Sheila Bair Banking Supervision to adopt strong capital and leverage standards. In a fictional TV movie about the crises, Patricia Randell played Bair in the 2011 HBO movie "Too Big to Fail", based on the popular book of the same name by "New York Times" journalist Andrew Ross Sorkin. In 2009, Bair was named one of "Time" magazine's "Time 100" most influential people. In 2008, Bair topped "The Wall Street Journal's" annual 50 "Women to Watch List." In 2008 and 2009, "Forbes" ranked her as the second most powerful woman in the world behind German chancellor Angela Merkel. "Forbes" described her FDIC
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