Who’s more powerful: the autocratic leader of a former superpower or
the handcuffed commander in chief of the most dominant country in the
world? This year the votes for the World’s Most Powerful went to Russian President Vladimir Putin. He climbs one spot ahead of U.S. President Barack Obama, who held the title in 2012.
Putin has solidified his control over Russia while Obama’s lame duck
period has seemingly set in earlier than usual for a two-term president —
latest example: the government shutdown mess. Anyone watching this
year’s chess match over Syria and NSA leaks has a clear idea of the
shifting individual power dynamics.
The Most Powerful People in the World
list is an annual snapshot of the heads of state, CEOs and financiers,
philanthropists and NGO chiefs, billionaires, and entrepreneurs who
truly rule the world. It represents the collective wisdom of top FORBES
editors, who consider hundreds of nominees before ranking the planet’s
top 72 power-brokers – one for every 100 million people on Earth — based
on their scope of influence and their financial resources relative to
their peers.
This year’s list
features 17 heads of state who run nations with a
combined GDP of some $48 trillion — including the three most powerful
people, Putin, Obama and Xi Jinping,
the general secretary of the Communist Party of China. The 27 CEOs and
chairs control over $3 trillion in annual revenues, and 12 are
entrepreneurs, including new billionaires on the list, Nigeria’s Aliko
Dangote (No. 64), founder of Dangote Group, and Oracle’s Larry Ellison
(No. 58). Speaking of, this year’s class has 28 billionaires valued in
excess of $564 billion.
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