Indonesia, Politics & Policy
- Gina Rinehart, 69, Australia, Business
- Lisa Su, 54, United States, Technology
- Vicki Hollub, 64, United States, Business
- Nicke Widyawati, 55, Indonesia, Business
- Shemara Wikramanayake, 61, Australia, Finance
- Tricia Griffith, 59, United States, Business
- Jessica Tan, 46, China, Business
- Judy Faulkner, 80, United States, Technology
- Tokiko Shimizu, 58, Japan, Finance
- Donna Langley, 55, United States, Media & Entertainment
- Jennifer Salke, 59, United States, Media & Entertainment
- Wang Laichun, 56, China, Technology
- Roshni Nadar Malhotra, 42, India, Technology
- Jenny Johnson, 59, United States, Finance
- Yuriko Koike, 71, Japan, Politics & Policy
- Hana Al Rostamani, United Arab Emirates, Finance
- Suzanne Scott, 57, United States, Media & Entertainment
- Lynn Good, 64, United States, Business
- Sinead Gorman, 46, United Kingdom, Business
- Bela Bajaria, 52, United States, Media & Entertainment
- Belén Garijo, 63, Germany, Business
- Melanie Kreis, 52, Germany, Business
- Soma Mondal, 60, India, Business
- Paula Santilli, Mexico, Business
- Mette Frederiksen, 46, Denmark, Politics & Policy
- Joey Wat, 52, China, Business
- Rihanna, 35, United States, Media & Entertainment
- Linda Thomas-Greenfield, 71, United States, Politics & Policy
- Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, 70, India, Business
- Güler Sabanci, 68, Turkey, Business
- Trudy Shan Dai, 47, China, Business
- Debra Crew, 52, United Kingdom, Business
- Robyn Denholm, 60, Australia, Business
- Solina Chau, 61, Hong Kong, Philanthropy
- Lee Boo-jin, 53, South Korea, Business
- Robyn Grew, 54, United Kingdom, Finance
- Zuzana Caputova, 50, Slovakia, Politics & Policy
- Mary Meeker, 64, United States, Finance
- Makiko Ono, 63, Japan, Business
- Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, 69, Nigeria, Politics & Policy
- Mpumi Madisa, 44, South Africa, Business
- Melanie Perkins, 36, Australia, Business
- Dominique Senequier, 70, France, Finance
- Raja Easa Al Gurg, United Arab Emirates, Business
- Julia Gillard, 62, United Kingdom, Philanthropy
- Samia Suluhu Hassan, 63, Tanzania, Politics & Policy
- Xiomara Castro, 64, Honduras, Politics & Policy
- Kirsten Green, 52, United States, Finance
- Choi Soo-yeon, 42, South Korea, Business
- Jenny Lee, 51, Singapore, Finance
- Mo Abudu, 59, Nigeria, Media & Entertainment
- Mia Mottley, 58, Barbados, Politics & Policy
- 100. Barbie, 64, Media & Entertainment
