The World's most Powerful People

Rank	Name	Organization	Age
1	Hu Jintao President	People's Republic of China	68
2	Barack Obama President	United States of America	49
3	Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al Saud King	Saudi Arabia	86
4	Vladimir Putin Prime Minister	Russia	58
5	Pope Benedict XVI Pope	Roman Catholic Church	83
6	Angela Merkel Chancellor	Germany	56
7	David Cameron Prime Minister	United Kingdom	44
8	Ben Bernanke Chairman	Federal Reserve	57
9	Sonia Gandhi President	Indian National Congress	64
	Bill Gates            Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Co-Chair Rank Name Organization Age 11 Zhou Xiaochuan Governor People's Bank of China 63 12 Dmitry Medvedev President Russia 45 13 Rupert Murdoch CEO News Corp. 79 14 Silvio Berlusconi Prime Minister Italy 74 15 Jean-Claude Trichet President European Central Bank 68 16 Dilma Rousseff President Brazil 63 17 Steve Jobs CEO Apple 56 18 Manmohan Singh Prime Minister India 78 19 Nicolas Sarkozy President France 56 20 Hillary Clinton Secretary of State United States of America 63 « BackNext »     Forbes 400 Richest Americans Forbes Celebrity 100 World's Billionaires World's Leading Public Companies World's Most Powerful Women