Top Ten Highest-Paid Female Athletes in the World

No. 1: Maria Sharapova

Estimated Income : $24.5 million

Recent Earnings : $70 million

Game: Tennis

Age: 23

sponsors: Nike

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No. 2: Serena Williams

Estimated Income : $20.2 million

Recent Earnings : $6.5 million

Game: Tennis

Age: 28

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No. 3: Venus Williams

Estimated Income : $15.4 million

Game: Tennis

Age: 30

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No. 4: Danica Patrick

Estimated Income : $12 million

Game: Racing

Age: 28

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No. 5: Kim Yu-Na

Estimated Income : $9.7 million

Game: Figure skating

Age: 19

sponsors: Kookmin Bank

The 2010 Olympic gold medalist

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No. 6: Annika Sorenstam

Estimated Income : $8 million

Game: Golf

Age: 39

sponsors: Callaway, Cutter & Buck, Lexus and Role

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No. 7: Ana Ivanovic

Estimated Income : $ 7.2 million

Game: Tennis

Age: 22

sponsors: Adidas

No. 1-ranked player in the world and most popular among all athletes.

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No. 8: Jelena Jankovic

Estimated Income : $5.3 million

Game: Tennis

Age: 25

sponsors: Anta

The first woman to ever be ranked No. 1 without reaching a Grand Slam final in 2008.

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No. 9: Paula Creamer

Estimated Income : $5.2 million

Game: Golf

Age: 24

Creamer's $7.7 million in career prize money is 12th-best of all time.

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No. 10: Lorena Ochoa

Estimated Income : $5 million

Game: Golf

Age: 28

Ranked No. 1 on the LPGA Tour.

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Top Ten Richest Woman in the World

No.1 Christy Walton & family

Age : 55

Net worth :$ 22.5 Billion

Source : Walmart. U.S.

Rank in 2009 : 1 Rank

Net worth in 2009 : $ 20 Billion

The 12th person in the World's Billionaires list

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No.2 Alice WaltonAge : 60

Net worth :$ 20.6 Billion

Source : Walmart. U.S

Rank in 2009 : 2 Rank

Net worth in 2009 : $ 19.5 Billion

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No.3 liliane BettencourtAge : 87

Net worth :$ 20 Billion

Source : beauty and cosmetics

Rank in 2009 : 3 Rank

Net worth in 2009 : $14.9 Billion

L'Or�al, one of the world's largest cosmetics and beauty companies

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No.4 Birgit Rausing & familyAge : 86

Net worth :$ 15 Billion

Source : Tetra Pak (packaging)

Rank in 2009 : 5 Rank

Net worth in 2009 : $ 11 Billion

She is the third wealthiest person in Sweden

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No.5 Savitri Jindal

Age : 60

Net worth :$ 14.4 Billion

Source : Jindal Steel and Power and JSW Steel

Rank in 2009 : 9 Rank

Net worth in 2009 : $12 Billion

The wealthiest woman in India and the world's 44th richest person

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No.6 Abigail JohnsonAge : 48

Net worth :$ 11.3 Billion

Source : Fidelity Investments

Rank in 2009 : 8 Rank

Net worth in 2009 : $10.5 Billion

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No.7 Susanne Klatten

Age : 47

Net worth :$ 11.1 Billion

Source : BMW. Germany

Rank in 2009 : 4 Rank

Net worth in 2009 : $ 12 Billion

she is the richest woman in Germany and the 35th richest person in the world

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No.8 Iris Fontbona & family

Age : NA

Net worth :$ 11Billion

Source : copper miners

One of the world's largest copper miners

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No.9 Jacqueline Mars

Age : 70

Net worth :$ 11 Billion

Source : Chocolate maker

Rank in 2009 : 6 Rank

Net worth in 2009 : $ 9.5 Billion

world's largest confectionery company

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No.10 Anne Cox Chambers Age : 91

Net worth :$ 10 Billion

Source : Cox Communications

Rank in 2009 : 7 Rank

Net worth in 2009 : $9 Billion

It is the third-largest cable television provider in the United State

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Top Ten Most Powerful Woman in the World 2010

No.1 Michelle Obama

Age : 46 (January 17, 1964)

Title : First Lady

Residence : Washington, DC

Country of citizenship : United States

Signature :

Education : JD , Harvard University; LLM, Harvard University; BA/BS, Princeton University

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No.2 Irene Rosenfeld

Age : 57 (May 3, 1953)

Title : Chief Executive, Kraft Foods

Residence : Kenilworth, IL

Country of citizenship : United States

Signature : NA

Education : BA/BS , Cornell University; PHD, Cornell University; MS, Cornell University

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No.3 Oprah Winfrey

Age : 56 (January 29, 1954)

Title : Talk show host and media mogul

Residence : Chicago, IL

Country of citizenship : United States

Signature :

Education : BA/BS , Tennessee State University Cornell University

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No.4 Angela Merkel Age : 56 (17 July 1954)

Title : Chancellor of Germany

Country of citizenship : Germany

Signature :

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No.5 Hillary Clinton

Age : 62 (October 26, 1947)

Title : Secretary of State

Residence : Chappaqua , NY

Country of citizenship : United States

Signature :

Education : BA/BS , Wellesley College; LLM, Yale University

she was the First Lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001

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No.6 Indra Nooyi

Age : 54 (October 28, 1955)

Title : Chief Executive, PepsiCo

Residence : Purchase, NY

Country of citizenship : United States

Signature :

Education : MBA , Yale University

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No.7 Lady Gaga

Age : 24 (March 28, 1986)

Title : Singer and performance artist

Residence : New York , NY

Country of citizenship : United States

Signature :

Education : Dropout , New York University

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No.8 Gail Kelly

Age : 54 (25 April 1956)

Title : Chief Executive, Westpac

Country of citizenship : Australia

Signature :

Education : BA/BS , University of Cape Town

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No.9 Beyonce Knowles Age :29 (September 4, 1981)

Title : Singer, fashion designer

Residence : New York , NY

Signature :

Country of citizenship : United States

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No.10 Ellen DeGeneres Age : 52 (January 26, 1958)

Title : Talk show host

Residence : Beverly Hills , CA

Country of citizenship : United States

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Top Ten Richest Woman in UK 2011

1. Ernesto and Kirsty Bertarelli £5,650m Pharmaceuticals

2. Sir Philip and Lady Green £4,330m Retailing

3. Charlene and Michel de Carvalho £3,630m Inheritance, Brewing, Banking

4. Kirsten and Jorn Rausing £3,500m Inheritance, Investments

5. Bernie and Slavica Ecclestone £2,400m Motor racing

6. New Baroness Howard de Walden and family £1,600m Property

7. Lady Grantchester and David Moores and family £1,200m Retailing, Football pools

8. Hourieh Peramaa £1,000m Property

9. Russell De Leon and Ruth Parasol £763m Internet gambling

10. Brian Souter and Ann Gloag £720m Transport

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Tech's Powerful Women in the World

Ursula Burns

Source:CEO, Xerox

D.O.B: September 20, 1958

Burns is both the first black woman to head an S&P 100 company and the first woman to succeed another female CEO of an S&P 100 company

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Arianna Huffington

Source:Editor and cofounder, The Huffington Post

D.O.B: July 15, 1950

Since launching The Huffington Post in 2005

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Tina Brown

Source:Editor and cofounder, The Daily Beast

D.O.B:November 21, 1953

A former editor of Vanity Fair and The New Yorker, online news aggregation site- The Daily Beast.She ranks 34th on the Forbes Power Women list.

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Carol Bartz

Source: Chief executive, Yahoo

D.O.B: August 29, 1948

Before Yahoo She worked in Autodesk for 17 years. Ranked 42nd on Forbes' list.

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Meg Whitman

Source: eBay, Gubernatorial candidate, California

D.O.B:August 4, 1956

Silicon Valley veteran Whitman became a billionaire as CEO of eBay before moving into politics.

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Carly Fiorina

Source:Senatorial candidate, California

D.O.B:September 6, 1954

Chief executive officer of Hewlett-Packard. She's now the current Republican nominee for the United States Senate representing California Power women rank: 51.

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Sheryl Sandberg

Source: Chief operating officer, Facebook

Prior to Facebook, Sandberg worked as VP of global ops at Google, as well as chief of staff for Treasury Secretary Larry Summers during the Clinton administration. Power Women rank: 66th.

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Sun Yafang

Chair, Huawei Technologies

As the chair at China's Huawei Technologies, a networking and telecom equipment maker, Sun's business savvy earned her the nickname, "the market killer." Power Women rank: 90th.

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Top Ten Highest Paid Hollywood Women 2010-2011

1. Oprah Winfrey

Estimated earnings: $315 million

The Queen of All Media's résumé is as impressive her income, thanks to a dizzying array of projects, including a magazine, radio channel, Website, TV specials and the final season of her top-rated talk show. Her Harpo production company, which spawned the careers of Dr. Phil, Rachael Ray and Dr. Oz, recently rolled out its latest franchise, The Nate Berkus Show. Come January the list's top-earner will add the lifestyle-themed Oprah Winfrey Network, in partnership with Discovery Communications, to her media empire.

2. Beyoncé Knowles

Estimated earnings: $87 million

One half of the most famous couple in hip-hop (the other half: Jay-Z), Beyoncé continues to expand her business empire beyond music. Endorsement deals with companies ranging from Nintendo to L'Oréal and her growing House of Deréon fashion line bring in millions of dollars per year on top of the $86 million she grossed from a 90-plus date world tour.

3. Britney Spears

Estimated earnings: $64 million

Not long ago most of the entertainment world had written off Britney Spears as a celebrity flameout. But over the last year Spears logged the fifth-highest-grossing tour in the world, bringing in $130 million in gross box office receipts by playing 98 dates. High-profile endorsement deals with Elizabeth Arden and Candies' prove that the public expects Spears to stay in the spotlight for good.

4. Lady Gaga

Estimated earnings: $62 million

A newcomer to this year's Celebrity 100, Lady Gaga broke down the door to fame with outlandish outfits and quirky videos, including one that featured her and Beyoncé poisoning an unappreciative boyfriend. With a 106-date tour that grossed $95 million, Lady Gaga is also a marketer's dream, teaming up with Polaroid, Virgin Mobile, Monster Cable and Viva Glam.

5. Madonna

Estimated earnings: $58 million

The Material Girl isn't quite ready to cede her spot in pop music's hierarchy to Lady Gaga or Britney Spears just yet. The 52-year-old singer had the fourth-highest-grossing tour of 2009, bringing in $6 million a night and $138 million overall. An episode of the Fox hit sitcom Glee, which featured cast members singing several of her songs, added to her already high profile, and publishing royalties cushioned her earnings.

6. Sandra Bullock

Estimated earnings: $56 million

With two hit movies (The Proposal and The Blind Side) and an Oscar win raising her profile, Bullock should have been sitting on top of the world. And she is, financially: With $56 million she's the highest-earning actress in Hollywood. But a messy breakup with cheating husband Jesse James turned her into tabloid fodder. Bullock was able to overcome adversity with news of an adoption and a public return at the MTV Movie Awards.

7. Ellen DeGeneres

Estimated earnings: $55 million

In addition to her short-lived gig judging American Idol, DeGeneres remains host of her popular talk show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and lends her face to ad campaigns for American Express, CoverGirl and new entry Vitamin Water. In May she announced she was launching her own record label, eleveneleven, and promptly signed 12-year-old YouTube sensation Greyson Chance as her first artist. More recently she signed a multi-year production deal with Warner Bros., which will allow her to produce shows and social media projects with the studio.

8. Miley Cyrus

Estimated earnings: $48 million

The teen star behind Disney's lucrative Hannah Montana franchise (now in its final season) has matured into a serious entertainment draw, averaging a nightly gross box office of $1.2 million across 57 tour dates. A starring role in the movieThe Last Song, heavy radio play for her hit "Party in the U.S.A." and her cut from all of those T-shirts with her face on them add up to a large bump in her earnings over last year. But whether she can maintain that appeal without the Disney machine propping her up remains the $48 million question.

9 Taylor Swift

Estimated earnings: $45 million

The most-played artist on the radio in 2009, Swift's 100 live dates during the last 12 months grossed $54 million. She's one of the few artists who can still convince millions of fans to legally buy music--her Fearless album topped the 2009 sales charts, moving 3.2 million units, while fans downloaded another 12 million tracks from iTunes and Amazon. Major endorsement deals with Sony and CoverGirl helped her bottom line too. More recently Speak Now, her third and latest album, sold more than 1 million copies in its first week on shelves, making it the fastest-selling new record in five years.

10 Judge Judy Sheindlin

Estimated earnings: $45 million

While Oprah Winfrey is busy doling out gifts during her final season, daytime rival Judge Judy spends her television time administering tough love. The latter has proved a successful formula for the judge, who frequently trumps Winfrey in the ratings. Still better for the 68-year-old star: Her series brings in a cool $45 million for the year. America's most-watched courtroom will enter its 15th season this fall.

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Top Ten World’s Most Powerful Women in 20th Century

1. Jane Addams

(September 6, 1860 – May 21, 1935)

Jane Addams was the first American woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.she was a pioneer settlement worker and founder of, Hull House in Chicago, public philosopher , sociologist, author, and leader in woman suffrage and world peace.

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2. Corazon Aquino

(January 25, 1933 – August 1, 2009) was the 11th President of the Philippines and the first woman to hold that office.

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3. Rachel Carson

(May 27, 1907 – April 14, 1964) was an American marine biologist and nature writer whose writings are credited with advancing the global environmental movement.

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4. Coco Chanel

(19 August 1883 – 10 January 1971) was a pioneering French fashion designer whose modernist philosophy, menswear-inspired fashions, and pursuit of expensive simplicity made her an important figure in 20th-century fashion. She was the founder of the famous fashion brand Chanel. Her extraordinary influence on fashion was such that she was the only person in the couturier field to be named on Time 100: The Most Important People of the Century.

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5. Julia Child

(August 15, 1912 - August 13, 2004) was an American chef, author, and television personality. She is recognized for introducing French cuisine to the American public with her debut cookbook, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, and her subsequent television programs, the most notable of which was The French Chef, which premiered in 1963

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6.Hillary Clinton

October 26, 1947 Hillary is the 67th United States Secretary of State, serving in the administration of President Barack Obama. She was a United States Senator for New York from 2001 to 2009. As the wife of the 42nd President of the United States, Bill Clinton, she was the First Lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001. In the 2008 election, Clinton was a leading candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination.

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7.Marie Curie

(7 November 1867 – 4 July 1934) was a Polish-born French physicist and chemist famous for her work on radioactivity. She was a pioneer in the field of radioactivity and the first person honored with two Nobel Prizes[1]—in physics and chemistry. She was also the first female professor at the University of Paris.

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8. Aretha Franklin

(born March 25, 1942) is an American singer, songwriter and pianist commonly referred to as The Queen of Soul.Although renowned for her soul recordings, Franklin is also adept at jazz, blues, R&B and gospel music. Rolling Stone magazine ranked Franklin No. 1 on its list of The Greatest Singers of All Time

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9.Indira Gandhi

19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984) was the Prime Minister of the Republic of India for three consecutive terms from 1966 to 1977 and for a fourth term from 1980 until her assassination in 1984, a total of fifteen years. She is India's only female prime minister to date. She is the world's all time longest serving female Prime Minister.

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10.Estée Lauder

Co-founder, with her husband Joseph Lauder, of Estée Lauder Companies, a pioneering cosmetics company. Lauder was the only woman on TIME magazine's 1998 list of the 20 most influential business geniuses of the 20th century. She was the recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. She was inducted into the Junior Achievement U.S. Business Hall of Fame in 1988.

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