--- title: Beyonce Makes Fortune Most Powerful Women List, Is Youngest description: All hail the queen — Beyoncé made Fortune's Most Powerful Women list and is this year's youngest honoree. canonical: https://time.com/4485327/beyonce-fortune-most-powerful-women/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-09T15:38:31.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:36:21.286Z og:title: Beyoncé Is a Queen on Fortune's Most Powerful Women List og:description: Diva is a female version of a hustler og:url: https://time.com/4485327/beyonce-fortune-most-powerful-women/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt24f14542b333a640/6988a55b2dce0140bf9ea986/beyonce-fortune-most-powerful-women.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: 2016 MTV Video Music Awards - Show & Audience og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Beyoncé Is a Queen on Fortune's Most Powerful Women List twitter:description: Diva is a female version of a hustler twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt24f14542b333a640/6988a55b2dce0140bf9ea986/beyonce-fortune-most-powerful-women.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Beyoncé Is the Youngest Woman on This Year's _Fortune's_ Most Powerful Women List > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Sep 9, 2016 3:38 PM UTC  Beyonce accepts an award during the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards in New York on August 28, 2016.(JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images) Beyonce accepts an award during the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards in New York on August 28, 2016.(JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images) JEWEL SAMAD—AFP/Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Sep 9, 2016 3:38 PM UTC All hail Queen Bey! [Beyoncé](http://time.com/70716/beyonce-2014-time-100/) rounded out this year’s list of [“Most Powerful Women” as ranked by _Fortune_](http://time.com/4483896/fortune-most-powerful-women-2016/). The pop diva was not tallied into the ranking like the 50 other women honored, but was instead included as a “bonus pick.” She joins a roundup of 22 CEOs and other boss people, ranging from Mary Barra, CEO of GM who takes the #1 slot to Facebook’s COO Sheryl Sandberg of _Lean In_ fame, clocking in at #6. Bey’s inclusion was cemented by her landmark year so far; besides [making history as the first female artist to have 12 songs on the Billboard top 100](http://time.com/4314347/beyonce-makes-history-with-record-breaking-lemonade/) ([thanks, _Lemonade_](http://time.com/4306316/beyonce-lemonade-black-woman-magic/)), she also launched an athleisure line, Ivy Park and invested in the female-founded startup, WTRMLN WTR. _Fortune_ adds that top of all that, Beyoncé continued to develop the entertainment and management company that she founded in 2007, Parkwood Entertainment; this year, Parkwood added a music label and [signed three female artists](http://time.com/4470044/beyonce-red-carpet-vmas-2016-mtv/). It’s worth noting that not only is she the only pop star on the list — her occupation title is rightfully listed as the “Queen Bee” — but [she’s also the youngest honoree at 35](http://time.com/4479955/beyonce-soul-train-birthday-party/) the next youngest is #31, Microsoft’s CFO and EVP, Amy Hood. \[[_Fortune_](http://fortune.com/most-powerful-women/)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4485327/beyonce-fortune-most-powerful-women/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4485327/beyonce-fortune-most-powerful-women/"},"headline":"Beyoncé Is the Youngest Woman on This Year's Fortune's Most Powerful Women List","datePublished":"2016-09-09T15:38:31.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:36:21.286Z","description":"Diva is a female version of a hustler","url":"https://time.com/4485327/beyonce-fortune-most-powerful-women/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Music","Beyonce","celebrity","Culture"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt24f14542b333a640/6988a55b2dce0140bf9ea986/beyonce-fortune-most-powerful-women.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt24f14542b333a640/6988a55b2dce0140bf9ea986/beyonce-fortune-most-powerful-women.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2016 MTV Video Music Awards - Show & Audience","caption":"2016 MTV Video Music Awards - Show & Audience","creditText":"JEWEL SAMAD—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4485327/beyonce-fortune-most-powerful-women/","name":"Beyoncé Is the Youngest Woman on This Year's Fortune's Most Powerful Women List"}}]}] ```