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Global Female Leaders
Robyn Grew, CEO, Man Group PHOTO BY JAMEL TOPPIN FOR FORBES

Global Female Leaders

2021 marked our 18th year of the World's Most Powerful Women, the definitive audit of the foremost CEOs and iconic entrepreneurs, heads of state, pioneer philanthropists and policymakers who are solving for society’s most intractable problems.

Global Female Leaders
Jessica Alba, founder of The Honest Company

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Success Stories

In 2021, the state of female power around the world looks a bit different than it did just one or two years ago. Women have gained ground in the c-suite—among the women on Forbes’ 18th annual list of the World’s 100 Most Powerful Women are 40 CEOs, the most since 2015, who oversee a record $3.3 trillion in revenue. But what they gained in the boardroom, they lost elsewhere. For instance, there are two fewer female heads of states than a year ago.

I’ve seen plenty of powerful women squander a chance at power simply because they waited for someone else to give them permission to have power. There is no permission slip — you just have to BE powerful.

Shonda Rhimes

Founder, Shondaland

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