We narrowed down the list to 100 from a preliminary group of 300 women from 13 countries (countries not represented are Libya, Sudan, Iraq, Yemen, and Algeria). To rank them, we applied the following metrics: size of company (2014 revenues, assets or employees, depending on the type of firm and whether financials were publicly available), position, and sphere of impact. Media presence (Arabic Google entries) and social media were not major factors, except in a few cases.