Johannesburg - There were 73 people on the 2015 Forbes list of the most powerful individuals in the world.
Nine women made the grade.
Check out the photographs above to see who they are and what they do.
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Pics: Women who made the Forbes list
#2 - German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Picture: Michael Sohn, AP
#2 - German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Picture: Michael Sohn, AP
United States Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen. Picture: Jonathan Ernst
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde. Picture: Jonathan Ernst, Reuters
#37 - Dilma Rousseff is the president of Brazil. File picture: Eraldo Peres, AP
#43 - South Korean President Park Geun-hye. File picture: Kim Hong-Ji, Reuters
#58 - Hillary Clinton is America's former secretary of state. She's also a former first lady. Currently, she's a Democratic presidential candidate. File picture: Charlie Neibergall, AP
#63 - Ginni Rometty is the CEO of IBM. File picture: Carlo Allegri, Reuters
#65 - Mary Barra is the CEO of General Motors. File picture: Kai Pfaffenbach, Reuters
#73 - Margaret Chan is the general director of the World Health Organisation. File picture: Salvatore Di Nolfi, AP
Published Nov 10, 2015
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