To become a powerful person, you must wield enormous influence over a very large number of people across the world. The most powerful people in the world usually are heads of state, big corporate CEOs, financiers, philanthropists and top entrepreneurs who indeed run the world. Their decisions influence the lives of millions of people each day.
Take, for instance, some heads of states with militaries at their disposal and even nuclear weapons. A miscalculation or inaccurate decision could mean a conflagration that engulfs all of civilization. Or even CEOs of prominent corporations, whose judgments can alter the course of our lives. Many people’s lives are literally at the hands of the world’s most powerful people.
Here are the top 20 most powerful people in the world.
Rank
|
Name | Position
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1. | Xi Jinping
|
President of China |
2.
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Vladimir Putin | President of Russia
|
3. | Joe Biden
|
President of the United States |
4.
|
Olaf Scholz | Chancellor of Germany
|
5. | Jeff Bezos
|
Founder of Amazon |
6.
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Pope Francis | Head of the Catholic Church
|
7. | Bill Gates
|
Co-founder of Microsoft |
8.
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Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud | Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia
|
9. | Narendra Modi
|
Prime Minister of India |
10.
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Larry Page | Co-founder of Google
|
11. | Jerome H. Powell
|
Chair of the US Federal Reserve |
12.
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Emmanuel Macron | President of France
|
13. | Mark Zuckerberg
|
Co-founder and CEO of Facebook |
14.
|
Boris Johnson | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
|
15. | Li Keqiang
|
Premier of China |
16.
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Warren Buffett | CEO of Berkshire Hathaway
|
17. | Ali Hoseini-Khamenei
|
Supreme Leader of Iran |
18.
|
Christine Lagarde | President of the European Central Bank
|
19. | Jamie Dimon
|
CEO of JPMorgan Chase |
20.
|
Carlos Slim Helú | Mexican business magnate |