SBI Chief Only Indian Among Bloomberg's Most Influential Women

Arundhati Bhattacharya, chairperson of State Bank of India, features in a list of the 'most influential' people by Bloomberg Markets magazine under the bankers category. She is the first woman to be appointed for the top role in the country's largest lender.

The list will appear in the magazine's October 2014 issue.

Also in the bankers category is Ana Patricia Botin. She is the CEO of Santander UK Plc, the unit setting the pace for earnings growth for parent Banco Santander SA of Spain. (Photo: Santander.co.uk)

The third 'most influential' woman in the bankers category is Hang Seng Bank CEO Rose Lee (middle). She runs the world's strongest bank, according to the annual Bloomberg Markets ranking. (Photo: Hangseng.com)

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, the first woman to lead the US central bank in its 100-year history, also features in the list under the policymakers category. She, the magazine says, got a 67 per cent favourable rating in the recent Bloomberg Markets Global Investor Poll. (Photo: Reuters)

General Motors CEO Mary Barra is the only woman in the corporate power brokers category. (Photo: AP)

Mary Callahan Erdoes (left), chief executive of JPMorgan Asset Management, also features in the list under the money managers category. She oversees about $1.7 trillion (Rs 102 lakh crore at 1 dollar = 60 rupees) as of June, making hers the largest bank-owned money management business, according to the magazine. (Photo: Unicefusa.org)

The other woman in this category is Helena Morrissey, chief executive of London-based Newton Investment Management. (Photo: Newton.co.uk)

Lael Brainard, member of the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors, is among the 'most influential thinkers' in the list. (Photo: JPMorgan.com)

Charmian Gooch, co-founder of London-based NGO Global Witness, is also in the thinkers section of the list. (Photo: Globalwitness.org)

Another woman among the most influential individuals in the thinkers category is Kathy Matsui, chief Japan equity strategist of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. She coined the term 'womenomics' in 1999 to describe the economic advantages of more women in the workforce, the magazine says. (Photo: GoldmanSachs.com)

Next to her in the list is Jacqueline Novogratz, CEO of Acumen, a non-profit global venture fund which works against poverty. (Photo: Acumen.org)