Taylor Swift No. 64 on ‘World’s 100 Most Powerful Women’

Monica Sanchez | May 27, 2015
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Pop superstar Taylor Swift made it onto Forbes’ “The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women” list for 2015.

Ranked at number 64, the singer-songwriter was recognized not only for her widespread popularity and soaring financial success in the music world, but also for her philanthropy.

Forbes estimates Swift’s earnings last year were $64 million, $266 million to date. She has an especially strong social media reach, with an estimated 58 million followers on Twitter.

The 25-year-old has also done her fair share of charitable work. She donated five figures to the New York City Department of Education from sales of her song “Welcome to New York,” for example, and “promises to continue to give as long as the song sells,” Forbes writes.

Swift has also supported Feeding America, Habitat for Humanity, and UNICEF among other charities and foundations.

Other newcomers to the list include the new chair of Banco Santander, Ana Patricia Botin, Google CFO Ruth Porat, and EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini.

This year’s top 10 “power women” include the following:

  1. Angela Merkel
  2. Hillary Clinton
  3. Melinda Gates
  4. Janet Yellen
  5. Mary Barra
  6. Christine Lagarde
  7. Dilma Rousseff
  8. Sheryl Sandberg
  9. Susan Wojcicki
  10. Michelle Obama

Oprah Winfrey is this year’s top ranking billionaire at No. 12. Beyoncé Knowles leads the entertainment field at No. 21. 

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