As per the Forbes, an American Business Magazine of Forbes Inc. reported 71 most powerful people of the world. Forbes is also called ‘The Capitalist Tool’ which analyzes and estimates to listing out the richest persons of the world from different divisions. Here I’ve mentioned the top 10 powerful peoples of the world with brief emphasize.
[1] Barrack Obama, the 44th President of United States is the first African American. Born on 4th August 1961, He won in the United States Presidential Election and holds the office from January 20, 2009 onwards. In his term in office, he applied several political, social, technological, educational, economical, and agricultural developmental policies and practices; which now emerged American Economy and employment rate to a high.
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[2] Angela Dorothea Merkel, Chancellor, Germany: Born on 17 July, 1954 she is the first lady of German to hold this position. Being a physical chemist in profession, she entered into politics in the year 1989 during the revolution in Germany. On 22nd November 2005 she assumed office as Chancellor of Germany after electing the 2005 Federal Election from her party Christian Democratic Union (CDU).
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[3] Vladimir Putin, President of Russia: He was already been the Prime Minister of Russia two times and now President for 2nd time. Born on 7 October 1952, he is the fourth President of Russia who holds the office from 7th May 2012 onwards. Before 1991 he was belong to Communist Party of Soviet Union; Our Home-Russia party from 1995-1999; independently stood from 2001-2008 and now belong to United Russia political party.
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[4] Bill Gates, Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: Born on 28 October 1955, he is an American Conglomerate and Philanthropist who is the Co-founder and Chairman of Microsoft, Co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, CEO of Cascade Investment and Chairman of Corbis. Bill Gates is one of the highest donors to charities in the world; on December 2010, he, Warren Buffet and Mark Zuckerberg (CEO, Facebook) had promised to donate half of their earnings to several charities of the world from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
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[5] Pope Benedict XVI, Pope Roman Catholic Church: After the death of Pope John Paul II on 2nd April 2005, the Papal conclave elected Dean of the College of Cardinals (2002-2005), Joseph Ratzinger as the new Pope; who took the noble name as Benedict XVI. Born on 16 April 1927 at Germany, He became the 265th Pope of Roman Catholic. He was the Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (2002-2005), President of the Pontifical Biblical Commission (from 1981–2005), Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (from 1981–2005), President of the International Theological Commission (from 1981–2005), Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Consolatrice al Tiburtino (from 1977–1993), and Archbishop of Munich and Freising, Germany (from 1977–1982).
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[6] Ben Bernanke, Chairman of Federal Reserve, the Central Bank of United States was born on 13 December 1953 at Augusta, Georgia, U.S. He became ‘Fellow of the Econometric Society’ in the year 1997, ‘Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences’ in 2001, and became ‘TIME Magazine of the year 2009’. From August 5, 2002 to June 21, 2005 he was the Member of the Board of Governor of Federal Reserve System and from June 21, 2005 to January 31, 2006 became 23rd Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors. On 1st February 2006 he assumed office as the 14th Chairman of the Federal Reserve.
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[7] Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al Saud, King of Saudi Arabia: Born on 1st August 1924, he ascended to throne on 1st August 2005 at the age of 81 yrs. He was the 6th commander of the Saudi National Guard from the January 26, 1963 to November 16, 2010. In his long lifespan He owned several Chairman and Presidential positions. He is one of the great philanthropists in the world, who serves and donated several charities world widely. He is one of the richest people in the world with an overall proprietorship of US $21Billion as estimated by Forbes in the year 2011.
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[8] Mario Draghi, President of European Central Bank: On 1st November 2011, he became the President of European Central Bank. Born on 3rd September 1947 in Rome, he was the Governor of the Bank of Italy from January 16, 2006 to October 31, 2011 and Chairman of the Financial Stability Board from April 2, 2009 to November 4, 2011.
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[9] Xi Jinping, General Secretary of Communist Party, China: On November 15, 2012 he became General Secretary of the Communist Party of China succeeded to Hu Jintao. He was also the Chairman of the CPC Central Military Commission from November 15, 2012; Member of the 17th and 18th CPC Politburo Standing Committees from October 22, 2007 onwards; First Secretary of the Central Secretariat of the Communist Party of China from October 22, 2007 to November 15, 2012; Vice President of the People's Republic of China from March 15, 2008 onwards, Vice Chairman of the CPC Central Military Commission from October 18, 2010 to November 15, 2012; and President of the CPC Central Party School from December 22, 2007 onwards.
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[10] David Cameron, Prime Minister of United Kingdom: Born on October 9, 1966 in London, he belongs to Conservative Party; became Prime Minister of U.K. on May 11, 2010. Earlier he was the Leader of Opposition from December 6, 2005 to May 11, 2010 while Tony Blair was the Prime Minister; he was the Shadow Secretary of State for Education and Skills from May 6, 2005 to December 6, 2005 and Member of Parliament for Witney from June 7, 2001 onwards.
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