Our world is full of many powerful personalities who has a great name in the various field. Powerful people don’t mean only via their current net worth its accumulated and judge in every aspect of that person. There are many powerful people those who belong to several fields like politics, business, the rich family which ranked in Forbes list. So do you want to know the name of the most powerful person in the world? If yes, then you are in the perfect place. Here in this post, we are going to share an updated list of the top 10 most powerful people in the world. The list includes the world’s strongest & powerful person from a diverse profession.
Top 10 Most Powerful People in the World
10. Larry Page
Lawrence Edward Page is the co-founder of Google and one of the most influential people in this world. He was born on 26th March 1973 in East Lansing Michigan U.S. This American internet entrepreneur and computer scientist is now the CEO of Alphabet and known as the 9th richest person in this world. His net worth is around 55.2 billion USD. He invented the Page Rank which also known as by the search ranking algorithm. In 2004 he won the Marconi Prize. So, now you can understand the person who owns the world’s biggest search engine cannot be a normal person. Yes, definitely he is among the most powerful people in the world.
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9. Bill Gates
As we are discussing most powerful person in the world how we can avoid the name Bill Gates. Yes William Henry Gates comes in the list of top 10 powerful person in the world. He is one of the most inspirational personalities in the world ever who have brought revolution in the online world. His current net worth is around 97.9 Billion USD and he is the founder of Microsoft Corporation. Bill was born on 28th October 1955 Seattle, Washington. He is a multi talented personality and people known him as a smart investor, author, expert business man, humanitarian and Philanthropist. He is also running the Bill and Malinda Gates foundation. Forbes list has also mentioned Bill Gates in the world’s powerful people list 2018 at 7 place.
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8. Pope Francis
Pope Francis is the current sovereign and pope of Vatican City and one of the most powerful people in the world. He was born on 17th December 1936 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. On March 13th 2013 he named as the 266th pope of the Roman Catholic Church and became the first citizen from the America, the first Jesuit priest as pope, first non European. He is the 9th oldest pope elected at age of 76 years and 86 days in election. Now he is well known personality and among the influential people of the world. According to Forbes list he is at no.6 if we talk about strongest person in the world.
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7. Jeff Bezos
Jeff Bezos is another most powerful person in the world which have been also listed in the Forbes list. He was born on 12th January 1964 who is famous as an American tech entrepreneur, powerful smart investor. And he is the founder chief executive officer and chairman of one of the leading shopping portals none other than Amazon. He completed his graduate from Princeton University in 1996 in electrical and computer science trade. He is also the owner of famous aerospace company Blue origin which was founded in 2000. The current net worth of Jeff Bezos is around 150 billion USD. That’s why he is recognize among the most powerful man in the world.
6. Angela Merkel
Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel is the most power woman in the world. She was born on 17th July 1954 in Hamburg, West Germany. She is an well trained physicist who entered into politics after 1989 fall of Berlin wall. In the year 2007 Merkel was the president of the European council and played a crucial role in Treaty of Lisbon and Berlin Declaration negotiation. According to record Merkel is the longest incumbent chief of government in the European Union and the present senior G7 leader. The current net worth of Angela is almost 13 million USD. For the reason that she mentioned among the world’s most powerful woman by the Forbes list.
5. Donald Trump
America’s president Donald John Trump comes at 5th place in the list of most powerful people in the world. He is the president and the chief of the largest arm force of America. That’s why he is also recognize as one of the most powerful people of America. He was born on 14th June 1946 in New York City and before enters into the political career he was a TV personality and businessman. He is also the co author of many books like The Art of the Deal. His current net worth is almost 3.1 Billion USD. Forbes has also mentioned him in their list of powerful person in the world.
4. Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin is the former intelligence officer and a strong Russian politician ever. Now he is the president of Russia since 2012. He was born on 7th October 1952 in Leningrad and got the position of Prime minister from 1999 to 2000. He completed his graduation in 1975 at Leningrad state university. No doubt he is a powerful personality in Russia as well as the whole world.
3. Xi Jinping
Xi Jinping is another most powerful person in the world who was born on 15th June 1953 in Beijing, China. He was the former Chinese politician who currently in the position of General Secretary of the communist party of china. Besides that he is also known as the “Paramount leader” of China. He is one of the core leader and the top decision maker person on the China. His current net worth is around 1.51 Billion USD and he is the chairman of the central military commission of China. He has shortlisted at no.1 place in the list of world’s most powerful people by Forbes Magazine.
2. Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud
Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud is another most influential people ever. Muhammed was born on 31st August 1985 and he is known as the crown prince of Saudi Arabia and we all know his lifestyle. He is the first serving deputy Prime minister, development affairs and minister of defense. In April 2016, Mohammed proclaimed a spectacular restructuring of Saudi Arab’s economy. His current net worth is around 10 Billion USD which make him one of the most powerful man of the world.
1. Kim Jong-un
Kim Jong-un is a top leader of North Korea and leader of Workers’ Party of Korea since 2011 and 2012 respectively. He was born on January 8, 1983 in North Korea and now recognizing as one of the most powerful man in the world. He is the foremost North Korean leader to have been born after the country’s beginning. And now North Korea is recognize among the most powerful countries in the World.
Kim was chosen to the National Defense Commission of State in 2009. Thereafter in next year, he was supported to the rank of 4 stars general and was named vice chairman of the Central Military Commission and of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea. When we talk about powerful people of the world, Kim Jong-un comes on the top.