Forbes List Of The World's Most Powerful People
Gallery of top ten in rankings 2018
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1. Xi Jinping
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3. Donald Trump
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5. Jeff Bezos
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6. Pope Francis
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7. Bill Gates
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10. Larry Page
Historical top ten rankings
Note: No list was released for 2017.
2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2018 | |
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![]() ![]() President of the United States |
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![]() ![]() General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party | ||||
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![]() ![]() President of the United States |
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![]() ![]() President of the United States |
![]() ![]() Chancellor of Germany |
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![]() ![]() President of Russia | |
3 | ![]() Prime Minister of Russia |
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![]() ![]() President of Russia |
![]() ![]() General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party |
![]() ![]() President of the United States |
![]() ![]() Chancellor of Germany |
![]() ![]() President of the United States | |
4 | ![]() |
![]() ![]() Prime Minister of Russia |
![]() ![]() Chancellor of Germany |
![]() ![]() Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation |
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![]() ![]() General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party |
![]() ![]() Chancellor of Germany | ||
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![]() ![]() Pope of the Holy See |
![]() ![]() Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation |
![]() ![]() Pope of the Holy See |
![]() ![]() Chancellor of Germany |
![]() ![]() General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party |
![]() ![]() Pope of the Holy See |
![]() ![]() Chairman and CEO of Amazon | |
6 | ![]() Chief Executive of Telmex |
![]() ![]() Chancellor of Germany |
![]() ![]() King of Saudi Arabia |
![]() ![]() U.S. Chair of the Federal Reserve |
![]() ![]() Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation |
![]() ![]() U.S. Chair of the Federal Reserve |
![]() ![]() Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation |
![]() ![]() U.S. Chair of the Federal Reserve |
![]() ![]() Pope of the Holy See |
7 | ![]() Chairman of News Corporation |
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![]() ![]() Pope of the Holy See |
![]() ![]() King of Saudi Arabia |
![]() ![]() U.S. Chair of the Federal Reserve |
![]() ![]() Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation |
![]() ![]() U.S. Chair of the Federal Reserve |
![]() ![]() Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation | |
8 | ![]() Chief Executive of Walmart |
![]() ![]() U.S. Chair of the Federal Reserve |
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![]() ![]() King of Saudi Arabia |
![]() ![]() President of the European Central Bank |
![]() ![]() Prime Minister of the United Kingdom |
![]() ![]() Co-Founder of Google |
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9 | ![]() King of Saudi Arabia |
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![]() ![]() Founder and CEO of Facebook |
![]() ![]() General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party |
![]() ![]() President of the European Central Bank |
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10 | ![]() Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation |
![]() ![]() Prime Minister of the United Kingdom |
![]() ![]() Chief Executive of Walmart |
![]() ![]() Prime Minister of the United Kingdom |
![]() ![]() Co-Founder of Google |
![]() ![]() Co-Founder of Facebook |
![]() ![]() Co-Founder of Google |
Listed seven or more times
Listed every time
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