5 Most Powerful Women On Earth

Today (Friday 08/03/19) is International Women?s Day 2019, a national awareness day created as a focal point in the movement for women's rights. To show how much has changed since its inception in 1910 this weeks Buddy?s Friday Five is the top 5 Most Powerful Women On Earth   

  1. Angela Merkel

Merkel became the first female Chancellor of Germany in 2005 and is serving her fourth term. In November Merkel stepped down as leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and announced she wouldn't seek another term as chancellor in 2021. Merkel remains the de facto leader of Europe, leading the region's largest economy after steering Germany through financial crisis and back to growth. Her leadership is marked by her steely reserve, from standing up to Donald Trump to allowing more than a million Syrian refugees into Germany.

 

  1. Theresa May

After becoming Prime Minister in July 2016 May has spent the past two years negotiating Brexit, facing pushback from both pro and anti-European factions in her own party and the opposition.

  1. Christine Lagarde

Lagarde has led the IMF since 2011, providing financial oversight and guidance for its 189 member countries, including China, Russia and the U.K. Under her tenure, the IMF has navigated the Eurozone debt crisis, managed emerging market risks and the threat of a U.S. trade war with China

  1. Mary Barra

Mary Barra is CEO of General Motors, she has invested Billions in electric vehicles and self-driving cars securing the companies future. As well as this she has also made GM ranked No. 1 on the 2018 Global Report on Gender Equality. It was one of only two global businesses that have no gender pay gap.

  1. Abigail Johnson

With a real time net worth of $16.1 billion the CEO and Chairman of Fidelity Investments has definitely earned her spot on the top 5

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