Top-10 businesswomen

The Financial Times on Wednesday released a special report - Women at the Top  - which was billed as a celebration of outstanding female leadership.

The report is the FT’s annual ranking of the Top 50 women in world business.

Here we give you the FT’s Top 10 and the one Saudi Arabian national who made the Top 50.

23 - Nahed Taher

Company: Gulf One Investment Bank

Last year’s position: 24

Age: 45

Nationality: Saudi Arabian

Sector: Financial Services

1- Irene Rosenfeld

Company: Kraft Foods

Last year’s position: 4

Age: 58

Nationality: American

Sector: Food and beverages

2- Güler Sabanci

Company: Sabanci Holding

Last year’s position: 3

Age: 56

Nationality: Turkish

Sector: Financial services and general industrials

3 - Indra Nooyi

Company: Pepsico

Last year’s position: 1

Age: 56

Nationality: Indian

Sector: Food and beverages

4 - Ursula Burns

Company: Xerox

Last year’s position: 6

Age: 53

Nationality: American

Sector: Electronic equipment

5 - Andrea Jung

Company: Avon Products

Last year’s position: 2

Age: 53

Nationality: American

Sector: Cosmetics

6 - Ellen Kullman

Company: DuPont

Last year’s position: 8

Age: 55

Nationality: American

Sector: Chemicals

7 - Dong Mingzhu

Company: Gree Electric Appliances

Last year’s position: 5

Age: 57

Nationality: Chinese

Sector: Household goods

8 - Angela Ahrendts

Company: Burberry

Last year’s position: 13

Age: 51

Nationality: American

Sector: Luxury goods

9 - Yoshiko Shinohara

Company: Temp Holdings

Last year’s position: 7

Age: 77

Nationality: Japanese

Sector: Support services

10 - Chanda Kochhar

Company: ICICI Bank

Last year’s position: 11

Age: 51

Nationality: Indian

Sector: Banks

(Information courtesy: FT)

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