Forbes reveals the 100 most powerful women in the world - but there’s only ONE Australian on the list… so can you guess who it is?

  • Perth woman has made it to the Forbes list of world's 100 most powerful women
  • Prestigious business magazine had her at number 45, ahead of Hillary Clinton
  • She's also in the same company as Angela Merkel, Theresa May and the Queen
  • Leaders of New Zealand, Norway, Poland and Myanmar joined Beyonce, Oprah

A Perth woman is considered to be one of the world's 100 most powerful women by influential American business magazine Forbes.

However, this baby boomer isn't a politician, so that counts out Acting Prime Minister Julie Bishop, who also lives in Perth, and Australia's first female PM Julia Gillard.

And being 63, it certainly isn't 2004 Miss Universe Jennifer Hawkins, who is also a successful property mogul in her own right.

Like Acting Prime Minister Julie Bishop, this woman on the Forbes power list hails from Perth

And like Australia's first female prime minister Julia Gillard, this woman is also a baby boomer

Being 63, the Australian woman on the list of powerful women isn't Jennifer Hawkins, 33

So can you guess the Perth woman on the Forbes list of the world's 100 most powerful women?

So can you guess the Perth woman on the Forbes list of the world's 100 most powerful women?

If you guessed media-shy billionaire mining magnate Gina Rinehart, you're certainly on the money.

Australia's richest woman, who has an estimated net worth of $21.4 billion, or $US16.5 billion, came in at number 45 on the prestigious Forbes list of the world's 100 most powerful women.

The iron ore queen was well ahead of defeated U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, who came in at 65, and pop stars Taylor Swift (number 85) and Beyonce (number 50).

Forbes praised Ms Rinehart's business acumen, since she inherited her late father Lang Hancock's mining empire in 1992.

Billionaire mining magnate Gina Rinehart is considered the world's 45th most powerful woman

Billionaire mining magnate Gina Rinehart is considered the world's 45th most powerful woman

The Perth-based businesswoman is on the list along with several female world leaders

The Perth-based businesswoman is on the list along with several female world leaders

The media-shy iron ore queen was regarded as more influential than even Hillary Clinton

The media-shy iron ore queen was regarded as more influential than even Hillary Clinton

'The daughter of high profile iron-ore explorer Lang Hancock, Rinehart took her late father's bankrupted estate and rebuilt it into something much larger,' the judges said.

Forbes mentioned her Hope Downs iron ore mine in Western Australia's remote Pilbara region, which she owns with Rio Tinto, and her status as Australia's third-largest cattle producer.

However, Ms Rinehart was beaten by New Zealand's new 37-year-old Labour Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who made it at number 38.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, 37, was 38th on the list, ahead of Gina Rinehart

However, the Forbes graphic oddly forget to include the nation of the New Zealand PM

However, the Forbes graphic oddly forget to include the nation of the New Zealand PM

Oddly, she was the only entry to be missing a national listing, despite being a world leader. 

World leaders topped the list, with German Chancellor Angela Merkel holding the top spot, just ahead of British Prime Minister Theresa May.

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen was number 15, one place ahead of her Chilean counterpart Michelle Bachelet.

Donald Trump's daughter and presidential adviser Ivanka Trump, at 19, and billionaire talk show queen Oprah Winfrey, who held the 21st spot, were both ahead of the Queen, who made the list at 26.

They also beat a range of world leaders including Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi (33), Polish Prime Minister Beata Maria Szydlowas (31), Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed (30), Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, (39), her Estonian counterpart Kersti Kaljulaid, (78), and Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg, (46).

German Chancellor Angela Merkel held the top spot on the Forbes list of powerful women

German Chancellor Angela Merkel held the top spot on the Forbes list of powerful women

Billionaire talk show queen Oprah Winfrey took the 21st spot in the Forbes list of top women

Billionaire talk show queen Oprah Winfrey took the 21st spot in the Forbes list of top women

Defeated U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was 65, well behind Australia's only entry

Defeated U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was 65, well behind Australia's only entry

WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL WOMEN

1. Angela Merkel, 63, German Chancellor

2. Theresa May, 61, British Prime Minister

3. Melinda Gates, 53, American philanthropist married to Bill Gates

4. Sheryl Sandberg, 48, United States technology boss

5. Mary Barra, 55, American General Motor boss

6. Susan Wojcicki, 49, American technology leader

7. Abigail Johnson, 55, United States finance and investments

8. Christine Lagarde, 61, French International Monetary Fund boss

9. Ana Patricia Botín, 57, Spain finance and investments

10. Ginni Rometty, 60, United States technology

11. Indra Nooyi, 62, United Statesbusinesswoman

12. Meg Whitman. 61, American Hewlett Packard boss

13. Angela Ahrendts, 57, United States technology

14. Laurene Powell Jobs, 53, United States Philanthropy/NGO

15. Tsai Ing-wen, 61, Taiwanese President

16. Michelle Bachelet, 66, Chilean President

17. Federica Mogherini, 44, Italian politician

18. Safra Catz, 55, United States technology

19. Ivanka Trump, 36, Adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump

20. Adena Friedman, 48, United States finance and investments

21. Oprah Winfrey, 63, American billionaire talk show queen

22. Marillyn Hewson, 63, United States manufacturing

23. Isabelle Kocher, 50, France energy

24. U.S. Supreme Court Justices - United States politics

25. Ruth Porat, 59, United States technology

26. Queen Elizabeth II, 91, world's longest-serving monarch

27. Anna Wintour, 67, United States media & entertainment

28. Ho Ching, 64, Singapore diversified

29. Emma Walmsley, 48, United Kingdom

30. Sheikh Hasina Wajed, 70, Bangladeshi Prime Minister

31. Beata Maria Szydlo, 54, Polish Prime Minister

32. Chanda Kochhar 55, India diversified

33. Aung San Suu Kyi, 72, Myanmar's de facto leader

34. Lucy Peng, 44, China technology

35. Pollyanna Chu, 59, Hong Kong finance and investments

36. Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi, 55, United Arab Emirates politics

37. Amy Hood, 45, United States technology

38. Jacinda Ardern, 37, New Zealand Prime Minister

39. Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, 49, Croatian President

40. Jean Liu, 39, China technology

41. Bonnie Hammer 67 United States Media & Entertainment

42. Nicola Sturgeon, 47, First Minister of Scotland

43. Nikki Haley, 45, United States Ambassador to the United Nations

44. Rosalind Brewer, 54, United States diversified

45. Gina Rinehart, 63, Australian billionaire mining magnate

46. Erna Solberg, 56, Norwegian Prime Minister

47. Stacey Snider, 56, United States Media & Entertainment

48. Phebe Novakovic, 59, United States Diversified

49. Elvira Nabiullina, 54, Russia Finance and Investments

50. Beyoncé Knowles, 36, pop star

51. Peng Liyuan, 54, China Politics

52. Margarita Simonyan, 37, Russia Media & Entertainment

53. Mary Callahan Erdoes 50 United States Finance and Investments

54. Qunfei Zhou 47 Hong Kong Technology

55. Thi Phuong Thao Nguyen, 47, Vietnam diversified

56. Lisa Davis 54 United States -

57. Roshni Nadar Malhotra, 36, India technology

58. Güler Sabanci, 62, Turkey diversified

59. Lubna S. Olayan, 62, Saudi Arabia Diversified

60. Dana Walden 53 United States Media & Entertainment

61. Katharine Viner 45 United Kingdom Media & Entertainment

62. Feng Ying Wang - China Automotive

63. Donna Langley 49 United Kingdom Media & Entertainment

64. Marianne Lake 48 United Kingdom Finance and Investments

65. Hillary Clinton, 70, former U.S. Secretary of State

66. Mingzhu Dong 63 - Manufacturing

67. Melanie Kreis 46 Germany -

68. Dalia Grybauskaite 61 Lithuania Politics

69. Priscilla Chan 32 United States Philanthropy/NGO

70. Gwynne Shotwell 53 United States Construction & Engineering

71. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw 64 India Healthcare

72. Zanny Minton Beddoes - United Kingdom Media & Entertainment

73. Miuccia Prada, 68, Italy fashion and retail

74. Isabel dos Santos, 44, Angola Finance and Investments

75. Solina Chau, 55, Hong Kong technology

76. Lam Wai Ying - Hong Kong manufacturing

77. Kathleen Kennedy - United States Media & Entertainment

78. Kersti Kaljulaid, 47, Estonian President

79. Arianna Huffington, 67, United States media mogul

80. Judy Faulkner, 74, United States Technology

81. Fabiola Gianotti, 57, Italy philanthropy/NGO

82. Lynn Good - United States Energy

83. Geisha Williams - United States -

84. Mary Meeker, 58, United States Finance and Investments

85. Taylor Swift, 27, United States All Star Alumni

86. Patricia Harris, 61, United States Philanthropy/NGO

87. Drew Gilpin Faust, 70, United States philanthropy/NGO

88. J.K. Rowling, 52, United Kingdom-based Harry Potter creator

89. Eliza Manningham-Buller, 69, United Kingdom Philanthropy/NGO

90. Raja Easa Al Gurg - United Arab Emirates Diversified

91. Debra Cafaro - United States Real Estate

92. Shobhana Bhartia, 60, India media & entertainment

93. Lee Boo-Jin, 47, South Korea service

94. Jenny Lee, 45, Singapore finance and investments

95. Kirsten Green, 45, United States finance and investments

96. Belinda Johnson, 50, United States technology

97. Priyanka Chopra, 35, India -

98. Kathryn Petralia, 47, United States finance and investments

99. Anne Finucane - United States Finance and Investments

100. Beth Brooke-Marciniak, 58, United States diversified

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