Forbes' Most Powerful Women in Tech 2014

Here are some of the world's most powerful women in tech, as per a list by the Forbes magazine.

Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of Facebook, topped the ranking. She is also the first female member of Facebook's board of directors. Here are some of the world's most powerful women in tech, according to Forbes 2014 list.

Virginia Rometty is the chief executive of IBM. Starting as a systems engineer at IBM in 1981, Rometty demonstrated her business insights and leadership capacity, and established herself as the first woman to lead the company, says Forbes.
Susan Wojcicki is the CEO of YouTube. Previously, she was the senior vice president of advertising and commerce at Google.
Marissa Mayer is the chief executive of Yahoo. After 13 years at Google, she became the CEO of Yahoo in July 2012.

Meg Whitman is the chief executive of Hewlett-Packard. Before joining HP, she served as CEO of eBay for 10 years and was also a director of P&G and Zipcar.
Ursula Burns is the chairman and CEO of Xerox. In July 2009, she was named CEO, succeeding the former chairwoman Anne Mulcahy. (Photo credit: xerox.com)
Safra Catz is the CFO of Oracle Corp. She started her career at Oracle in 1999 and soon became a member of the board, and later she was named president in early 2004.

Renee James is the president of Intel. (Photo credit: intel.com)
Amy Hood is the CFO of Microsoft, managing the technology giant's $83.3 billion revenue. (Photo credit: microsoft.com)