The World’s Most Powerful People

2011-11-12T04:12:54Z

Tech12: /* 2011 list (top 10)http://www.forbes.com/powerful-people/list/ */ The pope fell by 2 slots since last year.

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, and in [[2011]] there were 70. Slots are allocated based on the financial resources an individual controls as well as their influence on world events.<ref>{{cite news |author= Michael Noer and Nicole Perlroth|title=The World's Most Powerful People |work=[[Forbes]] |page= |date=11 November 2009 |accessdate=2009-11-16 |url=http://www.forbes.com/2009/11/09/world-most-powerful-leadership-power-09-intro.html}}</ref> With the age of 87, [[King Abdullah]] is the oldest person on the list.
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==2011 list (top 10)<ref>http://www.forbes.com/powerful-people/list/</ref>==
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! #
! Individual
! Office / Position
|-
| 1 {{Increase}}
| [[Barack Obama]]
| [[President of the United States]]
|-
| 2 {{increase}}
| [[Vladimir Putin]]
| [[Prime Minister of Russia]]
|-
| 3 {{decrease}}
| [[Hu Jintao]]
| [[President of the People's Republic of China]]
|-
| 4 {{increase}}
| [[Angela Merkel]]
| [[Chancellor of Germany]]
|-
| 5 {{Increase}}
| [[Bill Gates]]
| Co-Chair of the [[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]], founder and chairman of [[Microsoft]]
|-
| 6 {{decrease}}
| [[Abdullah of Saudi Arabia|Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al Saud]]
| 6th [[King of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia|King of Saudi Arabia]] and [[Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques]]
|-
| 7 {{decrease}}
| [[Pope Benedict XVI|Benedict XVI]]
| 265th [[Pope]] of the [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic Church]]
|-
| 8 {{Steady}}
| [[Ben Bernanke]]
| 14th [[Chair of the Federal Reserve]]
|-
| 9 {{Increase}}
| [[Mark Zuckerberg]]
| [[Founder]] of [[Facebook]]
|-
| 10 {{decrease}}
| [[David Cameron]]
| [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]]
|}

==2010 list (top 10)==
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! #
! Individual
! Office / Position
|-
| 1 {{Increase}}
| [[Hu Jintao]]
| [[President of the People's Republic of China]]
|-
| 2 {{decrease}}
| [[Barack Obama]]
| 44th [[President of the United States]]
|-
| 3 {{Increase}}
| [[Abdullah of Saudi Arabia|Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al Saud]]
| 6th [[King of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia|King of Saudi Arabia]] and [[Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques]]
|-
| 4 {{decrease}}
| [[Vladimir Putin]]
| [[Prime Minister of Russia]]
|-
| 5 {{Increase}}
| [[Pope Benedict XVI|Benedict XVI]]
| 265th [[Pope]] of the [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic Church]]
|-
| 6 {{Increase}}
| [[Angela Merkel]]
| [[Chancellor of Germany]]
|-
| 7 {{Increase}}
| [[David Cameron]]
| [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]]
|-
| 8 {{Decrease}}
| [[Ben Bernanke]]
| 14th [[Chair of the Federal Reserve]]
|-
| 9 {{Increase}}
| [[Sonia Gandhi]]
| [[President of the Indian National Congress]], [[Member_of_Parliament#India|Member of Parliament, India]]
|-
| 10 {{Steady}}
| [[Bill Gates]]
| Co-Chair of the [[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]], founder and chairman of [[Microsoft]]
|}

==2009 list (top 10 selection)==
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! #
! Individual
! Office / Position
|-
| 1
| [[Barack Obama]]
| 44th [[President of the United States]]
|-
| 2
| [[Hu Jintao]]
| [[President of the People's Republic of China]]
|-
| 3
| [[Vladimir Putin]]
| [[Prime Minister of Russia]]
|-
| 4
| [[Ben Bernanke]]
| 14th [[Chair of the Federal Reserve]]
|-
| 5
| [[Sergey Brin]] / [[Larry Page]]
| Founders of [[Google]]
|-
| 6
| [[Carlos Slim]]
| [[Chief executive officer|Chief executive]] of [[Telmex]]
|-
| 7
| [[Rupert Murdoch]]
| [[Chairman]] of [[News Corporation]]
|-
| 8
| [[Mike Duke]]
| [[Chief executive officer|Chief executive]] of [[Wal-Mart|Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.]]
|-
| 9
| [[Abdullah of Saudi Arabia|Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al Saud]]
| 6th [[King of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia|King of Saudi Arabia]] and [[Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques]]
|-
| 10
| [[Bill Gates]]
| Co-Chair of the [[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]], founder and chairman of [[Microsoft]]
|}

==See also==
*[[Forbes Magazine's List of The World's 100 Most Powerful Women]]
*[[40 under 40 (Fortune Magazine)]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.forbes.com/wealth/powerful-people?boxes=Homepagelighttop#p_1_s_arank Official ''Forbes'' site: The World's Most Powerful People 2010]
*[http://www.forbes.com/2009/11/11/worlds-most-powerful-leadership-power-09-people_land.html Official ''Forbes'' site: The World's Most Powerful People 2009]

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