Chinese President emerges World’s Most Powerful Man (See Full list)
Chinese President , Xi Jinping, has emerged the World ’ s Most Powerful Person according to the 2018 Forbes The World ’ s 75 Most Powerful People ranking released on Tuesday.
Under his administration, China’ s Congress amended its constitution in March , broadening Xi’ s influence and eliminating term limits , thereby giving him life presidency. This is the Chinese president ’ s first time in the top spot.
He displaced Russian president , Vladimir Putin, who has been relegated to second place .
President Donald Trump falls to the No . 3 spot.
Businessman, Aliko Dangote is the only Nigerian on the list .
Newcomers to the list include Mohammad Bin Salman Al Saud , Crown Prince , Saudi Arabia ( No . 8) , who has risen to power and will be the fulcrum around which the region’ s geopolitics move for the next generation .
See the full list below :
RankName Organization Age
# 1 Xi Jinping China 64
# 2 Vladimir Putin Russia 65
# 3 Donald Trump United States 71
# 4 Angela Merkel Germany 63
# 5 Jeff Bezos Amazon. com 54
# 6 Pope Francis Roman Catholic Church 81
# 7 Bill Gates Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 62
# 8 Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud Saudi Arabia 32
# 9 Narendra Modi India 67
# 10 Larry Page Google 45
# 11 Jerome H. Powell United States 65
# 12 Emmanuel Macron France 40
# 13 Mark Zuckerberg Facebook 33
# 14 Theresa May United Kingdom61
# 15 Li Keqiang China 62
# 16 Warren Buffett Berkshire Hathaway 87
# 17 Ali Hoseini -Khamenei Iran 78
# 18 Mario Draghi European Central Bank 70
# 19 Jamie Dimon JPMorgan Chase 62
# 20 Carlos Slim Helu America Movil SAB de CV (ADR ) 78
# 21 Jack Ma Alibaba Group 53
# 22 Christine Lagarde International Monetary Fund 62
# 23 Doug McMillon Wal- Mart Stores 51
# 24 Tim Cook Apple 57
# 25 Elon Musk Tesla 46
# 26 Benjamin Netanyahu Israel 68
# 27 Ma Huateng Tencent Holdings 46
# 28 Larry Fink BlackRock 65
# 29 Akio Toyoda Toyota Motor 62
# 30 John L . Flannery General Electric 56
# 31 Antonio Guterres United Nations 69
# 32 Mukesh Ambani Reliance Industries Ltd. 61
# 33 Jean – Claude Juncker European Union 63
# 34 Darren Woods ExxonMobil 53
# 35 Sergey Brin Alphabet 44
# 36 Kim Jong – un North Korea 34
# 37 Charles Koch Koch Industries 82
# 38 Shinzo Abe Japan 63
# 39 Rupert Murdoch News Corp 87
# 40 Satya Nadella Microsoft 50
# 41 Jim Yong Kim World Bank 58
# 42 Stephen Schwarzman Blackstone Group 71
# 43 Khalifa bin Zayed Al -Nahyan United Arab Emirates 70
# 44 Haruhiko
Kuroda Japan 73
# 45 Abdel Fattah el- Sisi Egypt 63
# 46 Li Ka- shing CK Hutchison Holdings 89
# 47 Lloyd Blankfein Goldman Sachs Group 63
# 48 Recep Tayyip Erdgan Turkey 64
# 49 Bob Iger Walt Disney 67
# 50 Michel Temer Brazil 77
# 51 Michael Bloomberg Bloomberg 76
# 52 Wang Jianlin Dalian Wanda Group 63
# 53 Mary Barra General Motors 56
# 54 Moon Jae – in South Korea 65
# 55 Masayoshi Son Softbank Corp. 60
# 56 Bernard Arnault LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton 69
# 57 Justin Trudeau Canada 46
# 58 Robin Li Baidu 49
# 59 Michael Dell Dell 53
# 60 Hui Ka Yan Evergrande Real Estate Group 59
# 61 Lee Hsien Loong Singapore 66
# 62 Bashar al -Assad Syria 52
# 63 John Roberts United States 63
# 64 Enrique Pena Nieto Mexico 51
# 65 Ken Griffin Citadel LLC 49
# 66 Aliko Dangote Dangote Group 61
# 67 Mike Pence United States 58
# 68 Qamar Javed Bajwa Pakistan 57
# 69 Rodrigo Duterte Philippines 73
# 70 Abigail Johnson Fidelity Investments 56
# 71 Reed Hastings Netflix 57
# 72 Robert Mueller United States 73
# 73 Abu Bakr al -Baghdadi Islamic State 46
# 74 Joko Widodo Indonesia 56
# 75 Gianni Infantino FIFA 48