Meet #14 on Forbes Magazine’s list of the 100 Most Powerful Women in the world, Ursula Burns. She even ranks higher than Oprah (#41) and Michelle Obama (#40).

With her nomination to head Xerox Corporation earlier this year, engineer Ursula Burns became the first black woman to head a major public company. The 50-year old Burns joined the printing giant in 1980 as a mechanical engineering summer intern and partially credits her early success to Xerox’s search for diversity in talent. She serves on a number of boards, including the Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at her alma mater, Columbia University.

Hat tip to Ms Burns!