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Starting in 2009, Forbes Magazine compiles an annual list of the world's most powerful people. The list has one slot for every 100 million people on Earth, meaning in 2009 there were 67 people on the list, in 2010 there were 68, in 2011 there were 70, and in 2012 there were 71. Slots are allocated based on the amount of human and financial resources that they have sway over, as well as their influence on world events.^[1]

Current the World's Most Powerful People
1^st – Barack Obama –
(President)
2^nd – Angela Merkel –
(Chancellor)
3^rd – Vladimir Putin –
(President)

4^th – Bill Gates –
(Chairman)
5^th – Pope Benedict XVI –
(Pope)
6^th – Ben Bernanke –
(Chairman)
7^th – Abdullah of Saudi Arabia –
(King)
8^th – Mario Draghi –
(President)
9^th – Xi Jinping –
(General Secretary)
10^th – David Cameron –
(Prime Minister)

2012 list (top 20)^[2]

#	Individual	Office / Position
1	Barack Obama	44th President of the United States
2	Angela Merkel	Chancellor of Germany
3	Vladimir Putin	President of Russia
4	Bill Gates	Co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation founder and chairman of Microsoft
5	/ Pope Benedict XVI	256th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church
6	Ben Bernanke	14th Chairman of the Federal Reserve
7	Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al Saud	6th King of Saudi Arabia Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques
8	/ Mario Draghi	President of the European Central Bank
9	Xi Jinping	General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Chairman of the Central Military Commission
10	David Cameron	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
11	Carlos Slim	Chairman of América Móvil
12	/ Sonia Gandhi	President of the Indian National Congress
13	Li Keqiang	Member of the CPC Politburo Standing Committee Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China
14	Francois Hollande	President of France
15	Warren Buffett	Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway
16	Michael Bloomberg	Mayor of New York City
17	Michael Duke	CEO of Walmart
18	Dilma Rousseff	President of Brazil
19	Manmohan Singh	Prime Minister of India
20 (Tie)	/ Sergey Brin	Co-founder of Google Director of Special Projects of Google
20 (Tie)	Larry Page	Co-founder of Google CEO of Google

2011 list (top 20)^[3]

#	Individual	Office / Position
1	Barack Obama	44th President of the United States
2	Vladimir Putin	Prime Minister of Russia
3	Hu Jintao	General Secretary of the Communist Party of China President of the People's Republic of China
4	Angela Merkel	Chancellor of Germany
5	Bill Gates	Co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation founder and chairman of Microsoft
6	Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al Saud	6th King of Saudi Arabia Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques
7	/ Benedict XVI	265th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church
8	Ben Bernanke	14th Chairman of the Federal Reserve
9	Mark Zuckerberg	Chief executive officer and founder of Facebook
10	David Cameron	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
11	Sonia Gandhi	President of the Indian National Congress
12	/ Mario Draghi	President of the European Central Bank
13	Nicolas Sarkozy	President of the French Republic
14	Wen Jiabao	Premier of the People's Republic of China
15	Zhou Xiaochuan	Governor of the People's Bank of China
16	Hillary Rodham Clinton	United States Secretary of State
17	Michael Bloomberg	Mayor of New York City
18	Timothy Geithner	United States Secretary of the Treasury
19	Manmohan Singh	Prime Minister of India
20	Warren Edward Buffett	Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway

2010 list (top 20)

#	Individual	Office / Position
1	Hu Jintao	General Secretary of the Communist Party of China President of the People's Republic of China
2	Barack Obama	44th President of the United States
3	Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al Saud	6th King of Saudi Arabia Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques
4	Vladimir Putin	Prime Minister of Russia
5	/ Benedict XVI	265th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church
6	Angela Merkel	Chancellor of Germany
7	David Cameron	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
8	Ben Bernanke	14th Chairman of the Federal Reserve
9	Sonia Gandhi	President of the Indian National Congress Member of Parliament, India
10	Bill Gates	Co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation founder and chairman of Microsoft
11	Zhou Xiaochuan	Governor of the People's Bank of China
12	Dmitry Medvedev	President of Russia
13	/ Rupert Murdoch	Chairman and CEO of News Corporation
14	Silvio Berlusconi	Prime Minister of Italy
15	/ Jean-Claude Trichet	President of the European Central Bank
16	Dilma Rousseff	President of Brazil
17	Steven Jobs	Chairman and CEO of Apple Inc
18	Manmohan Singh	Prime Minister of India
19	Nicolas Sarkozy	President of the French Republic
20	Hillary Rodham Clinton	United States Secretary of State

2009 list (top 20 selection)

#	Individual	Office / Position
1	Barack Obama	44th President of the United States
2	Hu Jintao	General Secretary of the Communist Party of China President of the People's Republic of China
3	Vladimir Putin	Prime Minister of Russia
4	Ben Bernanke	14th Chairman of the Federal Reserve
5	Sergey Brin / Larry Page	Founders of Google
6	Carlos Slim	Chief executive of Telmex
7	/ Rupert Murdoch	Chairman of News Corporation
8	Mike Duke	Chief executive of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
9	Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al Saud	6th King of Saudi Arabia Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques
10	Bill Gates	Co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation founder and chairman of Microsoft
11	/ Benedict XVI	265th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church
12	Silvio Berlusconi	Prime Minister of Italy
13	Jeffrey R. Immelt	Chairman and CEO of General Electric Company
14	Warren Edward Buffett	Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway
15	Angela Merkel	Chancellor of Germany
16	Laurence D. Fink	Chairman and CEO of BlackRock
17	Hillary Rodham Clinton	United States Secretary of State
18	Lloyd Blankfein	Chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs
19	Li Changchun	Member of the Politburo Standing Committee of Chinese Communist Party
20	Michael Bloomberg	Mayor of New York City

References

^ Michael Noer and Nicole Perlroth (11 November 2009). "The World's Most Powerful People". Forbes. Retrieved 2009-11-16.
^ Forbes http://www.forbes.com/powerful-people/. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ Forbes http://www.forbes.com/powerful-people/list/. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

External links

[1] Michael Noer and Nicole Perlroth (11 November 2009). "The World's Most Powerful People". Forbes. Retrieved 2009-11-16.

[2] Forbes http://www.forbes.com/powerful-people/. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[3] Forbes http://www.forbes.com/powerful-people/list/. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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