AMERICA'S 50 MOST POWERFUL MOMS OF 2013

AFRIK UPDATE

The most powerful mother award, as determined by Working Mother magazine in honor of Mother's Day, went to Burberry's CEO, Angela Ahrendts; beating both Sheryl Sandberg and Marissa Mayer who ranked towards the bottom of the list.

Designer Tory Burch, Spanx founder, Sara Blakely, and music superpower Beyonce, have topped an inspiring list of America's 50 Most Powerful Mothers.

AMERICA'S 50 MOST POWERFUL MOMS OF 2013

1. Angela Ahrendts, CEO of Burberry Group

2. Christiane Amanpour, Chief International Correspondent for CNN

3. Kristin Armstrong, Professional Road Bicycle Racer, Two-time Olympic Gold Medalist

4.Mary Barra, Senior Vice President of Global Product Development for GM

5. Beyoncé, singer, actress, mogul

6. Sara Blakely, founder of Spanx

7. Rosalind Brewer, President and CEO of Walmart/Sam’s Club

8. Gisele Bundchen, supermodel, environmentalist

9. Tory Burch, fashion designer

10. Mariah Carey, singer, actress, fragrance mogul

11. Safra Catz, President and CFO of Oracle

12. Suzanne Collins, author of The Hunger Games 

13. Barbara Corcoran, Real Estate Entrepreneur, Expert Media Commentator, Shark Tank Investor, Author

14. Katie Couric, Host of Katie, News Journalist, Author

15. Christine Day, CEO of Lululemon Athletica

16. Mary Colihan Erdoes, CEO of JP Morgan

17. Tina Fey, writer, actor, producer

18. Michèle Flournoy, Co-Chair of the Board of Directors, Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

19. Michelle Gass, President of Starbucks, Europe, Middle East, Africa

20. Gabrielle Giffords, Gun Control Activist, Former U.S. Congresswoman

21. Kirsten Gillibrand, U.S. Senator, New York

22. Margaret Hamburg, Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

23. Melanie Healey, Group President of P&G

24. Kerri Walsh Jennings, Professional Beach Volleyball Player, Three-time Olympic Gold Medalist

25. Laurene Powell Jobs, philanthropist, founder and chair of the Emerson Collective

26. Abigail Johnson, President of Fidelity Financial Services

27. Angelina Jolie, actor, UN Ambassador, Entrepreneur

28. Ellen Kullman, CEO and Chair of the Board of DuPont

29. Jhumpa Lahiri, Pulitzer Prize–Winning Author
30. Julie Larson-Green, Corporate VP of the Windows Experience at Microsoft

31. Jennifer Lopez, Singer, Actress, Fashion Mogul

32. Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Actress, Producer, Environmentalist

33. Joy Marcus, Partner at DFJ Gotham Ventures

34. Marissa Mayer, CEO of Yahoo!

35. Melissa McCarthy, actor, writer, director

36. Sherilyn McCoy, CEO of Avon, Scientist

37. Stephenie Meyer, Twilight author, producer, director

38. Ann Miura-Ko, Co-founding Partner of Floodgate Investments, Lecturer at Stanford University

39. Sue Naegle, President of HBO and TWC

40. Gwyneth Paltrow, actor, singer, entrepreneur, author

41. Candace Parker, professional basketball player, two-time Olympic gold medalist

42. Amy Pascal, Co-Chairman and CEO of Sony Pictures

43. Christie Rampone, professional soccer player, three-time Olympic gold medalist

44. Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook, Lean In author

45. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, U.S. Congresswoman, South Florida; Chair of the Democratic National Committee

46. Jessica Simpson, clothing mogul, singer, actress

47. Katie Jacobs Stanton, Head of International Sales and Development for Twitter

48. Gwen Stefani, singer, fashion designer

49. Meg Whitman, President and CEO of Hewlett Packard

50. Susan Wojcicki, SVP of Advertising for Google