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Most Powerful Women

22 CEOs of major companies and many more corner office contenders in all industries. Nine newcomers and one return. Over $1.1 trillion in market capitalization. Plus: bonus pick Queen Bey! Read on to see who made it in 2016—and who didn't.

Click here to see the International Most Powerful Women list.

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  1. 1
    Mary Barra
  2. 2
    Indra Nooyi
  3. 3
    Marillyn Hewson
  4. 4
    Ginni Rometty
  5. 5
    Abigail Johnson
  6. 6
    Sheryl Sandberg
  7. 7
    Meg Whitman
  8. 8
    Phebe Novakovic
  9. 9
    Irene Rosenfeld
  10. 10
    Safra Catz
  11. 11
    Lynn Good
  12. 12
    Helena Foulkes
  13. 13
    Ruth Porat
  14. 14
    Angela Ahrendts
  15. 15
    Cathy Engelbert
  16. 16
    Susan Wojcicki
  17. 17
    Pam Nicholson
  18. 18
    Tricia Griffith
  19. 19
    Rosalind Brewer
  20. 20
    Ann-Marie Campbell
  21. 21
    Susan Cameron
  22. 22
    Debra Reed
  23. 23
    Heather Bresch
  24. 24
    Denise Morrison
  25. 25
    Ursula Burns
  26. 26
    Karen Lynch
  27. 27
    Sandra (Sandi) Peterson
  28. 28
    Marianne Lake
  29. 29
    Margaret Keane
  30. 30
    Mary Erdoes
  31. 31
    Amy Hood
  32. 32
    Vicki Hollub
  33. 33
    Judith McKenna
  34. 34
    Barbara Rentler
  35. 35
    Kathleen Murphy
  36. 36
    Lynne Doughtie
  37. 37
    Carolyn Tastad
  38. 38
    Bridget Van Kralingen
  39. 39
    Julie Sweet
  40. 40
    Marni Walden
  41. 41
    Crystal Hanlon
  42. 42
    Shari Ballard
  43. 43
    Mary Mack
  44. 44
    Diane Bryant
  45. 45
    Jennifer Taubert
  46. 46
    Jane Fraser
  47. 47
    Debra Crew
  48. 48
    Beth Comstock
  49. 49
    Bonnie Hammer
  50. 50
    Anne Finucane
  51. 51
    Beyoncé
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