Forbes: The World's Most Powerful People
1 Barack Obama, United States of America
2 Hu Jintao, People's Republic of China
3 Vladimir Putin, Russia
4 Ben S. Bernanke, Federal Reserve
5 Sergey Brin and Larry Page, Google
6 Carlos Slim Helu, Telmex
7 Rupert Murdoch, News Corp.
8 Michael T. Duke, Wal-Mart
9 Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al Saud, Saudi Arabia
10 William Gates III, Microsoft
11 Pope Benedict XVI, Roman Catholic Church
12 Silvio Berlusconi, Italy
13 Jeffery R. Immelt, GE
14 Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway
15 Angela Merkel, Germany
16 Laurence D. Fink, BlackRock
17 Hillary Clinton, United States of America
18 Lloyd C. Blankfein, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
19 Li Changchun, Communist Party of China
20 Michael Bloomberg New York City
21 Timothy Geithner, United States Treasury
22 Rex W. Tillerson, ExxonMo Corp.
23 Li Ka-shing, Cheung Kong (Holdings) Limited and Hutchison Whampoa Limited
24 Kim Jong Il, North Korea
25 Jean-Claude Trichet, ECB
26 Masaaki Shirakawa, Bank of Japan
27 Sheikh Ahmed bin Zayed al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority
28 Akio Toyoda, Toyota Motor Corporation
29 Gordon Brown, United Kingdom
30 James S. Dimon, JPMorgan Chase & Company
31 Bill Clinton, United States of America
32 William H. Gross,Pacific Investment Management Company
33 Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brazil
34 Lou Jiwei, China Investment Corporation
35 Yukio Hatoyama, Japan
36 Manmohan Singh, India
37 Osama bin Laden, al-Qaeda
38 Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani, Pakistan
39 Tenzin Gyatso Dalai Lama, Tibet
40 Ali Hoseini-Khamenei, Grand Ayatollah Shi'a
41 Joaquin Guzman, Drug Trafficker
42 Igor Sechin, Russia
43 Dmitry Medvedev, Russia
44 Mukesh Ambani, Reliance Industries Limited
45 Oprah Winfrey, Media Personality
46 Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel
47 Dominique Strauss-Kahn, IMF
48 Zhou Xiaochuan, People's Bank of China
49 John Roberts Jr. United States Supreme Court
50 Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar, D-Company
51 William Keller, The New York Times
52 Bernard Arnault, Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy
53 Joseph S. Blatter, FIFA
54 Wadah Khanfar, Al Jazeera
55 Lakshmi Mittal, ArcelorMittal ADS
56 Nicolas Sarkozy, France
57 Steve Jobs, Apple
58 Fujio Mitarai, Canon
59 Ratan Tata, Tata Group
60 Jacques Rogge, International Olympic Committee
61 Li Rongrong, State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council
62 Blairo Maggi,Mato Grasso
63 Robert B. Zoellick, World Bank
64 Antonio Guterres, United Nations
65 Mark John Thompson, British Broadcasting Corporation
66 Klaus Schwab, World Economic Forum
67 Hugo Chavez, Venezuela
1 Barack Obama, United States of America
2 Hu Jintao, People's Republic of China
3 Vladimir Putin, Russia
4 Ben S. Bernanke, Federal Reserve
5 Sergey Brin and Larry Page, Google
6 Carlos Slim Helu, Telmex
7 Rupert Murdoch, News Corp.
8 Michael T. Duke, Wal-Mart
9 Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al Saud, Saudi Arabia
10 William Gates III, Microsoft
11 Pope Benedict XVI, Roman Catholic Church
12 Silvio Berlusconi, Italy
13 Jeffery R. Immelt, GE
14 Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway
15 Angela Merkel, Germany
16 Laurence D. Fink, BlackRock
17 Hillary Clinton, United States of America
18 Lloyd C. Blankfein, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
19 Li Changchun, Communist Party of China
20 Michael Bloomberg New York City
21 Timothy Geithner, United States Treasury
22 Rex W. Tillerson, ExxonMo Corp.
23 Li Ka-shing, Cheung Kong (Holdings) Limited and Hutchison Whampoa Limited
24 Kim Jong Il, North Korea
25 Jean-Claude Trichet, ECB
26 Masaaki Shirakawa, Bank of Japan
27 Sheikh Ahmed bin Zayed al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority
28 Akio Toyoda, Toyota Motor Corporation
29 Gordon Brown, United Kingdom
30 James S. Dimon, JPMorgan Chase & Company
31 Bill Clinton, United States of America
32 William H. Gross,Pacific Investment Management Company
33 Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brazil
34 Lou Jiwei, China Investment Corporation
35 Yukio Hatoyama, Japan
36 Manmohan Singh, India
37 Osama bin Laden, al-Qaeda
38 Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani, Pakistan
39 Tenzin Gyatso Dalai Lama, Tibet
40 Ali Hoseini-Khamenei, Grand Ayatollah Shi'a
41 Joaquin Guzman, Drug Trafficker
42 Igor Sechin, Russia
43 Dmitry Medvedev, Russia
44 Mukesh Ambani, Reliance Industries Limited
45 Oprah Winfrey, Media Personality
46 Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel
47 Dominique Strauss-Kahn, IMF
48 Zhou Xiaochuan, People's Bank of China
49 John Roberts Jr. United States Supreme Court
50 Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar, D-Company
51 William Keller, The New York Times
52 Bernard Arnault, Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy
53 Joseph S. Blatter, FIFA
54 Wadah Khanfar, Al Jazeera
55 Lakshmi Mittal, ArcelorMittal ADS
56 Nicolas Sarkozy, France
57 Steve Jobs, Apple
58 Fujio Mitarai, Canon
59 Ratan Tata, Tata Group
60 Jacques Rogge, International Olympic Committee
61 Li Rongrong, State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council
62 Blairo Maggi,Mato Grasso
63 Robert B. Zoellick, World Bank
64 Antonio Guterres, United Nations
65 Mark John Thompson, British Broadcasting Corporation
66 Klaus Schwab, World Economic Forum
67 Hugo Chavez, Venezuela