The list was topped by Russian President Vladimir Putin
for a consecutive fourth year while U.S. President-elect Donald Trump was
ranked second and German Chancellor, Angela Merkel bagged third position in the
Forbes list.
Top 10 Most Popular People List
Rank
|
Name
|
Country
|
1
|
Vladimir
Putin
|
Russia
|
2
|
Donald
Trump
|
USA
|
3
|
Angela
Merkel
|
Germany
|
4
|
Xi
Jinping
|
China
|
5
|
Pope
Francis
|
Roman
Catholic Church
|
6
|
Janet
Yellen
|
USA
|
7
|
Bill
Gates
|
USA
|
8
|
Larry
Page
|
USA
|
9
|
Narendra
Modi
|
India
|
10
|
Mark
Zuckerberg
|
USA
|
The
list also includes French President Francois Hollande (23), Apple CEO Tim Cook
(32), Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani (38), North Korean leader Kim
Jong-un (43), US President Obama (48), Microsoft’s India-born CEO Satya
Nadella(51), ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (57) among others
Forbes’
Most Powerful People Ranking
Forbes’
annual ranking of the World’s Most Powerful People list identifies one person
out of every 100 million whose actions mean the most and represent’s the
magazine’s best guess about who will matter in the year to come. The
magazine judges candidates on four criteria: the number of people they have
power over, the financial resources they manage, the different “spheres” of
activity that they have power in, and active use of power.
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