Forbes' "100 Most Powerful Women" in the world was released late Thursday and topping the list was Condoleezza Rice.
America's first female African-American secretary of state was dubbed the most powerful woman in the world by the nation's most respected business magazine.
"She advises the leader of the world's largest superpower and has an unparalleled level of trust with and access to the president," Forbes says in explaining her selection, adding that "she has served two other U.S. presidents, George H.W. Bush and Ronald Reagan. For all of these reasons, and more, Rice, 50, is the most powerful woman in the world."
The magazine also notes that Condi is a potential 2008 presidential candidate as a "long shot."
Still, history could be in the making.
"... a run by Rice for the presidency would make history in the U.S.," Forbes says.
The Top Ten
1. Condoleezza Rice
2. Wu Yi, China's vice premier for health
3. Yulia Tymoshenko, Ukraine's prime minister
4. Gloria Arroyo, Phillipines' president
5. Margaret Whitman, eBay CEO
6. Anne Mulcahy, Xerox CEO
7. Sallie Krawcheck, Citigroup CFO
8. Brenda Barnes, Sara Lee CEO
9. Oprah Winfrey, 'nuf said
10. Melinda Gates, Bill's wife
Notably absent from the list was New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton
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