The Financial Times newspaper has compiled a list of the most influential women in the world for 2024. It includes those whose voices were heard the loudest in the past year and highlighted important issues for society.
The list of the 25 most influential women according to the Financial Times is divided into three categories: Creators, Leaders and Heroines.
In the first category, «Creators» recognized women in creative professions. Included were American singers Taylor Swift and Charli XCX, Palestinian singer Eljanna, Irish writer Sally Rooney, actress Emma Stone, creative director of fashion house Chloé Chemena Hamani and Nigerian-born chef and founder of several lon .
To the nomination «Heroines» entered the widow of Russian politician Alexei Navalny Yulia Navalna. The Financial Times also noted the video blogger from Gaza Bisan Ovda. Ovda's documentary film received the 2024 «Emmy» award — one of the highest American awards in the field of television and video journalism.
In the list of «heroines» – Frenchwoman Giselle Pelico. The category also includes the mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo, the Indian writer Arundhati Roy, who received the Pinter Prize in 2024, and the American gymnast Simon Biles, who became the most decorated female athlete in the history of this sport.
The «Leaders» category includes the European Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager, the first woman — Chancellor of the Exchequer of the United Kingdom Rachel Reeves, President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, Vice President of the United States Kamala Harris, new President of Mexico Claudia Shay LGBT activist Julia Hoggett.