Gina Rinehart top media exec in Womens Weeklys first Power List

Several high-profile members of the media and filmcommunities have been named in the inaugural Australian Womens Weekly Power List, with mining magnate Gina Rinehart leading the way.

Fairfaxs biggest shareholder is seventh on the list, while Maile Carnegie, the managing director of Google Australia and New Zealand comes in at 13, andnew CEO of REA Group Tracey Fellows is in at number 40.

Leading the pack is Minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop, with a raft of politicians and bureaucrats in the rankings.

Women tend to have an uneasy relationship with power not so much the wielding of it, which they do as well as any man, but the owning of it, said Australian Womens Weekly editor-in-chief Helen McCabe.

Our definition of power when compiling this list was not how impressive a womans title is or how large her corner office might be, but her ability to get things done. Im confident we have come up with a list which is both authoritative and surprising.

Other notable names on the list include Cate Blanchett (12), Leigh Sales (14), Fran Kelly (32), Miranda Devine (34), Kate McClymont and Caroline Wilson (43),Annabel Crabb (44) and Sarah Ferguson (49).

Judges for this year included ABCs director of news Kate Torney, PR Sue Cato, Clive Mathieson editor of The Australian, Henry Tajer chairman of IPG MediaBrands and McCabe.

The list is published in Octobers edition of the Australian Womens Weekly on sale on Thursday.

Women in media and film on the list:

7. Gina Rinehart (Billionaire and mining magnate)

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