On behalf of the Empowering a Billion Women 2020 Network (EBW2020) steering committee, leaders, advisors, chapter leaders and global community- we are thrilled to be announcing the EBW100 Global 100 list on International Women’s Day with individual winner highlights throughout the month of March 2020.
In this very important year of EBW’s history, this list celebrates the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day marks a call to action for accelerating women’s equality. Throughout history, extraordinary women have fought tirelessly. Through protest and activism, generations of women have appealed to the values at the heart of each of their countries and fought to give meaning to the idea that we are all created equal. As today’s women and girls reach for new heights, they stand on the shoulders of all those who have come before and carry forward their legacy of proud achievement. Today, we celebrate countless pioneering women and the victories they won! With grit and resolve they have fought to overcome discrimination and shattered glass ceilings and after decades of determined progress they have widened the circle of opportunity for women and girls across the globe. Along with the women, we also celebrate the men who have advocated for women globally towards bringing “gender harmony” and meaningful social and economic impact for all. In the process of doing so, these women and men have inspired generations of women to come and empowered the world as role models for how to “make the impossible, possible!”.
The EBW100: Global 2020 List is the next in a series of events and initiatives EBW is hosting worldwide throughout the year to celebrate the 2020 goals. The release of the list follows the 2020 kick off event where EBW2020 sponsored The EBW Foundation: Billionaire Week for Women- “She who has the potential to impact a billion lives”. In this global leadership and influencer event, the BWW is focused on elevating more women into the board rooms, investment circles and innovation conversations (for more please go to www.ebwfoundation.org).

The EBW100 Global List

1. Angela Merkel @AngelaMerkelCDU, First female Chancellor of Germany

2. Christine LaGarde @LaGarde, First woman to head European Central Bank

3. Melinda Gates @melindagates, Co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

4. Nancy Pelosi @SpeakerPelosi, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives

5. Ursula von de Leyden @Vonderleyen, First woman as President of the European Commission

6. Mary Barra, General Motors CEO

7. Abigail Johnson, Chairman of Fidelity Investments

8. Steve Felice, Investor and global advocate of women, former President of Dell

9. Tory Burch @toryburch, Executive Chairman and Chief Creative Officer of her own brand, Tory Burch LLC.

10. Mariliyn Hewson, CEO of Lockheed Martin

11. Greta Thunburg @GretaThunberg, Climate Activist

12. Ana Patricia Botin @AnaBotin, Executive Chairman of the Santander Group

13. Oprah Winfrey @Oprah, Media mogul

14. Hoda Kotb @hodakotb, NBC Co-Anchor

15. Sheryl Sandberg, Chief Operating Officer of Facebook

16. Safra Catz, CEO of Oracle

17. Julie Sweet @JulieSweet, CEO of Accenture

18. Susan Wojciki @SusanWojciki, CEO of Alphabet subsidiary Youtube

19. Sheik Hasina Wajed, Prime Minister of Bangladesh

20. Ho Ching, Chief Executive Officer of Temasek Holdings

21. Michelle Obama @MichelleObama, Author and former First Lady

22. Jennifer Salke @JSalke, Head of Amazon Studios

23. Brian Grim, CEO of The Religious Freedom and Business Foundation @rfbf_us

24. Ivanka Trump @IvankaTrump, Senior Advisor to the President of the United States

25. Tsai Ing-Wen, President of the Republic of China

26. Red McCombs, co-Founder Clear Channel Communications

27. Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex

28. Beyonce Knowles @Beyonce, American singer-songwriter

29. Taylor Swift @taylorswift13, American singer-songwriter

30. Serena Williams @serenawilliams, American tennis athlete

31. Meg Whitman @MegWhitman, CEO of Quibi, and serves on the boards of Procter & Gamble and Dropbox

32. Reese Witherspoon @ReeseW, Actress, producer and entrepreneur

33. Aileen Lee @aileenlee, Founder of Cowboy Ventures

34 Jill Ellis, Coach, US Women’s National Soccer Team

35. Emma Walmsley, Chief executive officer of GlaxoSmithKline

36. Anna McCoy, CEO of Anna McCoy Global Ventures @coachannamccoy

37. Heather Baumli, SVP of iHEART Media @iheartmedia

38. Ambassador Suzan Johnson Cook, 1^stUnited States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom under President Obama @ambassadorsujay

39. Elvira Nabiullina, Head of the Russia Central Bank

40. Elise Stefanik @EliseStefanik, U.S. House of Representatives (R-NY-21)

41. Gwynne Shotwell, President and COO of SpaceX

42. Maggie Wei Wu, Chief Financial Officer of Alibaba Group

43. Melanie Kreis, Chief Financial Officer of Deutsche Post

44. Jemma Wolfe @JemmaWolfe, Head of Launch with Goldman Sachs

45. Folorunsho Alakija, Vice chair of Famfa Oil

46. Carrie Underwood @carrieunderwood, American singer

47. Jen Welter, 1st female NFL coach

48. Katie Beauchamp, CEO and Co-Founder, Birchbox

49. Gabrielle Fitzgerald @FitzGab, Founder and CEO of Panorama Global

50. Cherie Blair, Founder of Cherie Blair Foundation

51. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Chairperson and Managing Director of Biocon Limited

52. HRH Reema Bandar Al Saud, Saudi Arabian princess and the Saudi Arabian ambassador to the United States

53. Jennifer JJ Davis, SVP Global Communications at Dell and Executive Director of The Dell Women’s
Entrepreneur Network

54. Jane Jie-Sun, CEO of Ctrip

55. Katharine Viner, First female editor-in-chief at The Guardian

56. Judy Faulkner, CEO and Co-Founder of Epic Systems

57. Anousheh Ansari @AnoushehAnsari, Co-founder and chairwoman of Prodea Systems

58. Mette Freidricksen, Prime Minister of Denmark

59. Andrea Margues de Almeida, CFO of Petrobas

60. Solina Chau, Partner in the Cheung Kong Group, and director of the Li Ka Shing Foundation

61. Robyn Siers, Attorney Jones Spross and Global Women’s Advocate

62. Pat Pearson, Best Selling Author “Stop Self Sabotage” and Global Women’s Advocate

63. Raja Easa Al Gurg, Managing Director of the Easa Saleh Al Gurg Group

64. Tiffany Norwood @TiffanyNorwood, CEO of Tribetan

65. Sheila Crump Johnson, Co Founder of BET, CEO of Salamander Hotel and Resorts and President/ Managing Partner and Governor of Washington Mystics

66. Bob Campbell III, Campbell Global Services former Vice Chair of Deloitte

67. Condoleezza Rice @CondoleezzaRice, Denning Professor in Global Business and the Economy at the Stanford Graduate School of Business; the Thomas and Barbara Stephenson Senior Fellow on Public Policy at the Hoover Institution; and a professor of Political Science at Stanford University

68. Lyn Graft, CEO Storytelling for Entrepreneurs @lyngraft

69. Simon Biles @Simon_Biles, US most decorated gymnast

70. Sergio Fernandez DeCordova, Chairman PVBLIC @sfdecordova

71. Dina Sherif @Dinasherif, Co-founder of Ahead of the Curve

72. Arndrea King, Social Justice Advocate at Martin Luther King Institute

73. Sehle Work-Zewde, President of Ethiopia

74. Rania Nashar, first female CEO of Saudi commercial bank, Samba Financial Group

75. Amina Mohammed, Nigerian-British diplomat and politician who is serving as the fifth Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations

76. Margarita Louis-Dreyfus, Chairperson of Louis Dreyfus

77. Harbeen Arora @harbeenarora, Founder and Global Chairperson of the ALL Ladies League
(ALL) and Women Economic Forum (WEF)

78. Laura Bush @laurawbush, Former First Lady of the United States

79. Gary Vaynerchuk @garyvee, entrepreneur, author, speaker, and Internet personality

80. Muhammed Yunis @Yunus_Centre, Bangladeshi social entrepreneur, banker, economist, and civil society leader who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for founding the Grameen Bank

81. A’Lelia Bundles @aleliabundles, American jounralist

82. Kristaline Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund

83. Shari Redstone, Chairwoman of Viacom CBS and president of National Amusements

84. Lili Hall @lilihall, CEO of Knock Inc.

85. Todd O’Brien, CEO of Rainmaking USA and host of Evolve: The Entrepreneur Mindset Podcast @rainmaking_io

86. Mellody Hobson, Chairwoman of the Board of Trustees of Ariel Investments

87. Paul Kirchoff, Founder and CEO of EPX and DominoOne @epxworldwide

88. Tina Tchen @TinaTchen, CEO of Time’s Up

89. Judith McKenna, President and chief executive officer of Walmart International 90. Laetitia Garriott de Cayeux, Cofounder & Chairman, Garriott Enterprises

91. Nirmala Sirthrathman @nsirthrathman, Minister of Finance of India

92. Gina Rinehart, Chairman of Hancock Prospecting

93. Jacinda Ardern @jacindaardern, Prime Minister of New Zealand

94. Jennifer Lopez, singer, songwriter, actress redefining 50

95. Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao, President and CEO of VietJet Air

96. Claudia Lagunas @clagunas, Sr. Director of Global Product Marketing at Visa

97. Roshni Nadar Malhotra, Executive Director and the CEO of HCL Enterprise

98. Kiri Maree Moore, Founder and CEO Decision Velocity Global

99.Indra Nooyi, serves on the board of Amazon, the International Cricket Council, and Schlumberger

100. Carla Harris, Vice Chairman, Managing Director and Senior Client Advisor at Morgan Stanley

Thank you again to the Empowering a Billion Women 2020 Network (EBW2020) steering committee, leaders, advisors, chapter leaders and global community for making this possible. A special shout out especially to Heather Wolf and Shirley Hogsett who led the EBW100 Steering Committee who with your tireless help and support this has been made possible. Thank you.