World’s Most Powerful Women

World’s Most Powerful Women

World’s Most Powerful Women

They affect what we eat and the way we feel. Their decisions impact everything from the polls to our purses. Get inspired by our list of alpha-female leaders and moguls who make the world go ‘round.

Michelle Obama

Michelle Obama
The first lady has the ear and the confidence of the commander in chief. She has made headlines with her nationwide anti-obesity program. (Some of the press has been negative.) Also on her agenda: supporting the arts and helping troops.

Hillary Clinton

Hillary Clinton
Secretary of State Clinton took her oath of office in January 2009. The former first lady and senator now heads up global initiatives, discusses weighty issues at home and tackles grave dilemmas abroad.

Angela Merkel

Angela Merkel
Chancellor of Germany Merkel — now serving her second term — holds a historically significant title. In her post, she has her finger on the pulse of this major power.

Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey
The media mogul has dominated the talk show scene and tapped into print media, radio and even social networking. Winfrey has exercised political clout and has shown a commitment to both philanthropy and education.

Irene Rosenfeld

Irene Rosenfeld
Rosenfeld is the CEO of Kraft Foods Inc. and is one of the highest paid women in America. She turned heads last year when she brokered a sweet international deal.

Indra Nooyi

Indra Nooyi
Indian-born Nooyi is the CEO and chairwoman of PepsiCo. She oversees the company’s main munchies-makers and has launched this sustainability strategy as her growth mission.

Gail Kelly

Gail Kelly
Kelly became CEO of Westpac in 2008. The African-born Australian resident went from an unlikely start to a position as a Forbes-ranked powerful force.

Sarah Palin

Sarah Palin
Though she and her running mate didn’t make it to the White House, the former Alaska governor has scarcely left the public eye since she hit the campaign trail in 2008. She now makes headlines as a political commentator and conservative tastemaker.

Anne Lauvergeon

Anne Lauvergeon
Lauvergeon is the CEO of French conglomerate, Areva, which has an expansive global presence.

Tina Brown

Tina Brown
British-born Brown grew to fame editing revered American magazines in the ‘80s and ‘90s and has set about revamping another newsstand standard. Her new endeavor also includes an online component.

Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner

Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner
Since assuming the role of Argentina’s first elected female president in 2007, Kirchner has faced domestic unrest and scandal, but has also ushered in historic change.

Dilma Rousseff

Dilma Rousseff
Brazil’s first female president has only been in office since January, but in that time, she has already achieved her first legislative victory and has made plans to meet with another famous-first leader.

Obama quits smoking

Cigarette smoke does not take too long to get into one’s bloodstream. Once in the blood, the toxins in cigarette smoke directly change the structure so that it becomes stickier to one another. Obama said not a heavy smoker who had smoked every day. Yet U.S. President was aware of his bad habits must be stopped. Through determination and family support, the president is already 9 months to quit smoking.
“I have not seen and witnessed no evidence of smoking within nine months,” said White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said when asked by reporters about how Obama has bid to quit smoking as reported by politicsdaily.com.
Heavy smokers or who only occasionally smokes are equally in danger. Research shows negative effects of smoking can occur more quickly than expected, so that a cigarette is enough to trigger heart attacks.

Gibbs said Obama had struggled to quit smoking. “It (smoking) was not something he’s proud of. He knows it is not good for him. He knew he did not like about it,” Gibbs said.

“I think he has been working (trying to quit smoking) with a bang. He has struggled against that habit,” said Gibbs.

The media called Obama’s campaign slogan “Yes We Can ‘suitable enough for his determination to quit smoking. Obama’s smoking habit was under the spotlight when he advanced in the U.S. presidential election 2009. Before elected U.S. President, Obama has been determined to quit smoking.

When Obama’s campaign acknowledged the bad habit of smoking as a teenager. Some photographs are smoking Obama also had a month-monthly campaign of political opponents.

However, Obama said he was not a smoker every day. “I was never a heavy smoker. I’ve quit periodically over the last few years due to strong demand from wives and replacing them with chewing Nicolette (gum),” Obama told the Chicago Tribune during the presidential campaign this time.

At that time, Obama said his wife Michelle has given the spirit and encouraged her to get out of the vicious circle of smoking for health reasons.

In the presidential medical examination in March 2010, Obama declared healthy and continue to struggle to quit smoking. Since the medical examination was announced, the occupant of the White House also never again sees Obama smoking.