FORBES: China’s President Xi displaces Russia’s Putin as world’s most powerful man

A list of the world’s most powerful people has been released by Forbes with unassuming Chinese leader Xi Jinping rated as the most powerful man on planet earth for the first time.

The Chinese leader dethrones Russian President Vladimir Putin who has been named by Forbes as the most powerful person in the world for four consecutive years, to second spot.

Forbes said the Chinese leader “enjoys a cult of personality” not seen since Chairman Mao Zedong, China’s founding father, next is Putin and in third place is US President Donald Trump while Germany’s leader Angela Merkel ranks fourth.

The rest of the list is composed of both politicians and business leaders including India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi who was also ranked among the top 10 most powerful people in the world

See the full list below:

Rank Name Organization Age

1. Xi Jinping China 64

2. Vladimir Putin Russia 65

3. Donald Trump United States 71

4. Angela Merkel Germany 63

5. Jeff Bezos Amazon.com 54

6. Pope Francis Roman Catholic Church 81

7. Bill Gates Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 62

8. Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud Saudi Arabia 32

9. Narendra Modi India 67

10. Larry Page Google 45

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11. Jerome H. Powell United States 65

12. Emmanuel Macron France 40

13. Mark Zuckerberg Facebook 33

14. Theresa May United Kingdom 61

15. Li Keqiang China 62

16. Warren Buffett Berkshire Hathaway 87

17. Ali Hoseini-Khamenei Iran 78

18. Mario Draghi European Central Bank 70

19. Jamie Dimon JPMorgan Chase 62

20. Carlos Slim Helu America Movil SAB de CV (ADR) 78

21. Jack Ma Alibaba Group 53

22. Christine Lagarde International Monetary Fund 62

23. Doug McMillon Wal-Mart Stores 51

24. Tim Cook Apple 57

25. Elon Musk Tesla 46

26. Benjamin Netanyahu Israel 68

27. Ma Huateng Tencent Holdings 46

28. Larry Fink BlackRock 65

29. Akio Toyoda Toyota Motor 62

30. John L. Flannery General Electric 56

31. Antonio Guterres United Nations 69

32. Mukesh Ambani Reliance Industries Ltd. 61

33. Jean-Claude Juncker European Union 63

34. Darren Woods ExxonMobil 53

35. Sergey Brin Alphabet 44

36. Kim Jong-un North Korea 34

37. Charles Koch Koch Industries 82

38. Shinzo Abe Japan 63

39. Rupert Murdoch News Corp 87

40. Satya Nadella Microsoft 50

41. Jim Yong Kim World Bank 58

42. Stephen Schwarzman Blackstone Group 71

43. Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan United Arab Emirates 70

44. Haruhiko Kuroda Japan 73

45. Abdel Fattah el-Sisi Egypt 63

46. Li Ka-shing CK Hutchison Holdings 89

47. Lloyd Blankfein Goldman Sachs Group 63

48. Recep Tayyip Erdgan Turkey 64

49. Bob Iger Walt Disney 67

50. Michel Temer Brazil 77

51. Michael Bloomberg Bloomberg 76

52. Wang Jianlin Dalian Wanda Group 63

53. Mary Barra General Motors 56

54. Moon Jae-in South Korea 65

55. Masayoshi Son Softbank Corp. 60

56. Bernard Arnault LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton 69

57. Justin Trudeau Canada 46

58. Robin Li Baidu 49

59. Michael Dell Dell 53

60. Hui Ka Yan Evergrande Real Estate Group 59

61. Lee Hsien Loong Singapore 66

62. Bashar al-Assad Syria 52

63. John Roberts United States 63

64. Enrique Pena Nieto Mexico 51

65. Ken Griffin Citadel LLC 49

66. Aliko Dangote Dangote Group 61

67. Mike Pence United States 58

68. Qamar Javed Bajwa Pakistan 57

69. Rodrigo Duterte Philippines 73

70. Abigail Johnson Fidelity Investments 56

71. Reed Hastings Netflix 57

72. Robert Mueller United States 73

73. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Islamic State 46

74. Joko Widodo Indonesia 56

75. Gianni Infantino FIFA 48

 

 

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