Chinese President emerges World’s Most Powerful Man On earth (See Full list)
Just Event Online 14:02
9 MAY 2018
Chinese President, Xi Jinping, has emerged the World’s Most Powerful Person according to the 2018 Forbes The World’s 75 Most Powerful People ranking released on Tuesday.
Under his administration, China’s Congress amended its constitution in March, broadening Xi’s influence and eliminating term limits, thereby giving him life presidency. This is the Chinese president’s first time in the top spot.
He displaced Russian president, Vladimir Putin, who has been relegated to second place.
President Donald Trump falls to the No. 3 spot.
Businessman, Aliko Dangote is the only Nigerian on the list.
Newcomers to the list include Mohammad Bin Salman Al Saud, Crown Prince, Saudi Arabia (No. 8), who has risen to power and will be the fulcrum around which the region’s geopolitics move for the next generation.
full list below:
Rank Name Organization Age
1 Xi JinpingChina64
2 Vladimir PutinRussia65
3 Donald TrumpUnited States71
4 Angela MerkelGermany63
5 Jeff BezosAmazon.com54
6 Pope FrancisRoman Catholic Church81
7 Bill GatesBill & Melinda Gates Foundation62
8 Mohammed bin Salman Al SaudSaudi Arabia32
9 Narendra ModiIndia67
10 Larry PageGoogle45
11 Jerome H. PowellUnited States65
12 Emmanuel MacronFrance40
13 Mark ZuckerbergFacebook33
14 Theresa MayUnited Kingdom61
15 Li KeqiangChina62
16 Warren BuffettBerkshire Hathaway87
17 Ali Hoseini-KhameneiIran78
18 Mario DraghiEuropean Central Bank70
19 Jamie DimonJPMorgan Chase62
20 Carlos Slim HeluAmerica Movil SAB de CV (ADR)78
21 Jack MaAlibaba Group53
22 Christine LagardeInternational Monetary Fund62
23 Doug McMillonWal-Mart Stores51
24 Tim CookApple57
25 Elon MuskTesla46
26 Benjamin NetanyahuIsrael68
27 Ma HuatengTencent Holdings46
28 Larry FinkBlackRock65
29 Akio ToyodaToyota Motor62
30 John L. FlanneryGeneral Electric56
31 Antonio GuterresUnited Nations69
32 Mukesh AmbaniReliance Industries Ltd.61
33 Jean-Claude JunckerEuropean Union63
34 Darren WoodsExxonMobil 53
35 Sergey BrinAlphabet44
36 Kim Jong-unNorth Korea34
37 Charles KochKoch Industries82
38 Shinzo AbeJapan63
39 Rupert MurdochNews Corp87
40 Satya NadellaMicrosoft50
41 Jim Yong KimWorld Bank 58
42 Stephen SchwarzmanBlackstone Group 71
43 Khalifa bin Zayed Al-NahyanUnited Arab Emirates 70
44 Haruhiko KurodaJapan 73
45 Abdel Fattah el-SisiEgypt63
46 Li Ka-shingCK Hutchison Holdings89
47 Lloyd BlankfeinGoldman Sachs Group63
48 Recep Tayyip ErdganTurkey64
49 Bob IgerWalt Disney67
50 Michel TemerBrazil77
51 Michael BloombergBloomberg76
52 Wang JianlinDalian Wanda Group63
53 Mary BarraGeneral Motors56
54 Moon Jae-inSouth Korea65
55 Masayoshi SonSoftbank Corp.60
56 Bernard ArnaultLVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton69
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