Friday, 20 November 2009

  • Little Earths Most Powerful People Fiji Dictator Ranked 6,798,161,578

    The following is Forbes latest list of most powerful people in the World as introduced by Michael Noer Nicole Perlroth (Forbes 11-30-09)

    "I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. I love it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords and harmonies." Napoleon Bonaparte

    Power has been called many things. The ultimate aphrodisiac. An absolute corrupter. A mistress. A musical instrument. But its true nature remains elusive. After all, a head of state wields a very different sort of power from a religious figure. Can one really compare the influence of a journalist with that of a terrorist? And is power that's unexercised power at all?

    In compiling our first ranking of the World's Most Powerful People we wrestled with these questions and many more before deciding to define power by four dimensions.

    First, do they have influence over lots of other people?

    Do they control relatively large financial resources compared with their peers?

    Are they powerful in multiple spheres?

    There are only 67 slots on our list--one for every 100 million people on the planet--so being powerful in just one area is not enough.

    Lastly, we insisted that our choices actively use their power.

    For the complete methodology and to sound off about who we got right and who we overlooked, go to www.forbes.com/power.

    Rank Name Title, Organization

    1 Barack Obama President, U.S.

    2 Hu Jintao President, People's Republic of China

    3 Vladimir Putin Prime minister, Russia

    4 Ben S. Bernanke Chairman, Federal Reserve

    5 Sergey Brin & Larry Page Founders, Google

    6 Carlos Slim Helú Chief executive, Telmex, Mexico

    7 Rupert Murdoch Chairman, News Corp.

    8 Michael T. Duke Chief executive, Wal-Mart Stores

    9 Abdullah bin Adbul Aziz al Saud King, Saudi Arabia

    10 William Gates III Cochairman, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

    11 Pope Benedict XVI Pope, Roman Catholic Church

    12 Silvio Berlusconi Prime minister, Italy

    13 Jeffrey R. Immelt Chairman, General Electric

    14 Warren Buffett Chief executive, Berkshire Hathaway

    15 Angela Merkel Chancellor, Germany

    16 Laurence D. Fink Chairman, BlackRock

    17 Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, U.S.

    18 Lloyd C. Blankfein Chief executive, Goldman Sachs Group

    19 Li Changchun Propaganda chief, Communist Party of China

    20 Michael Bloomberg Mayor, New York City, and founder, Bloomberg LP

    21 Timothy Geithner Secretary, U.S. Treasury

    22 Rex W. Tillerson Chairman, ExxonMobil

    23 Li Ka-shing Chairman, Hutchison Whampoa, Hong Kong

    24 Kim Jong-il Dear leader, North Korea

    25 Jean-Claude Trichet President, European Central Bank

    26 Masaaki Shirakawa Governor, Bank of Japan

    27 Sheikh Ahmed bin Zayed al Nahyan Managing director, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority

    28 Akio Toyoda Chief executive, Toyota Motor Corp.

    29 Gordon Brown Prime minister, U.K.

    30 James S. Dimon Chairman, JPMorgan Chase

    31 Bill Clinton Former President, U.S.

    32 William H. Gross Chief investment officer, Pimco

    33 Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva President, Brazil

    34 Lou Jiwei Chairman, China Investment Corp.

    35 Yukio Hatoyama Prime minister, Japan

    36 Singh Manmohan Prime minister, India

    37 Osama bin Laden Founder, al-Qaeda

    38 Syed Yousuf Raza Prime minister, Pakistan

    39 Tensin Gyatso His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama

    40 Ali Hoseini-Khamenei Grand Ayatollah, Iran

    41 Joaquín Guzmán Drug trafficker, Sinaloa Cartel, Mexico

    42 Igor Sechin Deputy prime minister, Russia

    43 Dmitry Medvedev President, Russia

    44 Mukesh Ambani Chairman, Reliance Industries, India

    45 Oprah Winfrey Media personality, The Oprah Winfrey Show

    46 Benjamin Netanyahu Prime minister, Israel

    47 Dominique Strauss-Kahn Managing director, International Monetary Fund

    48 Zhou Xiaochuan Governor, People's Bank of China

    49 John Roberts Jr. Chief justice, U.S. Supreme Court

    50 Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar Head, D-Company

    51 William Keller Executive editor, the New York Times

    52 Bernard Arnault Chairman, Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy

    53 Joseph Blatter President, International Fed. of Association Football (FIFA)

    54 Wadah Khanfar Director-general, Al Jazeera

    55 Lakshmi Mittal Chairman, ArcelorMittal

    56 Nicolas Sarkozy President, France

    57 Steve Jobs Chief executive, Apple

    58 Fujio Mitarai Chairman, Canon, Japan

    59 Ratan Tata Chairman, Tata Group, India

    60 Jacques Rogge President, International Olympic Committee

    61 Li Rongrong Chairman, state-owned enterprises, China

    62 Blairo Maggi Governor, Mato Grasso, Brazil

    63 Robert B. Zoellick President, World Bank

    64 António Guterres High commissioner for refugees, United Nations

    65 Mark John Thompson Director-General, British Broadcasting Corp.

    66 Klaus Schwab Founder, World Economic Forum

    67 Hugo Chavez President, Venezuela 

    6,798,161,578 Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama, Chief Executive Dictator, Fiji Military Forces

    As at the time of publication today, the total world population stands at 6,798,161,578, so we thought it prudent to include JVB now as it would come straight after the 67th on Forbes List albeit with a few more digits.

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