Here are the 10 most powerful businesswomen in the world

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September 13, 2015 1:45 PM

The most powerful women in the world of business have been revealed, in an annual list by Fortune magazine.

CEO of General Motors, Mary Barra

The magazine ranked, for the 18th year, the 50 most powerful women in business, mentioning Taylor Swift in a bonus 51st place for her challenging of Apple and Spotify over musician's pay.

The magazine says that the 27 CEOs on their list represent one trillion dollars in stock market value.

Here are the top ten:

1. Mary Barra (pictured above) – CEO of General MotorsCompany revenues (Millions $) 2014: 155,929Company profits (Millions $) 2014: 3,949

2. Indra Nooyi – CEO and Chairperson of PepsiCo

Company revenues (Millions $) 2014: 66,683Company profits (Millions $) 2014: 6,513

3. Ginni Rometty – CEO, Chairman, and President of IBM

Company revenues (Millions $) 2014: 92,793Company profits (Millions $) 2014: 12,022

4. Marillyn Hewson – CEO, Chairman, and President of Lockheed Martin

Company revenues (Millions $) 2014: 45,600Company profits (Millions $) 2014: 3,614

5. Ellen Kullman – CEO and Chairman of DuPont

Company revenues (Millions $) 2014: 36,046Company profits (Millions $) 2014: 3,625

6. Abigail Johnson – CEO and President of Fidelity Investments

Company revenues (Millions $) 2014: 14,900Company profits (Millions $) 2014: -

7. Meg Whitman – CEO, Chairman and President of Hewlett Packard

Company revenues (Millions $) 2014: 111,454Company profits (Millions $) 2014: 5,013

8. Sheryl Sandberg – COO of Facebook

Company revenues (Millions $) 2014: 12,466Company profits (Millions $) 2014: 2,940

9. Irene Rosenfeld – CEO and Chairman of Mondelez International

Company revenues (Millions $) 2014: 34,244Company profits (Millions $) 2014: 2,184

10. Phebe Novakovic – CEO and Chairman of General Dynamics

Company revenues (Millions $) 2014: 30,852Company profits (Millions $) 2014: 2,533

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