4 Indian women on Forbes World 100 Most Powerful Women list
Q. How many Indian women are in the list of Forbes world’s 100 most powerful women building billion dollar brands in the financial market?- Published on 09 Jun 16a. 4
b. 5
c. 6
d. 7
ANSWER: 4
Four Indian women including SBI MD Arundhati Bhattacharya and ICICI Bank MD Chandra Kochhar are in the new list of Forbes world’s 100 most powerful women who are building billion dollar brands and calling the shots in the financial market. Forbes 100 Most Powerful Women in the world list 2016 topped by German Chancellor Angela Merkel includes PepsiCo Chief Indra Nooyi and Biocon founder Kiran Mazumdar Shaw as well as HT Media head Shobhana Bhartia.
- Forbes indicated this year’s most powerful women are the smartest and toughest female leaders of their time making the mark in the world
- Bhattacharya, 60 ranked 25th on the list with SBI facing mounting bad loans at USD 11 billion in December according to Forbes
- Kochchar occupied the 40th position while Mazumdar Shaw was 77th and Bhartia was 93rd
- Nooyi was 14th on this list