Introducing Fortune’s First-Ever Most Influential Women Asia Ranking

This year, Fortune’s Asia team is highlighting several women leaders who are showing influence and power beyond the corporate boardroom. Here’s who made it onto Fortune’s first-ever “Most Influential Women” ranking: Twelve women from pop culture, policymaking and professional sports, who together show the diverse ways that power gets expressed across the Asia-Pacific.

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