Forbes list of the World's Most Powerful People

Ranking published by Forbes magazine

Logo of Forbes magazine

Vladimir Putin was ranked the most powerful person 4 times.

Between 2009 and 2018 (with absence in 2017) the business magazine Forbes had compiled an annual list of the world's most powerful people. The list had one slot for every 100 million people, meaning in 2009 there were 67 people on the list, and by 2018, there were 75. Slots were allocated based on the amount of human and financial resources that they had sway over, as well as their influence on world events.^[1]

Gallery of top ten in rankings 2018

• 
  1. Xi Jinping
• 
  2. Vladimir Putin
• 
  3. Donald Trump
• 
  4. Angela Merkel
• 
  5. Jeff Bezos
• 
  6. Pope Francis
• 
  7. Bill Gates
• 
  8. Mohammad bin Salman Al Saud
• 
  9. Narendra Modi
• 
  10. Larry Page

Historical top ten rankings

Note: No list was released for 2017.

Listed seven or more times

Listed every time

• Mukesh Ambani
• Lloyd Blankfein
• Michael Bloomberg
• Sergey Brin
• Warren Buffett
• Jamie Dimon
• Larry Fink
• Bill Gates
• Li Ka-shing
• Ali Khamenei
• Angela Merkel
• Rupert Murdoch
• Benjamin Netanyahu
• Larry Page
• Vladimir Putin
• Carlos Slim

Listed eight times

• Bernard Arnault (not listed: 2016)
• Jeff Bezos (not listed: 2009)
• Jeff Immelt (not listed: 2018)
• Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan (not listed: 2009)
• Charles Koch (not listed: 2009)
• Robin Li (not listed: 2009)
• Barack Obama (not listed: 2018)
• Masayoshi Son (not listed: 2009)
• Rex Tillerson (not listed: 2018)
• Mark Zuckerberg (not listed: 2009)

Listed seven times

• Tim Cook (not listed: 2009 & 2010)
• Mario Draghi (not listed: 2009 & 2010)
• Xi Jinping (not listed: 2009 & 2010)
• Christine Lagarde (not listed: 2009 & 2010)
• Lakshmi Mittal (not listed: 2016 & 2018)
• John Roberts (not listed: 2010 & 2011)
• Akio Toyoda (not listed: 2010 & 2011)

See also

• Forbes list of the World's 100 Most Powerful Women
• Time 100
• Time 100: The Most Important People of the Century
• Forbes' list of the world's highest-paid athletes
• Forbes Global 2000
• The World's Billionaires
• 40 Under 40
• QS World University Rankings

References

1. Noer, Michael; Perlroth, Nicole (11 November 2009). "The World's Most Powerful People". Forbes. Retrieved 2009-11-16.
2. Ewalt, David M. (4 November 2015). "The World's Most Powerful People 2015". Forbes. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
3. Ewalt, David M. (14 December 2016). "The World's Most Powerful People 2016". Forbes. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
4. Ewalt, David M. (8 May 2018). "The World's Most Powerful People 2018". Forbes. Retrieved 10 May 2018.

External links

• The World's Most Powerful People, Forbes.