Forbes list: Top 20 of World's Most Powerful People

Updated: December 06, 2012 11:17 IST

Forbes annual list is selected from what it calls the world's 71 most-powerful people from among the roughly 7.1 billion global populace, based on factors ranging from wealth to global influence.

Forbes list: Top 20 of World\'s Most Powerful People
No 1: Heading the list is US President Barack Obama who is serving his second term in office after being re-elected last month.
Forbes list: Top 20 of World\'s Most Powerful People
No. 2: German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Forbes list: Top 20 of World\'s Most Powerful People
No. 3: Russian President Vladamir Putin.
Forbes list: Top 20 of World\'s Most Powerful People
No. 4: Co-founder of Microsoft, co-chair of Bill & Melinda Gates foundation and a philanthropist, Bill Gates.
Forbes list: Top 20 of World\'s Most Powerful People
No. 5: Head of the Roman Catholic church, Pope Benedict XVI.
Forbes list: Top 20 of World\'s Most Powerful People
No. 6: Ben Bernanke, Chairman of US Federal Reserve.
Forbes list: Top 20 of World\'s Most Powerful People
No. 7: King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al Saud of Saudi Arabia.
Forbes list: Top 20 of World\'s Most Powerful People
No. 8: Mario Draghi, President of European Central Bank.
Forbes list: Top 20 of World\'s Most Powerful People
No. 9: Xi Jinping, General Secretary of Communist Party of China.
Forbes list: Top 20 of World\'s Most Powerful People
No. 10: Prime Minister of United Kingdom, David Cameron.
Forbes list: Top 20 of World\'s Most Powerful People
No. 11: Carlos Slim, Chairman of Carlos Slim foundation.
Forbes list: Top 20 of World\'s Most Powerful People
No. 12: Sonia Gandhi, President of Congress party in India.
Forbes list: Top 20 of World\'s Most Powerful People
No. 13: Li Keqiang, Vice Premier of People's Republic of China.
Forbes list: Top 20 of World\'s Most Powerful People
No. 14: Francois Hollande, President of France.
Forbes list: Top 20 of World\'s Most Powerful People
No 15: Warren Buffet, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway.
Forbes list: Top 20 of World\'s Most Powerful People
No. 16: Michael Bloomberg, Mayor of New York .
Forbes list: Top 20 of World\'s Most Powerful People
No. 17: Mike Duke, Wal-Mart CEO.
Forbes list: Top 20 of World\'s Most Powerful People
No. 18: Dilma Roussef, President of Brazil.
Forbes list: Top 20 of World\'s Most Powerful People
No. 19: Dr Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India.
Forbes list: Top 20 of World\'s Most Powerful People
No. 20: Sergey Brin and Larry Page, Co-founders of Google.

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