The World’s Most Powerful People
2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015[2] | 2016[3] | 2018[4] | |
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1 | Barack ObamaPresident of the United States | Hu JintaoGeneral Secretary of the Communist Party of China | Barack ObamaPresident of the United States | Vladimir PutinPresident of Russia | Xi JinpingGeneral Secretary of the Communist Party of China | ||||
2 | Hu JintaoGeneral Secretary of the Communist Party of China | Barack ObamaPresident of the United States | Vladimir PutinPrime Minister of Russia | Angela MerkelChancellor of Germany | Barack ObamaPresident of the United States | Angela MerkelChancellor of Germany | Donald TrumpPresident-elect of the United States | Vladimir PutinPresident of Russia | |
3 | Vladimir PutinPrime Minister of Russia | Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al SaudKing of Saudi Arabia | Hu JintaoGeneral Secretary of the Communist Party of China | Vladimir PutinPresident of Russia | Xi JinpingGeneral Secretary of the Communist Party of China | Barack ObamaPresident of the United States | Angela MerkelChancellor of Germany | Donald TrumpPresident of the United States | |
4 | Ben BernankeChair of the Federal Reserve | Vladimir PutinPrime Minister of Russia | Angela MerkelChancellor of Germany | Bill GatesCo-Chair of the Gates Foundation Founder of Microsoft |
FrancisPope of the Holy See | Xi JinpingGeneral Secretary of the Communist Party of China | Angela MerkelChancellor of Germany | ||
5 | Sergey Brin Larry Page Co-Founders of Google |
Benedict XVIPope of the Holy See | Bill GatesCo-Chair of the Gates Foundation Founder of Microsoft |
Benedict XVIPope of the Holy See | Angela MerkelChancellor of Germany | Xi JinpingGeneral Secretary of the Communist Party of China | FrancisPope of the Holy See | Jeff BezosChairman and CEO of Amazon | |
6 | Carlos SlimChief Executive of Telmex | Angela MerkelChancellor of Germany | Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al SaudKing of Saudi Arabia | Ben BernankeChair of the Federal Reserve | Bill GatesCo-Chair of the Gates Foundation Founder of Microsoft |
Janet YellenChair of the Federal Reserve | Bill GatesCo-Chair of the Gates Foundation Founder of Microsoft |
Janet YellenChair of the Federal Reserve | FrancisPope of the Holy See |
7 | Rupert MurdochChairman of News Corporation | David CameronPrime Minister of the United Kingdom | Benedict XVIPope of the Holy See | Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al SaudKing of Saudi Arabia | Ben BernankeChair of the Federal Reserve | Bill GatesCo-Chair of the Gates Foundation Founder of Microsoft |
Janet YellenChair of the Federal Reserve | Bill GatesCo-Chair of the Gates Foundation Founder of Microsoft |
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8 | Mike DukeChief Executive of Walmart | Ben BernankeChair of the Federal Reserve | Mario DraghiPresident of the European Central Bank | Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al SaudKing of Saudi Arabia | Mario DraghiPresident of the European Central Bank | David CameronPrime Minister of the United Kingdom | Larry PageCo-Founder of Google | Mohammad bin Salman Al SaudCrown Prince of Saudi Arabia | |
9 | Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al SaudKing of Saudi Arabia | Sonia GandhiPresident of the Indian National Congress | Mark ZuckerbergFounder and CEO of Facebook | Xi JinpingGeneral Secretary of the Communist Party of China | Mario DraghiPresident of the European Central Bank | Sergey Brin Larry Page Co-Founders of Google |
Narendra ModiPrime Minister of India | ||
10 | Bill GatesCo-Chair of the Gates Foundation Founder of Microsoft |
David CameronPrime Minister of the United Kingdom | Mike DukeChief Executive of Walmart | David CameronPrime Minister of the United Kingdom | Larry PageCo-Founder of Google | Mark ZuckerbergCo-Founder of Facebook | Larry PageCo-Founder of Google |