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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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