LIFELINE MAGAZINE DECLARES
MELINDA GATES AS THE MOST POWERFUL WOMAN IN CHARITY
January 27, 2009: Atlanta – Robin
Raina Foundation (RRF)’s Lifeline magazine announced
today its Annual rankings for the most powerful women in the
world, in many fields ranging from politics, business, charity,
entertainment, media, literary circles, fashion, singing to
sports etc. This rating was announced today as a part of the
January 2009 magazine issue dedicated to the women who have
reached the pinnacles of excellence or power in their respective
fields.
The detailed Top five rankings in each field and the reasoning
behind the rankings, arrived at after many months of analytical
research can be found in the January print issue of the Lifeline
magazine as also can be read on www.rainafoundation.com/Lifeline
 
A brief glimpse into the top two rankings (out of the TOP
5 Rankings in the magazine), based on their accomplishments
in the year 2008, is as follows:
World’s Most Powerful Women
1. Angela Merkel – German Chancellor
2. Sonia Gandhi – Indian ruling party leader
Most Powerful Women in Business
1. Sheila C. Bair - FDIC Chair
2. Indra K. Nooyi – PepsiCo, Chairman and Chief Executive
Most Powerful Women in Charity
1. Melinda Gates – Cofounder and co-chairman, Bill &
Melinda Gates Foundation
2. Aung San Suu Kyi – Nobel peace laureate, Myanmar
Most Powerful Women in Media Circles
1. Oprah Winfrey – Television Host, The Oprah Winfrey
Show
2. Ann Moore – Time inc. Chairman and CEO
Most Powerful Women in Sports
1. Jelena Jancovic – No.1 seeded Serbian tennis player
2. Anastasia Liukin – Olympic gold medalist American
gymnast
Most Powerful Women in Literary Circles
1. J.K. Rowling – British author
2. Stephanie Meyer – American author
Most Powerful Women in Music Circles
1. Carrie Underwood – American country singer
2. Shakira – Colombian pop singer and philanthropist
Most Powerful Women in Modeling
1. Heidi Klum – German supermodel
2. Gisele Bundchen – Brazilian supermodel
Most Powerful Women in Hollywood
1. Cameron Diaz
2. Keira Knightley
Most Powerful Women in Bollywood
1. Katrina Kaif
2. Kareena Kapoor
Most Unforgettable faces of the 20th Century
1. Marilyn Monroe
2. Princess Diana
Indian Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai who recently won India’s
4th highest civilian award Padma Shri, was ranked 6th amongst
the top ten unforgettable faces of the 20th century.
The remaining rankings can be seen on www.rainafoundation.com/lifeline
About the Robin Raina Foundation
A 501(c) charity, Raina foundation has been setup to raise
funds for work to be carried out to empower under-privileged
children and their parents, who need help around the world.
The foundation has undertaken India’s largest private
charity initiative to build 6000 free homes for the slum dwellers
of Delhi. The foundation's focus is to make a difference in
the lives of children - who are handicapped, blind, mentally
challenged, sick or in need of urgent medical help and underprivileged
kids who need education. All donations to the foundation are
100% tax-exempt.
RRF Contact: Sanjay Supehia, (678) 517-8688, ssupehia@rainafoundation.com
About Lifeline
Lifeline is Atlanta based Robin Raina Foundation’s
media initiative targeted at being the voice of charity and
the have-nots in the World. The magazine has been in existence
for the last 4 years and is presently distributed across the
United States. The magazine can be read on www.rainafoundation.com/lifeline
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