Ho Ching world. In 2007, Ho was picked as one of the "100 most influential men and women" who shaped the world by TIME Magazine. Also in 2007, Forbes magazine ranked her third in its annual list of the world's most powerful women, behind German Chancellor Angela Merkel and China's Vice-Premier Wu Yi. Ho had climbed 33 spots from 36th place in the previous year’s list. In 2011, Ho was included in the ‘50 Most Influential’ ranking by Bloomberg Markets magazine. In 2013, Ho was ranked ninth on the Public Investor 100 ranking compiled by the Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute. As of
Oprah Winfrey Obama has said she "may be the most influential woman in the country". In 1998, Winfrey became the first woman and first African American to top "Entertainment Weekly"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s list of the 101 most powerful people in the entertainment industry. "Forbes" named her the world's most powerful celebrity in 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, and 2013. As chairman of Harpo Inc., she was named the most powerful woman in entertainment by "The Hollywood Reporter" in 2008. She has been listed as one of the most powerful 100 women in the world by "Forbes", ranking fourteenth in 2014. In 2010, "Life" magazine named