In French media, Lauvergeon was often cited as one of the world's most powerful women during her time at Areva.[52] The 2006 Fortune Global 500, published by the American magazine Fortune, ranked her as the 2nd most powerful woman in Europe, behind Patricia Russo, future president of Alcatel-Lucent Technologies. Also in 2006 she was ranked by Forbes magazine as the eighth-most powerful woman in the world and was ranked ninth-most powerful women in 2008 and 2009.[53] In 2007, she was named Europe's top businesswoman in the Financial Times annual ranking.[54]