# Forbes list of the World's Most Powerful People

Between 2009 and 2018 (with absence in 2017) the business magazine Forbes had compiled an annual list of the world's most powerful people. The list had one slot for every 100 million people, meaning in 2009 there were 67 people on the list, and by 2018, there were 75. Slots were allocated based on the amount of human and financial resources that they had sway over, as well as their influence on world events.

## Gallery of top ten in rankings 2018

* 1. Xi Jinping
* 2. Vladimir Putin
* 3. Donald Trump
* 4. Angela Merkel
* 5. Jeff Bezos
* 6. Pope Francis
* 7. Bill Gates
* 8. Mohammad bin Salman Al Saud
* 9. Narendra Modi
* 10. Larry Page

## Historical top ten rankings

Note: No list was released for 2017.
| | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2018 |
| 1 | Barack Obama President of the United States | Hu Jintao General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party | Barack Obama President of the United States | Barack Obama President of the United States | Vladimir Putin President of Russia | Vladimir Putin President of Russia | Vladimir Putin President of Russia | Vladimir Putin President of Russia | Xi Jinping General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party |
| 2 | Hu Jintao General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party | Barack Obama President of the United States | Vladimir Putin Prime Minister of Russia | Angela Merkel Chancellor of Germany | Barack Obama President of the United States | Barack Obama President of the United States | Angela Merkel Chancellor of Germany | Donald Trump President-elect of the United States | Vladimir Putin President of Russia |
| 3 | Vladimir Putin Prime Minister of Russia | Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud King of Saudi Arabia | Hu Jintao General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party | Vladimir Putin President of Russia | Xi Jinping General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party | Xi Jinping General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party | Barack Obama President of the United States | Angela Merkel Chancellor of Germany | Donald Trump President of the United States |
| 4 | Ben Bernanke U.S. Chair of the Federal Reserve | Vladimir Putin Prime Minister of Russia | Angela Merkel Chancellor of Germany | Bill Gates Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation Founder of Microsoft | Francis Pope of the Holy See | Francis Pope of the Holy See | Francis Pope of the Holy See | Xi Jinping General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party | Angela Merkel Chancellor of Germany |
| 5 | Sergey Brin Larry Page Co-Founders of Google | Benedict XVI Pope of the Holy See | Bill Gates Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation Founder of Microsoft | Benedict XVI Pope of the Holy See | Angela Merkel Chancellor of Germany | Angela Merkel Chancellor of Germany | Xi Jinping General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party | Francis Pope of the Holy See | Jeff Bezos Chairman and CEO of Amazon |
| 6 | Carlos Slim Chief Executive of Telmex | Angela Merkel Chancellor of Germany | Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud King of Saudi Arabia | Ben Bernanke U.S. Chair of the Federal Reserve | Bill Gates Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation Founder of Microsoft | Janet Yellen U.S. Chair of the Federal Reserve | Bill Gates Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation Founder of Microsoft | Janet Yellen U.S. Chair of the Federal Reserve | Francis Pope of the Holy See |
| 7 | Rupert Murdoch Chairman of News Corporation | David Cameron Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | Benedict XVI Pope of the Holy See | Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud King of Saudi Arabia | Ben Bernanke U.S. Chair of the Federal Reserve | Bill Gates Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation Founder of Microsoft | Janet Yellen U.S. Chair of the Federal Reserve | Bill Gates Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation Founder of Microsoft | Bill Gates Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation Founder of Microsoft |
| 8 | Mike Duke Chief Executive of Walmart | Ben Bernanke U.S. Chair of the Federal Reserve | Ben Bernanke U.S. Chair of the Federal Reserve | Mario Draghi President of the European Central Bank | Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud King of Saudi Arabia | Mario Draghi President of the European Central Bank | David Cameron Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | Larry Page Co-Founder of Google | Mohammad bin Salman Al Saud Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia |
| 9 | Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud King of Saudi Arabia | Sonia Gandhi President of the Indian National Congress | Mark Zuckerberg Founder and CEO of Facebook | Xi Jinping General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party | Mario Draghi President of the European Central Bank | Sergey Brin Larry Page Co-Founders of Google | Narendra Modi Prime Minister of India | Narendra Modi Prime Minister of India | Narendra Modi Prime Minister of India |
| 10 | Bill Gates Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation Founder of Microsoft | Bill Gates Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation Founder of Microsoft | David Cameron Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | David Cameron Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | Mike Duke Chief Executive of Walmart | David Cameron Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | Larry Page Co-Founder of Google | Mark Zuckerberg Co-Founder of Facebook | Larry Page Co-Founder of Google |

## Listed seven or more times
### Listed every time

* Mukesh Ambani
* Lloyd Blankfein
* Michael Bloomberg
* Sergey Brin
* Warren Buffett
* Jamie Dimon
* Larry Fink
* Bill Gates
* Li Ka-shing
* Ali Khamenei
* Angela Merkel
* Rupert Murdoch
* Benjamin Netanyahu
* Larry Page
* Vladimir Putin
* Carlos Slim

### Listed eight times

* Bernard Arnault (not listed: 2016)
* Jeff Bezos (not listed: 2009)
* Jeff Immelt (not listed: 2018)
* Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan (not listed: 2009)
* Charles Koch (not listed: 2009)
* Robin Li (not listed: 2009)
* Barack Obama (not listed: 2018)
* Masayoshi Son (not listed: 2009)
* Rex Tillerson (not listed: 2018)
* Mark Zuckerberg (not listed: 2009)

### Listed seven times

* Tim Cook (not listed: 2009 and 2010)
* Mario Draghi (not listed: 2009 and 2010)
* Xi Jinping (not listed: 2009 and 2010)
* Christine Lagarde (not listed: 2009 and 2010)
* Lakshmi Mittal (not listed: 2016 and 2018)
* John Roberts (not listed: 2010 and 2011)
* Akio Toyoda (not listed: 2010 and 2011)