Top 60 Most Powerful People in the World

abacin	Nov 12 2009, 05:16 PM
Membership since Feb 08 2003 1984 posts Send PM Add Friend	Forbes recently lists the 67 heads of state, criminals, financiers and philanthropists who really run the world. The list is determined by: 1. influence over lots of other people? 2. control many financial resources? 3. powerful in multiple spheres? 4. actively use their power? The Top 60 Most Powerful People in the World Name Job Title Country Age 1. Barack Obama President USA 48 2. Hu Jintao President China 66 3. Vladimir Putin Prime Minister Russia 57 4. Ben S. Bernanke Chairman, Federal Reserve USA 55 5. Sergey Brin and Larry Page Founders, Google USA 36 6. Carlos Slim Helu Chief executive, Telmex Mexico 69 7. Rupert Murdoch Chairman, News Corp. USA 78 8. Michael T. Duke President, CEO and Director Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. USA 59 9. Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al Saud King Saudi Arabia 85 10. William Gates III Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation USA 54 11. Pope Benedict XVI Pope, Roman Catholic Church Vatican City 82 12. Silvio Berlusconi Prime Minister Italy 73 13. Jeffrey R. Immelt Chairman, General Electric Company USA 53 14. Warren Buffett Chief executive, Berkshire Hathaway USA 79 15. Angela Merkel Chancellor Germany 55 16. Laurence D. Fink Chairman, BlackRock, Inc. USA 57 17. Hillary Clinton Secretary of State USA 62 18. Lloyd C. Blankfein Chairman, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. USA 55 19. Li Changchun Propaganda Chief Communist Party of China China 65 20. Michael Bloomberg Mayor & Founder New York City & Bloomberg LP. USA 67 21. Timothy Geithner Secretary, United States Treasury USA 48 22. Rex W. Tillerson Chairman, ExxonMobil Corp. USA 57 23. Li Ka-shing Chairman, Cheung Kong (Holdings) Ltd & Hutchison Whampoa Ltd Hong Kong 81 24. Kim Jong Il Chairman, National Defense Commission North Korea 68 25. Jean-Claude Trichet President, European Central Bank France 66 26. Masaaki Shirakawa Governor, Bank of Japan Japan 60 27. Sheikh Ahmed bin Zayed al Nahyan Managing Director Abu Dhabi Investment Authority U.A.E. 41 28. Akio Toyoda Chief executive, Toyota Motor Corporation ADS Japan 53 29. Gordon Brown Prime Minister United Kingdom 58 30. James S. Dimon Chairman, JPMorgan Chase & Company USA 53 31. Bill Clinton Former President USA 63 32. William H. Gross Chief Investment Officer Pacific Investment Management Company USA 65 33. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva President Brazil 64 34. Lou Jiwei Chairman, China Investment Corporation China 59 35. Yukio Hatoyama Prime Minister Japan 62 36. Manmohan Singh Prime Minister India 77 37. Osama bin Laden Founder, al-Qaeda Saudi Arabia 52 38. Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani Prime Minister Pakistan 57 39. Tenzin Gyatso N/A, Dalai Lama Tibet 74 40. Ali Hoseini-Khamenei Grand Ayatollah, Shi'a Iran 70 41. Joaquin Guzman Drug Trafficker, Sinaloa Cartel Mexico 52 42. Igor Sechin Deputy Prime Minister Russia 49 43. Dmitry Medvedev President Russia 44 44. Mukesh Ambani Chairman, Reliance Industries Limited India 52 45. Oprah Winfrey Media Personality The Oprah Winfrey Show USA 55 46. Benjamin Netanyahu Prime Minister Israel 60 47. Dominique Strauss-Kahn Managing Director International Monetary Fund France 60 48. Zhou Xiaochuan Governor, People's Bank of China China 61 49. John Roberts Jr. Chief Justice United States Supreme Court USA 54 50. Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar Head, D-Company India 53 51. William Keller Executive Editor, The New York Times USA 60 52. Bernard Arnault Chairman, Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy France 60 53. Joseph S. Blatter President, The International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) Switzerland 73 54. Wadah Khanfar Director-General, Al Jazeera Palestinian 41 55. Lakshmi Mittal Chairman, ArcelorMittal ADS India 59 56. Nicolas Sarkozy President France 54 57. Steve Jobs Chief executive, Apple, Inc. USA 54 58. Fujio Mitarai Chairman, Canon, Inc. ADR Japan 74 59. Ratan Tata Chairman, Tata Group India 71 60. Jacques Rogge President, International Olympic Committee Belgium 67 61. Li Rongrong Chairman, State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council China 65 62. Blairo Maggi Governor, Mato Grasso Brazil 53 63. Robert B. Zoellick President, World Bank USA 56 64. Antonio Guterres High Commissioner for Refugees, United Nations Portugal 60 65. Mark John Thompson Director-General British Broadcasting Corporation United Kingdom 52 66. Klaus Schwab Founder, World Economic Forum Germany 71 67. Hugo Chavez President Venezuela 55 Source from Forbes Tags: powerful people, people search
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