Forbes 100 Most Powerful Women include Taylor Swift, Beyoncé and more

[KENNEDY FELTON]

WHAT DO BEYONCE… TAYLOR SWIFT… AND THE PRESIDENT OF MEXICO HAVE IN COMMON? THEY’RE ALL MAKING WAVES ON FORBES’ MOST POWERFUL WOMEN OF 20-24 LIST!

THE LIST INCLUDES 100 WOMEN FORBES SAYS ARE DEFYING TRENDS USING FOUR KEY METRICS: MONEY, MEDIA, IMPACT, AND SPHERES OF INFLUENCE. FOR POLITICAL LEADERS – FACTORS ALSO INCLUDE G-D-P AND POPULATION. TOGETHER… THESE WOMEN REPRESENT A STAGGERING 33-TRILLION DOLLARS IN ECONOMIC POWER AND INFLUENCE OVER MORE THAN A BILLION PEOPLE.

AT THE TOP OF THE LIST IS Ursula von der Leyen – PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION – AND THE FIRST WOMAN TO HOLD THE ROLE. (PAUSE FOR NATS)

[PEOPLE SHOUTING “Presidenta! Presidenta!”]

COMING IN BEHIND HER AT NUMBER FOUR IS Claudia Sheinbaum … MEXICO’S FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENT ELECTED IN JUNE 20-24.

THE FIRST ENTERTAINER ON THE LIST APPEARS AT NUMBER 23 – TAYLOR SWIFT. THE SINGER JOINED THE BILLIONAIRE CLUB IN OCTOBER 20-23… MAKING HER THE FIRST MUSICIAN TO MAKE THE BILLIONAIRE RANKING PRIMARILY FROM HER MUSIC AND PERFORMANCES.

TEN SPOTS BEHIND HER IS OPRAH WINFREY. WITH A 25 YEAR RUN AS A TALK SHOW HOST… SHE BUILT A MEDIA AND BUSINESS EMPIRE… AND AS OF THURSDAY… HER REAL TIME NET WORTH IS 3-BILLION DOLLARS. 

AT NUMBER 35 – BEYONCE CONTINUES TO DOMINATE WITH A CAREER SPANNING THREE DECADES AS A SOLO ARTIST AND AS PART OF DESTINY’S CHILD. THIS YEAR – SHE BROKE THE RECORD FOR MOST GRAMMY NOMINATIONS… REACHING 99.

ANOTHER NOTABLE NAME? RIHANNA AT NUMBER 76. ALTHOUGH SHE IS A MUSICIAN… HER 1-POINT-4 BILLION DOLLAR NET WORTH COMES PRIMARILY FROM HER FENTY BEAUTY COSMETICS LINE.

FINALLY – CLOSING OUT THE LIST AT 100 IS W-N-B-A POWERHOUSE CAITLIN CLARK AND THE YOUNGEST ON THE LIST AT 22-YEARS-OLD. SHE WAS THE FIRST OVERALL PICK IN THE 20-24 DRAFT AND IS CREDITED FOR INCREASING THE LEAGUE’S VIEWERSHIP *AND ATTENDANCE. 

WHILE THE FOUNDER OF A G-7 SURVEY TELLS THE MAGAZINE PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN FEMALE LEADERSHIP ACROSS BUSINESS AND POLITICS IS DECLINING… THE WOMEN ON THIS LIST ARE STILL PROVING OTHERWISE. THEY’RE BREAKING RECORDS AND REDEFINING WHAT IS MEANS TO HOLD POWER IN THE MODERN WORLD. WITH SAN IM KF APP PUSH