67 Most Powerful People of World

The 67 heads of state, criminals, financiers and philanthropists who really run the world. the list is here :-

1 Barack Obama
President
United States of America
Age: 48

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2 Hu Jintao
President
People's Republic of China
Age: 66

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3 Vladimir Putin
Prime Minister
Russia
Age: 57

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4 Ben S. Bernanke
Chairman
Federal Reserve
U.S.
Age: 55

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5 Sergey Brin and Larry Page
Founders
Google
U.S.
Age: 36

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6 Carlos Slim Helu
Chief executive
Telmex
Mexico
Age: 69

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7 Rupert Murdoch
Chairman
News Corp.
U.S.
Age: 78

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8 Michael T. Duke
President, CEO and Director
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
U.S.
Age: 59

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9 Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al Saud
King
Saudi Arabia
Age: 85

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10 William Gates III
Co-Chair
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
U.S.
Age: 54

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11 Pope Benedict XVI
Pope
Roman Catholic Church
Vatican City
Age: 82

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12 Silvio Berlusconi
Prime Minister
Italy
Age: 73

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13 Jeffery R. Immelt
Chairman
General Electric Company
U.S.
Age: 53

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14 Warren Buffett
Chief executive
Berkshire Hathaway
U.S.
Age: 79

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15 Angela Merkel
Chancellor
Germany
Age: 55

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16 Laurence D. Fink
Chairman
BlackRock, Inc.
U.S.
Age: 57

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17 Hillary Clinton
Secretary of State
United States of America
Age: 62

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18 Lloyd C. Blankfein
Chairman
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
U.S.
Age: 55

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19 Li Changchun
Propaganda Chief
Communist Party of China
China
Age: 65

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20 Michael Bloomberg
Mayor & Founder
New York City & Bloomberg LP.
U.S.
Age: 67

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21 Timothy Geithner
Secretary
United States Treasury
U.S.
Age: 48

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22 Rex W. Tillerson
Chairman
ExxonMobil Corp.
U.S.
Age: 57

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23 Li Ka-shing
Chairman
Cheung Kong (Holdings) Limited and Hutchison Whampoa Limited
Hong Kong
Age: 81

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24 Kim Jong Il
Chairman of National Defense Commission
North Korea
Age: 68

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25 Jean-Claude Trichet
President
European Central Bank
France
Age: 66

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26 Masaaki Shirakawa
Governor
Bank of Japan
Japan
Age: 60

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27 Sheikh Ahmed bin Zayed al Nahyan
Managing Director
Abu Dhabi Investment Authority
U.A.E.
Age: 41

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28 Akio Toyoda
Chief executive
Toyota Motor Corporation ADS
Japan
Age: 53

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29 Gordon Brown
Prime Minister
United Kingdom
Age: 58

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30 James S. Dimon
Chairman
JPMorgan Chase & Company
U.S.
Age: 53

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31 Bill Clinton
Former President
United States of America
Age: 63

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32 William H. Gross
Chief Investment Officer
Pacific Investment Management Company
U.S.
Age: 65

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33 Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
President
Brazil
Age: 64

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34 Lou Jiwei
Chairman
China Investment Corporation
China
Age: 59

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35 Yukio Hatoyama
Prime Minister
Japan
Age: 62

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36 Manmohan Singh
Prime Minister
India
Age: 77

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37 Osama bin Laden
Founder
al-Qaeda
Saudi Arabia
Age: 52

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38 Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani
Prime Minister
Pakistan
Age: 57

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39 Tenzin Gyatso
Dalai Lama
Tibet
Age: 74

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40 Ali Hoseini-Khamenei
Grand Ayatollah
Shi'a
Iran
Age: 70

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41 Joaquin Guzman
Drug Trafficker
Sinaloa Cartel
Mexico
Age: 52

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42 Igor Sechin
Deputy Prime Minister
Russia
Age: 49

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43 Dmitry Medvedev
President
Russia
Age: 44

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44 Mukesh Ambani
Chairman
Reliance Industries Limited
India
Age: 52

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45 Oprah Winfrey
Media Personality
The Oprah Winfrey Show
U.S.
Age: 55

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46 Benjamin Netanyahu
Prime Minister
Israel
Age: 60

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47 Dominique Strauss-Kahn
Managing Director
International Monetary Fund
France
Age: 60

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48 Zhou Xiaochuan
Governor
People's Bank of China
China
Age: 61

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49 John Roberts Jr.
Chief Justice
United States Supreme Court
U.S.
Age: 54

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50 Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar
Head
D-Company
India
Age: 53

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51 William Keller
Executive Editor
The New York Times
U.S.
Age: 60

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52 Bernard Arnault
Chairman
Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy
France
Age: 60

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53 Joseph S. Blatter
President
The International Federation of Association Football (FIFA)
Switzerland
Age: 73

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54 Wadah Khanfar
Director-General
Al Jazeera
Palestinian
Age: 41

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55 Lakshmi Mittal
Chairman
ArcelorMittal ADS
India
Age: 59

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56 Nicolas Sarkozy
President
France
Age: 54

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57 Steve Jobs
Chief executive
Apple, Inc.
U.S.
Age: 54

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58 Fujio Mitarai
Chairman
Canon, Inc. ADR
Japan
Age: 74

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59 Ratan Tata
Chairman
Tata Group
India
Age: 71

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60 Jacques Rogge
President
International Olympic Committee
Belgium
Age: 67

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61 Li Rongrong
Chairman
State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council
China
Age: 65

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62 Blairo Maggi
Governor
Mato Grasso
Brazil
Age: 53

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63 Robert B. Zoellick
President
World Bank
U.S.
Age: 56

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64 Antonio Guterres
High Commissioner for Refugees
United Nations
Portugal
Age: 60

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65 Mark John Thompson
Director-General
British Broadcasting Corporation
U.K.
Age: 52

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66 Klaus Schwab
Founder
World Economic Forum
Germany
Age: 71

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67 Hugo Chavez
President
Venezuela
Age: 55

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