Asia's Most Powerful Women
Asia's Most Powerful Women
Across Asia, women are climbing the ranks, whether it be through business or politics. From China to Singapore, Asia is home to some of the most powerful women in the world.
Across Asia, women are climbing the ranks, whether it be through business or politics. Asia’s high-powered business women have been on FORBES’s radar, with the list of Asia’s 50 Power Business Women in February. However while CEOs like Zhang Xin of Soho China and Chua Sock Koong of SingTel are making waves with their business skills, Asian women shouldn’t be boxed into one base of power. Former business juggernaut Chan Laiwa is now one of the worlds most important artistic investors and cultural diplomats, preserving and presenting China’s red sandalwood art around the world. Yingluck Shinawatra and Aung San Suu Kyi yield political power on an international scale. Sri Mulyani Indrawati and Margaret Chan manage some of the most influential international humanitarian organizations in the world.
From China to Thailand, these women’s power in their countries and beyond are impossible to ignore. Across the board, Asian women more influential than ever in 2012, making up 11 of FORBES’s top 100 most powerful women.
Zhang Xin
Zhang Xin, CEO of Soho China Ltd. (Jerome Favre/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Solina Chau
Solina Chau, founder of the HS Chau Foundation and director of the Li Ka Shing Foundation (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)
Sun Yafang
Sun Yafang, chairwoman of the board of Huawei Technologies (REUTERS/Denis Balibouse)
Sri Mulyani Indrawati
Sri Mulyani Indrawati, World Bank Managing Director REUTERS/Jason Reed
Ho Ching
Ho Ching, executive director and CEO of Temasek Holdings and wife of Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (Photo credit should read ROSLAN RAHMAN/AFP/Getty Images)
Chan Laiwa
Chan Laiwa, Chairwoman of Fu Wah International Group (Photo Bao fan - Imaginechina)
Aung San Suu Kyi
Aung San Suu Kyi, Chair and Parliamentarian, National League for Democracy, Burma
Cher Wang
Cher Wang, co-founder and chair of HTC (HTC AFP PHOTO / Sam YEH)
Margaret Chan
Margaret Chan, WHO Director General, formerly Hong Kong's Director of Health
Chua Sock Koong
Chua Sock Koong, CEO of SingTel (Photo by Jonathan Drake/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Yingluck Shinawatra, Thailand's Prime Minister (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
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on Thursday, August 30, 2012. Filed under
