. . 4 indians in Forbes 100 most powerful women list

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Indra Nooyi, CEO of PepsiCo; Congress party president, Sonia Gandhi; Chanda Kochhar, CEO of ICICI Bank; and Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Chairman, Biocon India, are the only Indians in Forbes annual list of the 100 most powerful women.

Indra Nooyi named CEO of the year.Nooyi among 13 women CEOs in Fortune 500 list.

The list, which was released last night, includes fiery chief executives, brilliant politicians and beloved queens, but the model for all women who seek influence, is the cautious and uncharismatic German Chancellor, Angela Merkel.

While Nooyi is listed as the third most powerful woman in the world, Sonia Gandhi, Kochhar and Shaw are ranked 13, 20 and 91 respectively. Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed is the only other South Asian in the list and is ranked 78.Americans make up 63 of the 100, while only four women from Britain make the grade.