SARA NETANYAHU meets with four-year-old Ofek Castillo311.
(photo credit: Avi Ohayon/GPO)
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Sara Netanyahu, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s wife, is the most powerful
woman in Israel, according to a list published on Sunday by Forbes
Israel.
The magazine has issued a special edition for Passover rating the
50 strongest women in the country.
“She, indeed, doesn’t decide on taking
action against Iran, cutting the interest rate or reforming the real-estate
market,” Forbes Israel said. “Her influence is evident primarily in the
appointments made by the prime minister.”
The magazine quoted sources as
saying that Sarah Netanyahu was involved not only in appointments within the
Prime Minister’s Office, but also in other top positions serving the
state.
“She is involved at every level,” one source said.
“Even
low-level clerks.”
The following are the top 20 women in
Forbes Israel’s
list:
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1.
Sara Netanyahu, the prime minister’s wife
2.
Rakefet Russak- Aminoach,
CEO of Bank Leumi
3.
Shari Arison, head of The Arison Group
4.
Ofra Strauss,
head of The Strauss Group
5.
Karnit Flug, deputy governor of the Bank of Israel
6.
Efrat Peled, chairman and CEO of Arison Investments
7.
Michal Abadi-
Boiangiu, Finance Ministry accountant-general
8.
Liora Ofer, chairperson of
Melisron Ltd.
9.
Stella Hendler, directorgeneral of Bezeq
10.
Smadar
Barber-Tsadik, CEO of First National Bank
11.
Tzipi Livni, justice minister
12.
Irit Isaacson, board chairwoman of Isracard
13.
Shelly Yacimovich, Labor leader
and head of the opposition
14.
Tamar Yasur, CEO of Leumi Card
15.
Lilach
Asher-Topilsky, head of retail banking at Bank Hapoalim, and
Anat Levin, head of
financial markets at Bank Hapoalim
16.
Avital Stein, director general of The
Council for Higher Education in Israel
17.
Alona Shefer Karo, director-general
of the Environmental Protection Ministry
18.
Illana Gozes, director of the Adams
Super Center for Brain Studies at Tel Aviv University
19.
Ravit Barniv,
chairwoman of Tnuva
20.
Miriam Feirberg, mayor of Netanya