The world’s leading magazine, Forbes, have already released the 2012 List of the World’s Most Powerful People. This year’s edition of the listing was dominated by Head of States in different parts of the World.
President Barrack Obama of the United States tops the list of the world’s most powerful people. The youngest member of the elite list is no other than Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook founder.
Here’s the complete lists of the World’s Most Powerful People according to Forbes Magazine:
- President Barrack Obama
- Angela Merkel – German Chancellor
- Vladimir Putin – Russian President
- Bill Gates – Microsoft/Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
- Pope Benedict XVI – Roman Catholic Leader
- Ben Bernanke – Us Federal Reserve Chairman
- Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al Saud – Saudi King
- Mario Draghi – European Central Bank President
- Xi Jinping – General Secretary of Communist Party of China
- David Cameron – British Prime Minister
- Carlos Slim Helu & Family – Honorary Chairman of America Movil
- Sonia Gandhi – President of Indian National Congress
- Li Keqiang – China’s Vice Premier
- Francois Hollande – President of France
- Warren Buffet – CEO of Berkshire Hathaway
- Michael Bloomberg – Mayor of New York
- Michael Duke – CEO of Wal-Mart Stores
- Dilma Rousseff – President of Brazil
- Manmohan Singh – Prime Minister of India
- Sergey Brin & Larry Page – Google Co-founder
- Ali Hoseini-Khamenei – Grand Ayatollah of Iran
- Rex Tillersone – CEO of Exxon Mobil
- Benjamin Netanyau – Prime Minister of Israel
- Jeffrey Immelt – CEO of General Electric
- Mark Zuckerberg – Co-founder, Chairman and CEO of Facebook
- Rupert Murdoch – Chairman and CEO of News Corp
- Jeff Bezos – CEO of Amazon.com
- Ashfaq Parvez Kayani – Chief of Army Staff in Pakistan
- Mario Monti – Prime Minister of Italy
- Ban Ki-moon – Secretary-General of the United Nations
- Li Ka-shing – Chairman of Hutchison Whampoa
- Ali Al-Naimi – Oil Minister of Saudi Arabia
- Klalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan – President of the UAE
- Jamie Dimon – CEO of JPMorgan Chase
- Timothy Cook – CEO of Apple
- Lloyd Blankfein – CEO of Goldman Sachs Group
- Mukesh Ambani – Chairman of Reliance Industries
- Christine Lagarde – Managing Director of IMF
- Lou Jiwei – chairman of China Investment Corp.
- Masaaki Shirakawa – Governor of Bank of Japan
- Charles Koch & David Koch- CEO & Executive Vice-Pres. of Koch Industries
- Larry Fink – CoFounder and CEO of BlackRock
- Akio Toyoda – CEO of Toyota Motor
- Kim Jong-un – Supreme Leader of North Korea
- Jim Yong Kim – President of World Bank
- Steve Ballmer – CEO of Microsoft
- Lakshmi Mittal – Chairman and CEO of Arcelor Mittal
- Hugo Chavez – President of Venezuela
- Sebastian Pinera – President of Chile
- Bill Clinton – Chairman Clinton Global Intiative
