Most Powerful Women

From political superpowers to tech titans, Forbes' 2017 ranking of the "The World's 100 Most Powerful Women" runs the gamut of everyone from Oprah Winfrey and Ivanka Trump to Angela Merkel and Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg.

Ranging in age from 92 (Queen Elizabeth II) to 28 (Taylor Swift), it's clear no two women are the same. There's not one quality that's helped these women climb to the absolute peak of power in their industries, it's worth asking—what qualities do they share that's helped set them apart?

To find out, we used IBM's Watson™ Personality Insights API to examine speeches, interviews, and even social media commentary to decipher the more intrinsic elements of their personalities. With only a few exceptions, every woman on Forbes' list has been analyzed here. Read on for a more intimate look at these leading ladies.

Powerful personalities

The 'Big Five' personality traits of Forbes' 100 Most Powerful Women

According to IBM's Watson Personality Insights model, there are five core characteristics (appropriately named the "Big Five") that help define how a person engages with the world. These include agreeableness, conscientiousness, extraversion, emotional range, and openness and are made up of personality facets that help individualize each person's values and actions.

Across Forbes' list of the 100 most powerful women in the world, openness was the most common personality trait. Described by IBM as "the extent to which a person is open to experiencing different activities," openness includes a person's imagination, artistic interests, and overall intellectual curiosity. Across all 100 women, two were particularly inclined toward this trait: Zanny Minton Beddoes, editor-in-chief at The Economist, and Kathleen Kennedy, the president of Lucasfilm at Disney. Ranking at No. 72, Beddoes has been credited with helping The Economist evolve its 174-year-old brand by adopting a larger social media presence in recent years that has helped grow the publication's reader base by 20 percent.

Emotional range and conscientiousness were also the most prevailing "Big Five" traits, personified most clearly by women like Safra Catz (the co-CEO of Oracle) and Nikki Haley (the Indian-American ambassador to the United Nations). And while agreeableness wasn't the most prominent "Big Five" trait, Beyoncé, Anna Wintour, and Oprah Winfrey are still using compassion and cooperation to their advantage.

Fascinating facets

Average Personality Facets

Of course, there's more to what makes these women special than the "Big Five." Other facets of their personalities have helped them stand out in, and in some ways disrupt, the industries they lead. Here, you can explore some of these more intrinsic characteristics and see which women have a knack for displaying these attributes.

Intellect, liberalism, sympathy, cautiousness, and activity level were among the most widely held traits by women like Hillary Clinton, Drew Gilpin Faust (president at Harvard), and Mary Callahan Erdoes (CEO at JPMorgan). Anger, excitement-seeking, and immoderation were among the least common personality traits.

Faces of personality facets

Top 10 women in the world by the 5 most prevailing personality facets

One thing is clear—there's no single set of personality traits that helped propel these powerful women to their positions.

Among the most common personality traits identified by IBM's Watson Personality Insights API, five appeared more often than others:

Intellect: As a part of openness, intellect describes a person's curiosity and ability to think in symbols and abstractions rather than more linear modes of thought.
Cautiousness: Continued from the conscientious trait, cautiousness is defined as the ability to think through things carefully before acting.
Sympathy: As an extension of a person's agreeableness, sympathy refers to the feeling of compassion toward others.
Liberalism: As another trait of openness, liberalism is described as a readiness to challenge authority and convention.
Activity level: As an extension of extraversion, activity level describes the attitude of people who lead fast-paced, busy lives and approach their daily activities with a heightened sense of energy and quickness.

While many of the women on the list exhibited one or more of these traits, others embodied them more fully. Kathleen Kennedy—largely attributed as a driving force behind the vast changes to the "Star Wars" franchise under Disney—had the second highest level of liberalism, proceeded only by Zanny Minton Beddoes. Hillary Clinton and J.K. Rowling, author of the "Harry Potter" series, displayed the most sympathy toward others. Like Judy Faulkner (founder and CEO of Epic Systems) and Patricia Harris (CEO of Bloomberg Philanthropies), Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had one of the highest levels of cautiousness according to Watson's analysis.

Industrious individuals

Top personality traits of the world's most influential women, by industry

For decades, Silicon Valley has favored men in positions of power and influence. Research shows that even in the same positions, men are offered higher salaries than women in 63 percent of the cases. These discrepancies in pay can range from 4 percent to 45 percent regardless of the role. Still, the number of women in high-ranking tech positions continues to grow, and certain personality traits may have helped contribute to their success. Intellect, liberalism, and activity level were all common traits found in Sheryl Sandberg (Facebook), Susan Wojcicki (YouTube), Ginni Rometty (IBM), and Meg Whitman (formerly of eBay and HP).

Women's day-to-day responsibilities may be different, but the skills required to make it into politics might not be so different from tech. Sympathy, intellect, and liberalism topped the list among women in politics including Germany's Angela Merkel and the U.K.'s Theresa May. The same is true for media and entertainment where Oprah Winfrey, Anna Wintour, and Bonnie Hammer top the list of the most powerful women anywhere in the world.

Peering at personalities

Rank	Name	Industry	Agreeableness	Conscientiousness	Emotional range	Extraversion	Openness	Altruism	Cooperation	Modesty	Morality	Sympathy	Trust	Achievement-striving	Cautiousness	Dutifulness	Self-discipline	Self-efficacy	Orderliness	Anger	Anxiety	Depression	Immoderation	Self-consciousness	Vulnerability	Activity level	Assertiveness	Cheerfulness	Excitement-seeking	Friendliness	Gregariousness	Adventurousness	Artistic interests	Emotionality	Imagination	Intellect	Liberalism
1	Angela Merkel	Politics	0.0502	0.8187	0.7184	0.3264	0.9801	0.9365	0.6972	0.1544	0.4975	0.9955	0.9687	0.8656	0.9178	0.7403	0.6626	0.8416	0.2250	0.0823	0.1304	0.3425	0.0487	0.2436	0.1150	0.9824	0.9840	0.1486	0.2450	0.5847	0.2068	0.9623	0.9295	0.3123	0.2962	0.9979	0.9965
2	Theresa May	Politics	0.1111	0.8485	0.7934	0.3808	0.9389	0.9542	0.6645	0.3732	0.7776	0.9981	0.9447	0.8714	0.9026	0.7657	0.7706	0.8023	0.2265	0.0242	0.0384	0.2399	0.0429	0.0607	0.0549	0.9776	0.9884	0.3179	0.2626	0.7133	0.4717	0.9764	0.8426	0.1989	0.1583	0.9967	0.9773
3	Melinda Gates	Philanthropy/NGO	0.2132	0.8491	0.7610	0.3525	0.9616	0.8367	0.7380	0.4706	0.9664	0.9745	0.6356	0.8527	0.9844	0.6338	0.8378	0.6457	0.4354	0.0255	0.0307	0.1420	0.1130	0.2302	0.0610	0.9522	0.9613	0.2662	0.0839	0.6544	0.3110	0.9770	0.8941	0.4449	0.2586	0.9967	0.9744
4	Sheryl Sandberg	Technology	0.6623	0.9031	0.7604	0.1678	0.8481	0.9925	0.9053	0.9134	0.9952	0.9990	0.6637	0.9136	0.9759	0.9419	0.8107	0.7003	0.2244	0.0256	0.1261	0.4041	0.1378	0.3330	0.2606	0.9444	0.9289	0.3985	0.0772	0.6616	0.1977	0.7534	0.8083	0.8947	0.2440	0.9901	0.8173
5	Mary Barra	Automotive	0.2645	0.9125	0.8590	0.3830	0.9820	0.8869	0.9093	0.4907	0.9773	0.9876	0.8421	0.9694	0.9934	0.8885	0.8687	0.8333	0.2481	0.0277	0.0353	0.3301	0.0578	0.2908	0.0674	0.9786	0.9731	0.2585	0.0293	0.4292	0.0741	0.9251	0.7296	0.4778	0.1254	0.9982	0.9671
6	Susan Wojcicki	Technology	0.4489	0.8068	0.7852	0.2642	0.9656	0.8603	0.9565	0.7238	0.9894	0.9595	0.8128	0.7341	0.9926	0.8647	0.5842	0.1375	0.1069	0.0106	0.0557	0.4232	0.3732	0.5717	0.1991	0.8578	0.7411	0.2014	0.0114	0.2409	0.0727	0.9468	0.8501	0.6026	0.2503	0.9968	0.9924
7	Abigail Johnson	Finance and Investments	0.1876	0.8526	0.8104	0.7014	0.9612	0.7673	0.6637	0.1732	0.9019	0.8863	0.7539	0.9069	0.9079	0.5701	0.7557	0.8152	0.2317	0.0664	0.0479	0.2377	0.0920	0.2641	0.0908	0.9807	0.9912	0.3291	0.1913	0.3562	0.2144	0.9200	0.7112	0.2757	0.3160	0.9955	0.9641
8	Christine Lagarde	Economy	0.0489	0.7449	0.8258	0.6636	0.9908	0.8195	0.8241	0.1427	0.6023	0.9686	0.9598	0.9287	0.9622	0.8026	0.8703	0.9102	0.3531	0.0261	0.0256	0.2293	0.0210	0.1481	0.0350	0.9897	0.9932	0.2318	0.1184	0.6565	0.2284	0.9825	0.7728	0.0576	0.1727	0.9971	0.9929
9	Ana Patricia Botín	Finance and Investments	0.1301	0.8290	0.8599	0.6588	0.8717	0.8789	0.8340	0.2528	0.7465	0.9402	0.9570	0.8509	0.9583	0.8421	0.8950	0.7788	0.2329	0.0100	0.0138	0.0914	0.0217	0.0462	0.0438	0.9947	0.9946	0.5923	0.0797	0.9004	0.6343	0.9615	0.5756	0.1124	0.0288	0.9605	0.9506
10	Ginni Rometty	Technology	0.4020	0.9025	0.8352	0.5183	0.9560	0.9237	0.8736	0.4822	0.9523	0.9641	0.8280	0.8778	0.9486	0.8593	0.7953	0.6419	0.2415	0.0373	0.0533	0.2492	0.1952	0.3353	0.1473	0.9431	0.9196	0.3667	0.0958	0.6014	0.2011	0.9624	0.8311	0.6299	0.3467	0.9985	0.9724
11	Indra Nooyi	Diversified	0.6394	0.8992	0.7894	0.6327	0.9308	0.9808	0.8674	0.5678	0.9861	0.9959	0.8053	0.9466	0.9575	0.8451	0.8678	0.8262	0.3083	0.0185	0.0393	0.1541	0.2225	0.1468	0.0768	0.9708	0.9733	0.6193	0.1544	0.8283	0.3724	0.9267	0.8649	0.7878	0.2569	0.9974	0.8992
12	Meg Whitman	Technology	0.0622	0.7446	0.9078	0.5960	0.9427	0.6287	0.8871	0.2357	0.8466	0.8256	0.9162	0.8349	0.9630	0.8028	0.8221	0.5977	0.2672	0.0251	0.0221	0.2236	0.0667	0.2628	0.0746	0.9744	0.9244	0.2399	0.0658	0.4797	0.1770	0.9734	0.6334	0.0821	0.1680	0.9948	0.9799
13	Angela Ahrendts	Technology	0.5339	0.8354	0.6521	0.4900	0.9606	0.9949	0.8720	0.3107	0.9016	0.9974	0.9380	0.9116	0.8515	0.8484	0.6271	0.8612	0.1683	0.0727	0.3035	0.2981	0.1236	0.3998	0.3577	0.9866	0.9386	0.5599	0.3825	0.8420	0.2542	0.9027	0.9905	0.9731	0.7528	0.9989	0.9793
14	Laurene Powell Jobs	Philanthropy/NGO	0.6030	0.9113	0.8204	0.1909	0.9070	0.9614	0.8090	0.5759	0.9820	0.9978	0.6517	0.8647	0.9146	0.7998	0.7751	0.7259	0.2919	0.0348	0.0752	0.2070	0.1039	0.3362	0.1552	0.8882	0.9472	0.4626	0.1976	0.5515	0.2769	0.8653	0.9179	0.6535	0.4123	0.9991	0.8984
15	Tsai Ing-wen	Politics	0.1144	0.8313	0.7607	0.5607	0.9763	0.9456	0.7433	0.1971	0.6106	0.9948	0.9795	0.9435	0.9374	0.7353	0.7892	0.9036	0.3615	0.0577	0.0907	0.2372	0.0067	0.0933	0.0589	0.9937	0.9937	0.2572	0.2821	0.6847	0.2983	0.9937	0.9469	0.2850	0.3814	0.9940	0.9922
16	Michelle Bachelet	Politics	0.1358	0.8693	0.7713	0.4741	0.9872	0.9222	0.8851	0.2590	0.8738	0.9990	0.9438	0.9393	0.9773	0.8322	0.8410	0.7858	0.2777	0.0362	0.0512	0.2037	0.0475	0.1774	0.0823	0.9754	0.9695	0.3486	0.0669	0.6811	0.1444	0.9878	0.9644	0.4415	0.2858	0.9995	0.9979
17	Federica Mogherini	Politics	0.1624	0.8843	0.7753	0.4222	0.9868	0.9400	0.7641	0.2755	0.6070	0.9970	0.9733	0.8861	0.8926	0.8427	0.6521	0.7957	0.1371	0.1094	0.1895	0.4368	0.0671	0.2961	0.1908	0.9730	0.9710	0.2187	0.1235	0.5762	0.1536	0.8796	0.8546	0.4084	0.2634	0.9951	0.9931
18	Safra Catz	Technology	0.0647	0.7287	0.9503	0.7904	0.8795	0.4945	0.6372	0.0782	0.3432	0.6154	0.8914	0.8059	0.9379	0.7532	0.8620	0.8884	0.3614	0.0529	0.0357	0.2522	0.0147	0.2318	0.0749	0.9735	0.9822	0.2615	0.1377	0.6260	0.2542	0.9470	0.3182	0.0209	0.1049	0.9818	0.9538
19	Ivanka Trump	Politics	0.3158	0.8614	0.8267	0.6162	0.9795	0.9756	0.7791	0.2089	0.9331	0.9992	0.8385	0.9588	0.9637	0.7990	0.8256	0.8725	0.2580	0.0238	0.0508	0.1277	0.0553	0.1419	0.0560	0.9860	0.9917	0.4021	0.1294	0.7313	0.1263	0.9505	0.9395	0.7212	0.3842	0.9986	0.9688
20	Adena Friedman	Finance and Investments	0.0592	0.7247	0.8866	0.7792	0.9762	0.8104	0.7951	0.0888	0.6241	0.8827	0.9743	0.9387	0.9638	0.7835	0.8253	0.8961	0.3678	0.0203	0.0265	0.2080	0.0396	0.1581	0.0459	0.9939	0.9879	0.3081	0.1712	0.6535	0.3215	0.9763	0.7621	0.1081	0.2280	0.9968	0.9932
21	Oprah Winfrey	Media & Entertainment	0.8153	0.6626	0.6707	0.1889	0.9008	0.9644	0.8293	0.9206	0.9868	0.9955	0.4739	0.7646	0.9290	0.8592	0.5957	0.3033	0.0534	0.0582	0.2754	0.4937	0.3412	0.6660	0.5131	0.6926	0.6562	0.5861	0.1571	0.2874	0.0615	0.8157	0.9122	0.9267	0.4656	0.9968	0.9253
22	Marillyn Hewson	Manufacturing	0.3553	0.9141	0.9031	0.8647	0.9759	0.9756	0.8755	0.1784	0.8673	0.9974	0.9827	0.9881	0.9926	0.8758	0.9313	0.9302	0.2852	0.0206	0.0262	0.0792	0.0101	0.0617	0.0302	0.9982	0.9983	0.5361	0.1033	0.8192	0.2902	0.9924	0.8309	0.5182	0.1839	0.9879	0.9773
23	Isabelle Kocher	Energy	0.0414	0.7585	0.7602	0.6231	0.9187	0.8063	0.7683	0.1226	0.2974	0.8719	0.9923	0.9290	0.9401	0.7256	0.8945	0.9259	0.3075	0.0529	0.0605	0.2061	0.0049	0.1306	0.0838	0.9983	0.9919	0.4863	0.2852	0.7856	0.4014	0.9938	0.6552	0.0774	0.1885	0.9807	0.9813
24	Ruth Bader Ginsburg	Politics	0.4748	0.9179	0.9311	0.6016	0.9987	0.8574	0.7463	0.2302	0.9082	0.9995	0.5058	0.8476	0.9935	0.8222	0.6807	0.6528	0.3114	0.1303	0.1324	0.2506	0.1987	0.3926	0.1057	0.6565	0.9150	0.0548	0.0133	0.2810	0.0087	0.4208	0.8551	0.6703	0.2088	0.9997	0.9577
24	Elena Kagan	Politics	0.8095	0.8041	0.7415	0.2102	0.9945	0.9581	0.9276	0.6350	0.9826	0.9998	0.7196	0.8536	0.9771	0.9090	0.4301	0.3842	0.1084	0.0737	0.2709	0.5279	0.3839	0.7153	0.3964	0.7091	0.6885	0.1376	0.0359	0.1993	0.0119	0.5650	0.9763	0.9234	0.5298	1.0000	0.9962
24	Sonia Sotomayor	Politics	0.6605	0.4222	0.4583	0.2112	0.9845	0.9829	0.8427	0.5684	0.9349	0.9998	0.7174	0.8233	0.9287	0.8464	0.2472	0.5026	0.0307	0.1079	0.4894	0.6576	0.5557	0.7784	0.6080	0.7866	0.7661	0.1737	0.1065	0.2337	0.0212	0.5718	0.9625	0.9791	0.6890	0.9998	0.9951
25	Ruth Porat	Technology	0.0332	0.5910	0.7417	0.4855	0.9721	0.7952	0.7363	0.0721	0.5331	0.9483	0.9317	0.8276	0.9152	0.6811	0.5947	0.8615	0.1969	0.0479	0.0775	0.3759	0.0640	0.4184	0.1307	0.9660	0.9696	0.1657	0.2334	0.4300	0.1620	0.9622	0.8175	0.2064	0.5083	0.9997	0.9981
26	Queen Elizabeth II	Politics	0.3740	0.9078	0.7814	0.4321	0.9728	0.9832	0.7125	0.4722	0.8805	0.9996	0.9048	0.9399	0.9237	0.8022	0.7511	0.8451	0.2119	0.0429	0.1320	0.3352	0.0308	0.1655	0.1555	0.9919	0.9683	0.4546	0.2329	0.7185	0.1897	0.9222	0.9809	0.7491	0.5248	0.9959	0.9746
27	Anna Wintour	Media & Entertainment	0.8165	0.4225	0.4564	0.5753	0.9984	0.9830	0.8797	0.5411	0.9163	0.9999	0.5197	0.5169	0.9313	0.7482	0.2216	0.1742	0.1154	0.4052	0.5969	0.6200	0.5138	0.6750	0.5661	0.6167	0.6502	0.1323	0.0547	0.1709	0.0071	0.4905	0.9966	0.9949	0.8074	0.9978	0.9961
28	Ho Ching	Diversified	0.1080	0.8094	0.7556	0.4815	0.9133	0.9622	0.8735	0.2732	0.7189	0.9914	0.9930	0.9650	0.9401	0.7003	0.8799	0.9248	0.3652	0.0103	0.0259	0.1352	0.0098	0.0396	0.0474	0.9988	0.9969	0.5784	0.3016	0.8809	0.5872	0.9950	0.8492	0.1974	0.1865	0.9781	0.9844
29	Emma Walmsley	Healthcare	0.1475	0.7963	0.6476	0.6522	0.9821	0.8074	0.8399	0.1030	0.6174	0.9270	0.9517	0.9288	0.9444	0.7202	0.7984	0.8834	0.2507	0.0623	0.0544	0.2050	0.0751	0.1942	0.0706	0.9901	0.9892	0.3134	0.1278	0.7573	0.2282	0.9740	0.7354	0.2306	0.1801	0.9937	0.9908
30	Sheikh Hasina Wajed	Politics	0.1649	0.9291	0.8431	0.4123	0.9822	0.9321	0.6727	0.4792	0.8636	0.9999	0.7158	0.8875	0.9384	0.7943	0.6916	0.7576	0.2529	0.1074	0.1574	0.3767	0.0199	0.2315	0.1025	0.9254	0.9523	0.0687	0.0342	0.5353	0.0672	0.9405	0.9072	0.4837	0.3310	0.9949	0.9697
31	Beata Maria Szydlo	Politics	0.2549	0.8492	0.7085	0.3459	0.9807	0.9779	0.8022	0.5459	0.8166	0.9997	0.9533	0.8673	0.9333	0.8429	0.6251	0.6903	0.2272	0.0753	0.2097	0.4087	0.0509	0.2781	0.1882	0.9725	0.9384	0.1724	0.1464	0.5778	0.1777	0.8900	0.9761	0.6183	0.3487	0.9958	0.9926
32	Chanda Kochhar	Diversified	0.2703	0.8211	0.7756	0.5995	0.9628	0.9532	0.8442	0.1787	0.9273	0.9938	0.9226	0.9174	0.9720	0.8474	0.7893	0.8355	0.1693	0.0127	0.0310	0.1336	0.0889	0.1574	0.0488	0.9800	0.9893	0.4608	0.1069	0.7198	0.2749	0.9717	0.7843	0.5407	0.2071	0.9986	0.9873
33	Aung San Suu Kyi	Politics	0.3516	0.8937	0.7088	0.1492	0.9869	0.9919	0.8742	0.6368	0.9485	0.9999	0.8921	0.8873	0.9651	0.8974	0.6826	0.7123	0.2049	0.0318	0.1469	0.3931	0.0675	0.2644	0.1970	0.9845	0.9438	0.3100	0.0879	0.6727	0.1438	0.7466	0.9827	0.8525	0.4032	0.9984	0.9437
34	Lucy Peng	Technology	0.0294	0.6849	0.6610	0.3896	0.9941	0.8005	0.6691	0.0404	0.3127	0.9639	0.9291	0.7697	0.8961	0.4733	0.3135	0.8507	0.1456	0.1813	0.3447	0.6314	0.1115	0.6139	0.2176	0.9453	0.9755	0.0238	0.2535	0.2660	0.0364	0.6731	0.8660	0.3712	0.5676	0.9993	0.9970
36	Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi	Politics	0.1264	0.8711	0.9062	0.7749	0.9408	0.9224	0.8118	0.1094	0.6815	0.9796	0.9900	0.9675	0.9526	0.7783	0.9449	0.9557	0.5675	0.0084	0.0062	0.0652	0.0052	0.0120	0.0072	0.9983	0.9990	0.6497	0.3224	0.8876	0.6449	0.9981	0.8784	0.1218	0.1633	0.9959	0.9691
37	Amy Hood	Technology	0.0568	0.6046	0.8299	0.6649	0.9701	0.7900	0.8918	0.1432	0.7532	0.8337	0.9399	0.8329	0.9636	0.8132	0.6478	0.6862	0.2012	0.0289	0.0541	0.3165	0.1304	0.4376	0.1362	0.9513	0.9456	0.1846	0.0662	0.3393	0.1013	0.9193	0.6486	0.2638	0.2124	0.9962	0.9927
38	Jacinda Ardern	Politics	0.1552	0.8532	0.8917	0.6191	0.9273	0.8861	0.7404	0.1673	0.7182	0.9880	0.9219	0.9184	0.9178	0.7626	0.8966	0.9294	0.2409	0.0100	0.0137	0.1571	0.0238	0.0414	0.0203	0.9868	0.9980	0.4928	0.1768	0.8544	0.5568	0.9945	0.5702	0.0539	0.1177	0.9908	0.9641
39	Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic	Politics	0.0702	0.7987	0.7371	0.4805	0.9976	0.9221	0.8190	0.4263	0.6953	0.9974	0.9399	0.7786	0.8923	0.7794	0.5272	0.4661	0.1492	0.1049	0.1520	0.5406	0.0964	0.2234	0.1821	0.9794	0.9375	0.1467	0.0540	0.5214	0.1428	0.9689	0.9384	0.4001	0.2623	0.9959	0.9933
40	Jean Liu	Technology	0.0848	0.5889	0.7357	0.5578	0.9611	0.8836	0.8870	0.2102	0.8273	0.9398	0.9264	0.8085	0.9496	0.7835	0.6025	0.5949	0.1694	0.0269	0.0766	0.3436	0.1584	0.4158	0.1738	0.9604	0.9324	0.2297	0.0946	0.4066	0.1218	0.9518	0.7981	0.4768	0.3431	0.9970	0.9934
41	Bonnie Hammer	Media & Entertainment	0.5263	0.6666	0.6330	0.6258	0.9926	0.9441	0.7025	0.4022	0.8858	0.9982	0.5672	0.7873	0.9223	0.6894	0.3214	0.4829	0.1306	0.2783	0.4496	0.5827	0.2693	0.7266	0.5111	0.8012	0.8227	0.1570	0.1241	0.2321	0.0272	0.6517	0.9805	0.9537	0.7906	0.9994	0.9928
42	Nicola Sturgeon	Politics	0.1600	0.8473	0.7504	0.2815	0.9132	0.9342	0.6618	0.2924	0.6989	0.9974	0.9032	0.8653	0.8707	0.7296	0.7588	0.8664	0.2488	0.0241	0.0577	0.2574	0.0558	0.0630	0.0557	0.9669	0.9907	0.2616	0.2596	0.7878	0.4602	0.9716	0.7758	0.1594	0.1696	0.9902	0.9657
43	Nikki Haley	Politics	0.2596	0.9552	0.8972	0.1173	0.8953	0.9189	0.7210	0.7998	0.9677	0.9963	0.6224	0.8665	0.9785	0.8771	0.8751	0.6774	0.4133	0.0221	0.0287	0.2521	0.0381	0.1678	0.0387	0.8954	0.9817	0.3086	0.0668	0.4867	0.2550	0.9035	0.6246	0.3226	0.1566	0.9946	0.8255
44	Rosalind Brewer	Diversified	0.2044	0.9128	0.8835	0.7330	0.9341	0.9260	0.9234	0.3353	0.8404	0.9765	0.9727	0.8557	0.9692	0.7809	0.8029	0.6102	0.3116	0.0091	0.0232	0.1211	0.1060	0.0393	0.0793	0.9928	0.9820	0.5570	0.0531	0.9281	0.7046	0.9601	0.6957	0.3128	0.0337	0.9610	0.9115
45	Gina Rinehart	Metals & Mining	0.1790	0.8278	0.9019	0.7338	0.9318	0.8251	0.5034	0.2432	0.5925	0.9945	0.7171	0.9007	0.9164	0.6713	0.8561	0.8310	0.3037	0.1197	0.0520	0.2911	0.0824	0.0739	0.0524	0.9395	0.9828	0.2902	0.1081	0.6918	0.2474	0.9555	0.6799	0.1465	0.1948	0.9929	0.9521
46	Erna Solberg	Politics	0.0991	0.7469	0.7592	0.6876	0.9568	0.9119	0.7286	0.1897	0.6651	0.9905	0.9548	0.9522	0.9019	0.6284	0.8759	0.9369	0.2650	0.0160	0.0378	0.1992	0.0098	0.0625	0.0335	0.9978	0.9969	0.4209	0.3119	0.7499	0.4152	0.9988	0.8798	0.1840	0.4231	0.9940	0.9938
47	Stacey Snider	Media & Entertainment	0.3954	0.6557	0.8022	0.5055	0.9987	0.8198	0.8994	0.6314	0.8920	0.9975	0.5937	0.7022	0.9784	0.6702	0.4004	0.2844	0.3582	0.0877	0.2466	0.5510	0.3644	0.7575	0.2170	0.4687	0.6318	0.0829	0.0608	0.2348	0.0405	0.7591	0.9771	0.7984	0.7917	0.9994	0.9986
48	Phebe Novakovic	Diversified	0.5252	0.7761	0.7549	0.3690	0.9846	0.9372	0.9025	0.6206	0.9748	0.9995	0.8324	0.8325	0.9704	0.7960	0.6114	0.3351	0.1569	0.0630	0.1134	0.3769	0.2083	0.4503	0.2999	0.9161	0.7734	0.4333	0.0478	0.5065	0.0580	0.9063	0.9834	0.7870	0.4106	0.9994	0.9920
49	Elvira Nabiullina	Finance and Investments	0.0280	0.5644	0.7405	0.5986	0.9898	0.6481	0.6658	0.1078	0.3452	0.8543	0.8772	0.8040	0.9540	0.7347	0.7465	0.9153	0.3849	0.0419	0.0619	0.3431	0.0082	0.3484	0.0821	0.9506	0.9896	0.0978	0.2069	0.4010	0.1806	0.9261	0.7242	0.0275	0.1816	0.9956	0.9968
50	Beyoncé Knowles	Media & Entertainment	0.9084	0.3546	0.2459	0.2925	0.9223	0.9931	0.9722	0.9667	0.9915	0.9998	0.6288	0.6662	0.9841	0.9276	0.3804	0.0532	0.0135	0.0508	0.5901	0.7365	0.7139	0.8597	0.8774	0.5041	0.3058	0.6200	0.0466	0.1255	0.0120	0.3965	0.9988	0.9981	0.6543	0.9966	0.9950
51	Peng Liyuan	Politics	0.2333	0.7129	0.6852	0.5100	0.9223	0.9691	0.7616	0.1151	0.8195	0.9981	0.9567	0.9868	0.9706	0.6614	0.9110	0.9385	0.2078	0.0394	0.0569	0.0606	0.0105	0.0678	0.0794	0.9995	0.9984	0.4273	0.1712	0.9011	0.2859	0.9980	0.9828	0.6631	0.3778	0.9945	0.9975
52	Margarita Simonyan	Media & Entertainment	0.2726	0.8717	0.8729	0.4108	0.9941	0.9120	0.7182	0.4275	0.9209	0.9968	0.4178	0.7560	0.9666	0.8504	0.5483	0.4601	0.1822	0.0950	0.1631	0.3785	0.1470	0.3027	0.1255	0.8095	0.9309	0.0469	0.0157	0.3275	0.0583	0.7799	0.9358	0.6569	0.1732	0.9995	0.9591
53	Mary Callahan Erdoes	Finance and Investments	0.0838	0.6794	0.8251	0.8527	0.6969	0.8660	0.5167	0.0576	0.4389	0.8495	0.9855	0.9451	0.8849	0.5738	0.8419	0.9705	0.1736	0.0341	0.0366	0.1732	0.0090	0.0500	0.0307	0.9978	0.9998	0.5870	0.5806	0.8553	0.7901	0.9373	0.3788	0.1018	0.1461	0.9648	0.9729
56	Lisa Davis	Energy	0.1140	0.8267	0.9106	0.6351	0.9817	0.7752	0.8626	0.1262	0.5205	0.9437	0.9819	0.9421	0.9730	0.8132	0.8502	0.9077	0.4129	0.0374	0.0686	0.3057	0.0064	0.2225	0.0775	0.9890	0.9728	0.2179	0.1663	0.5370	0.1585	0.9779	0.7848	0.1125	0.2677	0.9961	0.9836
57	Roshni Nadar Malhotra	Technology	0.0696	0.6412	0.6185	0.2598	0.9722	0.9286	0.6436	0.1376	0.5810	0.9980	0.9123	0.8498	0.8815	0.5712	0.5325	0.8121	0.1036	0.0621	0.1676	0.4619	0.0698	0.3130	0.1631	0.9889	0.9850	0.1631	0.2211	0.6115	0.2339	0.9535	0.9375	0.2996	0.5181	0.9946	0.9964
58	Güler Sabanci	Diversified	0.3892	0.9410	0.6662	0.2803	0.9714	0.9703	0.8231	0.3252	0.8032	0.9989	0.9708	0.9410	0.9431	0.7814	0.8033	0.8284	0.1402	0.0460	0.1370	0.2868	0.0671	0.1055	0.1578	0.9986	0.9838	0.4752	0.1293	0.8694	0.3845	0.9595	0.9443	0.4568	0.2288	0.9863	0.9671
59	Lubna S. Olayan	Diversified	0.2504	0.8538	0.7805	0.6310	0.9829	0.9646	0.7626	0.1395	0.8862	0.9982	0.9311	0.9584	0.9557	0.7325	0.7849	0.8761	0.1832	0.0235	0.0502	0.1400	0.0530	0.1136	0.0555	0.9954	0.9949	0.4462	0.1543	0.7586	0.2098	0.9322	0.9238	0.6378	0.2666	0.9988	0.9784
60	Dana Walden	Media & Entertainment	0.4813	0.3043	0.5198	0.4210	0.9579	0.8974	0.8327	0.3917	0.8087	0.9940	0.8253	0.7583	0.9265	0.7960	0.3341	0.3990	0.0493	0.1233	0.4424	0.5386	0.7044	0.6734	0.4293	0.6705	0.6990	0.2658	0.1737	0.3156	0.0634	0.6169	0.8719	0.8501	0.6518	0.9980	0.9970
61	Katharine Viner	Media & Entertainment	0.1497	0.6253	0.7876	0.6092	0.9988	0.8758	0.6578	0.2188	0.5065	0.9909	0.8013	0.7314	0.7676	0.5912	0.2097	0.5301	0.2000	0.3061	0.4200	0.7754	0.2059	0.5362	0.2460	0.8029	0.8425	0.0114	0.1777	0.2519	0.1085	0.8150	0.9397	0.5154	0.7240	0.9992	0.9971
63	Donna Langley	Media & Entertainment	0.1780	0.4754	0.5631	0.4200	0.9986	0.8519	0.8731	0.3462	0.8281	0.9927	0.7775	0.6949	0.9374	0.6434	0.3559	0.4266	0.1599	0.0492	0.2502	0.6315	0.4681	0.7279	0.2524	0.8295	0.7970	0.0843	0.1284	0.2109	0.0694	0.8788	0.9794	0.6871	0.8423	0.9999	0.9998
64	Marianne Lake	Finance and Investments	0.0514	0.6673	0.8442	0.6806	0.9773	0.5996	0.6219	0.0722	0.3342	0.8721	0.8813	0.7501	0.9374	0.6719	0.6448	0.8363	0.2398	0.1198	0.1036	0.3700	0.0336	0.4247	0.1788	0.9034	0.9573	0.1570	0.1453	0.4982	0.1410	0.7457	0.4863	0.0661	0.2202	0.9968	0.9923
65	Hillary Clinton	Politics	0.5953	0.8235	0.7526	0.4259	0.9799	0.9916	0.8570	0.6104	0.9843	0.9999	0.6664	0.8893	0.9703	0.9172	0.5416	0.5501	0.0963	0.0341	0.1625	0.3746	0.2155	0.3609	0.2416	0.8463	0.9204	0.3295	0.0350	0.4086	0.0687	0.7337	0.9522	0.9408	0.3022	0.9992	0.9584
66	Mingzhu Dong	Manufacturing	0.0361	0.6735	0.7660	0.4180	0.8973	0.8447	0.6555	0.1188	0.7006	0.9413	0.8787	0.9193	0.9168	0.7257	0.7857	0.9163	0.3031	0.0606	0.0723	0.3037	0.0356	0.2042	0.0678	0.9900	0.9874	0.3530	0.2613	0.5009	0.0916	0.9740	0.7466	0.3794	0.4508	0.9950	0.9248
67	Melanie Kreis	Logistics	0.0736	0.7076	0.8677	0.6577	0.9537	0.7748	0.8457	0.1480	0.3625	0.8424	0.9956	0.9454	0.9719	0.8332	0.8482	0.9046	0.2577	0.0193	0.0430	0.2584	0.0040	0.1281	0.0556	0.9977	0.9961	0.2790	0.1950	0.6709	0.3964	0.9803	0.4953	0.0346	0.0753	0.9690	0.9873
68	Dalia Grybauskaite	Politics	0.0596	0.8178	0.7706	0.5606	0.9679	0.9106	0.6559	0.2868	0.5405	0.9946	0.9375	0.8423	0.9063	0.7375	0.7785	0.8364	0.3275	0.0546	0.0752	0.2570	0.0128	0.1106	0.0970	0.9824	0.9875	0.2108	0.2478	0.6509	0.3589	0.9912	0.9021	0.1839	0.1973	0.9947	0.9899
69	Priscilla Chan	Philanthropy/NGO	0.3965	0.8686	0.6649	0.2957	0.9395	0.9921	0.9399	0.5806	0.9799	0.9995	0.9305	0.9746	0.9728	0.8687	0.8732	0.8787	0.0934	0.0051	0.0645	0.2012	0.1695	0.1756	0.1142	0.9981	0.9939	0.4966	0.1033	0.8847	0.4210	0.9847	0.8714	0.7276	0.2256	0.9973	0.9688
70	Gwynne Shotwell	Construction & Engineering	0.0267	0.4946	0.7455	0.2551	0.9536	0.7062	0.8860	0.4680	0.7434	0.8916	0.8736	0.6880	0.9337	0.7081	0.4601	0.5050	0.2018	0.0223	0.0605	0.5996	0.3826	0.5269	0.1517	0.8139	0.7849	0.1192	0.1657	0.2541	0.0824	0.9726	0.6609	0.2146	0.4534	0.9993	0.9925
71	Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw	Healthcare	0.3001	0.4780	0.2951	0.1456	0.9900	0.9460	0.9093	0.3815	0.9430	0.9982	0.8045	0.8806	0.9346	0.7805	0.4689	0.5454	0.0549	0.0659	0.2132	0.5325	0.3753	0.6457	0.3387	0.9343	0.8585	0.1511	0.0729	0.2436	0.0164	0.9538	0.9781	0.8423	0.6197	0.9999	0.9992
72	Zanny Minton Beddoes	Media & Entertainment	0.0841	0.6121	0.6048	0.5779	0.9998	0.8977	0.8607	0.1118	0.6490	0.9945	0.9445	0.8058	0.9115	0.7042	0.3482	0.5401	0.1862	0.0942	0.2590	0.5232	0.2073	0.4823	0.2091	0.9472	0.8607	0.0513	0.1057	0.4439	0.1467	0.9321	0.9946	0.6105	0.6185	0.9999	0.9999
73	Miuccia Prada	Fashion & Retail	0.3317	0.3304	0.3034	0.0688	0.9957	0.8954	0.9213	0.6782	0.9804	0.9909	0.4779	0.5527	0.9563	0.7738	0.1751	0.1168	0.0758	0.1118	0.5021	0.7058	0.4343	0.9354	0.7146	0.6528	0.4284	0.0452	0.1041	0.0093	0.0012	0.9118	0.9990	0.9766	0.8905	1.0000	0.9998
77	Kathleen Kennedy	Media & Entertainment	0.3487	0.3468	0.5285	0.2274	0.9994	0.9642	0.9341	0.5885	0.8291	0.9999	0.8605	0.6181	0.9515	0.8299	0.1500	0.2071	0.0678	0.0584	0.4636	0.8214	0.4990	0.9020	0.4637	0.5919	0.5034	0.0944	0.1145	0.1117	0.0311	0.7438	0.9916	0.9242	0.9390	0.9999	0.9999
78	Kersti Kaljulaid	Politics	0.0576	0.8661	0.8083	0.2725	0.9851	0.9475	0.7718	0.3195	0.7808	0.9960	0.8932	0.8652	0.9461	0.7420	0.6139	0.7962	0.3179	0.0237	0.1131	0.3744	0.0448	0.2433	0.1165	0.9785	0.9740	0.1305	0.1486	0.5018	0.1571	0.9197	0.9716	0.4577	0.3398	0.9973	0.9882
79	Arianna Huffington	Media & Entertainment	0.4167	0.7815	0.7001	0.3790	0.9803	0.9635	0.8237	0.5774	0.9030	0.9974	0.7982	0.8418	0.9495	0.8672	0.5650	0.6425	0.1287	0.0914	0.3155	0.5155	0.2619	0.5221	0.3222	0.9048	0.8563	0.2392	0.1182	0.4981	0.1177	0.7063	0.9179	0.8300	0.4652	0.9981	0.9840
80	Judy Faulkner	Technology	0.4828	0.8357	0.8373	0.1883	0.9437	0.8128	0.9382	0.6559	0.9906	0.9767	0.6653	0.8879	0.9956	0.8683	0.7564	0.5496	0.2568	0.0327	0.0686	0.3363	0.1920	0.5643	0.1882	0.8474	0.8720	0.1208	0.0192	0.2372	0.0309	0.8648	0.8629	0.5449	0.1930	0.9988	0.9826
81	Fabiola Gianotti	Philanthropy/NGO	0.0200	0.6707	0.5334	0.1822	0.9969	0.9353	0.8663	0.1019	0.5309	0.9911	0.9758	0.9051	0.9506	0.6744	0.4869	0.8930	0.1955	0.0670	0.2682	0.5825	0.0773	0.7251	0.2629	0.9909	0.9260	0.0573	0.2616	0.3275	0.0293	0.9691	0.9937	0.7019	0.8342	1.0000	0.9998
82	Lynn Good	Energy	0.1642	0.8980	0.8896	0.7952	0.9449	0.9421	0.8515	0.1217	0.6910	0.9665	0.9894	0.9826	0.9762	0.9193	0.9077	0.9805	0.3132	0.0226	0.0322	0.1034	0.0170	0.1197	0.0361	0.9972	0.9983	0.6269	0.2140	0.8803	0.4120	0.9504	0.5903	0.2725	0.1095	0.9930	0.9734
83	Geisha Williams	Energy	0.4663	0.9111	0.8450	0.6259	0.9455	0.9349	0.8713	0.2328	0.8913	0.9959	0.9662	0.9800	0.9866	0.9038	0.8907	0.9521	0.3502	0.0312	0.0484	0.1365	0.0437	0.1227	0.0599	0.9901	0.9889	0.5279	0.1418	0.7665	0.2413	0.9556	0.7482	0.4827	0.2420	0.9971	0.9740
84	Mary Meeker	Finance and Investments	0.0386	0.6310	0.9435	0.7378	0.9698	0.5855	0.7462	0.1001	0.5664	0.6869	0.8348	0.7664	0.9152	0.7496	0.7285	0.7076	0.3355	0.0574	0.0493	0.2848	0.0857	0.3524	0.0819	0.9611	0.9379	0.1049	0.1464	0.3609	0.1563	0.9750	0.6159	0.0911	0.3407	0.9951	0.9867
85	Taylor Swift	Media & Entertainment	0.3335	0.0978	0.2293	0.1139	0.9786	0.9507	0.6649	0.6178	0.8465	0.9937	0.3595	0.2852	0.7632	0.5952	0.0543	0.1378	0.0237	0.2282	0.6855	0.8821	0.7600	0.8484	0.7886	0.4421	0.5911	0.0543	0.1902	0.0688	0.0515	0.5779	0.9585	0.9758	0.7859	0.9992	0.9960
86	Patricia Harris	Philanthropy/NGO	0.6635	0.8886	0.8529	0.6246	0.9564	0.9557	0.9481	0.5986	0.9965	0.9995	0.7643	0.9563	0.9945	0.8664	0.8898	0.6241	0.3993	0.0042	0.0090	0.0823	0.1244	0.0735	0.0326	0.9498	0.9684	0.5331	0.0214	0.7745	0.2764	0.9932	0.9322	0.8162	0.1741	0.9983	0.9815
87	Drew Gilpin Faust	Philanthropy/NGO	0.2372	0.6694	0.7445	0.3562	0.9984	0.9534	0.8139	0.1982	0.7983	0.9998	0.8474	0.8752	0.9579	0.7551	0.3279	0.6643	0.1188	0.1300	0.3079	0.5664	0.1936	0.6291	0.3211	0.8946	0.8949	0.0537	0.1027	0.2561	0.0304	0.8200	0.9903	0.8254	0.7028	1.0000	0.9994
88	J.K. Rowling	Media & Entertainment	0.5601	0.2426	0.3548	0.0303	0.9849	0.9791	0.9124	0.8579	0.9737	0.9999	0.5307	0.6494	0.9182	0.8879	0.1414	0.2270	0.0215	0.0767	0.5461	0.8272	0.5446	0.9112	0.7088	0.5763	0.4759	0.0755	0.0884	0.0699	0.0040	0.6177	0.9850	0.9813	0.7928	0.9999	0.9975
89	Eliza Manningham-Buller	Philanthropy/NGO	0.1562	0.8246	0.8539	0.3455	0.9977	0.9304	0.7880	0.4707	0.8539	0.9996	0.7128	0.8501	0.9533	0.8623	0.4470	0.6654	0.2876	0.0991	0.1806	0.5635	0.0607	0.4853	0.1065	0.8253	0.9044	0.0158	0.0426	0.2307	0.0210	0.8352	0.9495	0.6181	0.4836	0.9999	0.9865
90	Raja Easa Al Gurg	Diversified	0.2329	0.8599	0.7386	0.7211	0.9458	0.9287	0.7183	0.1204	0.8896	0.9926	0.9446	0.9711	0.9361	0.7119	0.8909	0.8899	0.2186	0.0532	0.0596	0.1129	0.0646	0.0709	0.0761	0.9996	0.9962	0.5743	0.2003	0.8648	0.3816	0.9879	0.9052	0.5593	0.2688	0.9926	0.9778
91	Debra Cafaro	Real Estate	0.2081	0.8117	0.8870	0.7233	0.8537	0.8071	0.8502	0.0745	0.4098	0.7961	0.9986	0.9839	0.9350	0.7938	0.9453	0.9790	0.3777	0.0133	0.0391	0.1126	0.0019	0.0219	0.0403	0.9983	0.9987	0.7978	0.3560	0.8849	0.6647	0.9440	0.5033	0.0488	0.0773	0.9359	0.9226
92	Shobhana Bhartia	Media & Entertainment	0.1219	0.7656	0.8045	0.7270	0.9916	0.9210	0.8429	0.2744	0.8403	0.9959	0.9242	0.9042	0.9539	0.7637	0.5987	0.6119	0.1575	0.0441	0.1105	0.4231	0.0518	0.2582	0.1346	0.9896	0.9668	0.1841	0.0800	0.5042	0.1475	0.9790	0.9414	0.4710	0.4194	0.9983	0.9961
94	Jenny Lee	Finance and Investments	0.0948	0.7425	0.9177	0.7688	0.9012	0.6882	0.7174	0.1530	0.6543	0.7893	0.9117	0.8524	0.8989	0.6311	0.8265	0.7151	0.2419	0.0387	0.0258	0.1723	0.1032	0.1728	0.0557	0.9780	0.9771	0.3568	0.2081	0.6686	0.3411	0.9958	0.5724	0.0954	0.3305	0.9975	0.9820
95	Kirsten Green	Finance and Investments	0.3608	0.6499	0.8200	0.8359	0.9915	0.9017	0.8689	0.2837	0.9681	0.9660	0.7746	0.8763	0.9351	0.7225	0.6464	0.6333	0.2601	0.0369	0.0337	0.2174	0.3054	0.3642	0.1029	0.9510	0.9478	0.2436	0.1294	0.3448	0.1664	0.9636	0.9199	0.5973	0.4562	0.9994	0.9951
96	Belinda Johnson	Technology	0.3204	0.8881	0.7966	0.6022	0.9513	0.9151	0.8789	0.3104	0.9654	0.9824	0.9329	0.9768	0.9817	0.8727	0.8209	0.8314	0.1997	0.0258	0.0535	0.1800	0.0600	0.3323	0.1256	0.9940	0.9807	0.4743	0.1068	0.5209	0.1067	0.9726	0.8726	0.6425	0.3728	0.9984	0.9909
97	Priyanka Chopra	Media & Entertainment	0.3287	0.1020	0.2748	0.1228	0.9260	0.7488	0.6331	0.6745	0.7191	0.9898	0.3457	0.2795	0.7748	0.6359	0.1144	0.1037	0.0463	0.3793	0.6768	0.8218	0.6865	0.9079	0.7824	0.3137	0.3414	0.2101	0.2419	0.1019	0.0257	0.4998	0.9681	0.8817	0.8839	0.9973	0.9921
98	Kathryn Petralia	Finance and Investments	0.1593	0.7254	0.8393	0.6597	0.9358	0.7648	0.7364	0.1061	0.8839	0.9189	0.8202	0.9282	0.9605	0.6855	0.8125	0.8757	0.2494	0.0392	0.0236	0.1827	0.0428	0.2128	0.0520	0.9885	0.9929	0.2928	0.1826	0.4717	0.2240	0.9827	0.7120	0.2073	0.2928	0.9986	0.9936
99	Anne Finucane	Finance and Investments	0.1955	0.7097	0.7760	0.8811	0.9830	0.8349	0.7937	0.0494	0.8390	0.9797	0.9248	0.9644	0.9644	0.6475	0.8688	0.9315	0.2404	0.0176	0.0110	0.1211	0.0322	0.0507	0.0130	0.9965	0.9991	0.4258	0.1667	0.8049	0.5370	0.9958	0.8029	0.1902	0.2095	0.9989	0.9975
100	Beth Brooke-Marciniak	Diversified	0.3098	0.8444	0.8372	0.6211	0.9580	0.9726	0.7267	0.2208	0.9572	0.9941	0.7594	0.9073	0.8608	0.7554	0.6927	0.8595	0.2246	0.0297	0.0468	0.1937	0.0716	0.2378	0.0945	0.9796	0.9896	0.4526	0.2921	0.6210	0.2395	0.9821	0.9205	0.7563	0.4969	0.9996	0.9564

For the 100 most powerful women in the world, here's a comprehensive look at their personality traits.

In her fourth term as chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel has spent years in power downplaying the importance of gender in both her success and status. Instead, her toughness and sensibility have helped define her image over time. Her personality—rich with openness, altruism, and cautiousness—has helped her earn the title of the "most powerful woman in the world" according to Forbes' assessment.

Like Angela Merkel, extraversion and agreeableness were often the least displayed "Big Five" personality traits, although some women, including Abigail Johnson (CEO of Fidelity Investments), Safra Catz (co-CEO of Oracle), and Adena Friedman (president and CEO of Nasdaq), may be using extraversion—seeking stimulation in the company of others—to their advantage.

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Want to know more about some of these women and the personality traits identified by Watson that may have helped them achieve immeasurable power, wealth, and fame?

This interactive flipbook allows you to explore them individually. Our guide will identify the strongest characteristics defined by their speeches and writing and the attributes least associated with their personalities. Each profile will include a top 10 ranking, identifying the most prevalent aspects of each woman's personality.

A cut above the rest

From the politically savvy to tech giants and entertainment superstars, the path to power for the top 100 women on Forbes' list is unique. While what has helped them get to where they are today is different, the personality traits they sometimes share aren't. From Oprah Winfrey to Theresa May, they sometimes share characteristics like intellect and liberalism (challenging the status quo) even if they execute them differently. Overwhelming, each of these women proves that even in male-dominated industries, breaking away from the norm can pay off in the end.

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For this project, we used the IBM's Watson™ Personality Insights API service to examine a minimum of 1,000 words from 94 of the women on Forbes' 2017 list of "The World's 100 Most Powerful Women." The average number of words analyzed for the women on the list was 4,866. Unfortunately, we couldn't generate enough written English words for eight of the women on the list: Pollyanna Chu, Zhou Qunfei, Thi Phuong Thao Nguyen, Feng Ying Wang, Isabel dos Santos, Solina Chau, Lam Wai Ying, and Lee Boo-Jin—thus they were excluded from our analysis. Additionally, No. 24 on the list is dedicated to the women of the U.S. Supreme Court: Sonia Sotomayor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Elena Kagan, whose personalities were analyzed individually.

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