One hears a lot about it these days, both literal and figurative. But so much of the talk is so ungrounded in any reality as to make the very concept suspect. Yet power continues to matter.
Ownership often matters more.
Dependable control of an asset also lends weight as does a dependable sway over a constituency, the larger the asset or the constituency the greater the weight. Please note, physics has no moral connotation. Some among them will make our list.