The World’s Most Powerful People 2016 (3)

№10 – Mark Zuckerberg

CEO of Facebook

№9 – Narendra Modi

Prime Minister of India

№8 – Larry Page

President of Alphabet

№7 – Bill Gates

Chair of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

№6 – Janet Yellen

Chair of Federal Reserve

№5 – Pope Francis

Pope of Roman Catholic Church

№4 – Xi Jinping

General Secretary of Communist Party Of China

№3 – Angela Merkel

Chancellor of Germany

№2 – Donald Trump

President of the United States

№1 – Vladimir Putin

President of Russia

The World’s Most Powerful People 2016 (2)

Here are the 20 most powerful people in the world for 2016, according to Forbes, in descending order:

№20 – Benjamin Netanyahu

Prime Minister of Israel

№19 – Jamie Dimon

CEO of JPMorgan Chase

№18 – Ali Hoseini-Khamenei

Grand Ayatollah of Iran

№17 – Carlos Slim Helu

Chair of Grupo Carso

№16 – Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud

King of Saudi Arabia

№15 – Warren Buffett

CEO of Berkshire Hathaway

№14 – Jeff Bezos

CEO of Amazon

№13 – Theresa May

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

№12 – Li Keqiang

Premier of China

№11 – Mario Draghi

President of the European Central Bank

The World’s Most Powerful People 2016 (1)

Every year, Forbes published a list of the most influential people in the world. To compile the list, an assessment is made on the basis of 4 dimensions. First into account is the power over many people. Next comes the financial resource that is controlled by the candidate. The next criterion is the number of areas, in which the candidate has an impact. Finally, it is evaluated whether the applicant actively used its influence.

To calculate the final rankings, a panel of Forbes editors ranked all of the candidates in each of these four dimensions of power, and those individual rankings were averaged into a composite score. Last year’s list comes at a time of significant changes, and represents Forbes' best guess about who will matter in the year to come.

Finally, Forbes kindly warns, that not everybody will be happy with the results of rankings.