Forbes magazine published in the United States " The World's Most Powerful People" said the list. The first U.S. president Barack Obama, second Russian Prime Minister Putin, Chinese President Hu Jintao is in third place. Turkey Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan 48. in the list.German Chancellor Angela Merkel is 4. ranked in the list. And with this Merkel also the most powertful woman in the list. Microsoft founder Bill Gates in position 5th. in the list.Suudi Arabistan Kralı Abdullah bin Adbul Aziz el Suud is 6. in the rank. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) President Christine Lagarde 39 and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg 9. is in the list.In the list, the spiritual leader of the Catholic world Pope 16, Benedict 7, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke 8, British Prime Minister David Cameron is 10, French President Nicolas Sarkozy 13, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton 16, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi 21, Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei 26, North Korean leader Kim Jong-il 37, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-mun 38, Tibet's spiritual leader the Dalai Lama 51, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev 59, former U.S. President Bill Clinton 50 and Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu 25 ranked.Forbes magazine list of officials preparing the 4 criteria was important. The number of people in the list of people they affect, the power spreading beyond their own domains, significant financial resources to keep control in their hands or have access to these resources, and finally able to use their power efficiently to what extent is reported.Sum up, the most important factors that affect the rank is force of sanctions. People name isn’t important. Because who represent the power this name is symbolic. Those name will be change but authority will stay during the force. When you look the list you can see most people from United States,. Because United States of America is very powerful country and US has many global company. In recent years numbers show us China is powerful. At the same time all economist compare the China with United States. And in 10 years China economy will be better than US economy. It can be because they China has population so it say cheap work force and cheap cost. Export is high number and much money. But it is quantity. US has high quality for economyi life standart, work force etc. And for this rank we shouldn't forget Arabic power. For this man problem is iInequality. Because Arabic country has not balance to poor and rich.Browse The List( Rank - Name - Title - Organzation - Age )1. Barack Obama - President, United States of America (50)- At a GlanceEarnings $569,000 As of November 2011Title: President, United States of AmericaAge: 50Residence: Washington, DCCountry of Citizenship: United StatesMarital Status: MarriedChildren: 22. Vladimir Putin - Prime Minister, Russia (59)- At a GlanceEarnings $126,000 As of November 2011Title: Prime Minister, RussiaAge: 59Residence: Moscow, RussiaCountry of Citizenship: RussiaMarital Status: Married3. Hu Jintao - President, People's Republic of China (68)- At a GlanceTitle: President, People's Republic of ChinaAge: 68Residence: Beijing, ChinaCountry of Citizenship: ChinaMarital Status: Married4. Angela Merkel - Chancellor, Germany (57)- At a GlanceEarnings $303,800 As of November 2011Title: Chancellor, GermanyAge: 57Residence: Berlin, GermanyCountry of Citizenship: GermanyHometown: Hamburg, GermanyMarital Status: Married5. Bill Gates - Co-Chair, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (56)- At a GlanceNet Worth $59 B As of November 2011Earnings $800,000 As of November 2011Title: Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationAge: 56Source: Microsoft, self-madeResidence: Medina, WACountry of Citizenship: United StatesEducation: Drop Out, Harvard UniversityMarital Status: MarriedChildren: 36. Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al Saud - King, Saudi Arabia (87)- At a GlanceTitle: King, Saudi ArabiaAge: 87Residence: Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaCountry of Citizenship: Saudi ArabiaMarital Status: Married7. Pope Benedict XVI - Pope, Roman Catholic Church (84)- At a GlanceTitle: Pope, Roman Catholic ChurchAge: 84Residence: Vatican City, Vatican City StateCountry of Citizenship: GermanyMarital Status: Single8. Ben Bernanke - Chairman, U.S. Federal Reserve (57)- At a GlanceEarnings $199,700 As of November 2011Title: Chairman of the Federal Reserve, United States of AmericaAge: 57Residence: Washington, DCCountry of Citizenship: United StatesMarital Status: MarriedChildren: 29. Mark Zuckerberg - Founder and CEO, Facebook (27)- At a GlanceNet Worth $17.5 B As of November 2011Title: Founder, FacebookAge: 27Source: Facebook, self-madeResidence: Palo Alto, CACountry of Citizenship: United StatesEducation: Drop Out, Harvard UniversityMarital Status: Single10. David Cameron - Prime Minister, United Kingdom (45)- At a GlanceEarnings $225,000 As of November 2011Title: Prime Minister, United KingdomAge: 45Residence: London, United KingdomCountry of Citizenship: United KingdomMarital Status: Married
11. Sonia Gandhi - President, Indian National Congress (64)
- At a GlanceTitle: President, Indian National CongressAge: 64Residence: New Delhi, IndiaCountry of Citizenship: IndiaHometown: Lusiana, ItalyMarital Status: WidowChildren: 212. Mario Draghi - President, European Central Bank (64)- At a GlanceTitle: President, European Central BankAge: 64Residence: Rome, ItalyCountry of Citizenship: Italy13. Nicolas Sarkozy - President, France (56)- At a GlanceEarnings $319,800 As of November 2011Title: President, FranceAge: 56Residence: Paris, FranceCountry of Citizenship: FranceMarital Status: Married14. Wen Jiabao - Premier, People's Republic of China (69)- At a GlanceTitle: Premier, People's Republic of ChinaAge: 69Residence: Bejing, ChinaCountry of Citizenship: China15. Zhou Xiaochuan - Governor, People's Bank of China (63)- At a GlanceTitle: Governor, People's Bank of ChinaAge: 63Residence: Beijing, ChinaCountry of Citizenship: ChinaMarital Status: Married16. Hillary Clinton - Secretary of State, United States of America (64)- At a GlanceEarnings $191,300 As of November 2011Title: Secretary of State, United States of AmericaAge: 64Residence: Washington, DCCountry of Citizenship: United StatesHometown: Chicago, IllinoisEducation: Bachelor of Arts / Science, Wellesley College; Master of Laws, Yale UniversityMarital Status: MarriedChildren: 117. Michael Bloomberg - Mayor, New York City (69)- At a GlanceNet Worth $19.5 B As of November 2011Title: Mayor, New York CityAge: 69Source: Bloomberg LP, self-madeResidence: New York, NYCountry of Citizenship: United StatesHometown: Boston, MassachusettsEducation: Bachelor of Arts / Science, Johns Hopkins University; Master of Business Administration, Harvard UniversityMarital Status: DivorcedChildren: 218. Timothy Geithner - Secretary of the Treasury, United States of America (50)- At a GlanceEarnings $191,300 As of November 2011Title: Secretary of the Treasury, United States of AmericaAge: 50Residence: Washington, DCCountry of Citizenship: United StatesMarital Status: MarriedChildren: 219. Manmohan Singh - Prime Minister, India (79)- At a GlanceEarnings $4,106 As of November 2011At a GlanceTitle: Prime Minister, IndiaAge: 79Residence: New Delhi, IndiaCountry of Citizenship: IndiaMarital Status: MarriedChildren: 320. Warren Buffett - CEO, Berkshire Hathaway (81)- At a GlanceNet Worth $39 B As of November 2011Earnings $524,946 As of November 2011Title: CEO, Berkshire HathawayAge: 81Source: Berkshire Hathaway, self-madeResidence: Omaha, NECountry of Citizenship: United StatesEducation: Master of Science, Columbia University; Bachelor of Arts / Science, University of Nebraska LincolnMarital Status: Widowed, RemarriedChildren: 321. Silvio Berlusconi & family - Prime Minister, Italy (75)- At a GlanceNet Worth $6.2 B As of November 2011Title: Prime Minister, ItalyAge: 75Source: media, self-madeResidence: Milan, ItalyCountry of Citizenship: ItalyEducation: Doctor of Jurisprudence, University of MilanMarital Status: DivorcedChildren: 522. Dilma Rousseff - President, Brazil (63)- At a GlanceTitle: President, BrazilAge: 63Residence: Brasilia, BrazilCountry of Citizenship: BrazilHometown: Belo Horizonte, BrazilEducation: Bachelor of Arts / Science, Federal University of Rio Grande do SulMarital Status: DivorcedChildren: 123. Carlos Slim Helu & family - Chairman, Telmex (71)- At a GlanceNet Worth $63.3 B As of November 2011Title: Chairman, TelmexAge: 71Source: telecom, self-madeResidence: Mexico City, MexicoCountry of Citizenship: MexicoEducation: Bachelor of Arts / Science, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de MexicoMarital Status: WidowChildren: 624. Rupert Murdoch - CEO, News Corp. (80)
- At a Glance
Net Worth $7.4 B As of November 2011
Earnings $15,199,731 As of November 2011
Title: CEO, News Corp.
Age: 80
Source: News Corp, self-made
Residence: New York, NY
Country of Citizenship: United States
Hometown: Australia
Education: Bachelor of Arts / Science, Oxford University; Master of Arts, Oxford University
Marital Status: Married
Children: 6
25. Benjamin Netanyahu - Prime Minister, Israel (62)
- At a Glance
Earnings $135,528 As of November 2011
Title: Prime Minister, Israel
Age: 62
Residence: Jerusalem, Israel
Country of Citizenship: Israel
Marital Status: Married
Children: 3
26. Ali Hoseini-Khamenei - Grand Ayatollah, Iran (72)
- At a Glance
Title: Grand Ayatollah, Iran
Age: 72
Residence: Tehran, Iran
Country of Citizenship: Iran
27. Michael Duke - CEO, Wal-Mart (61)
- At a Glance
Earnings $18,712,721 As of November 2011
Title: CEO, Wal-Mart
Age: 61
Residence: Rogers, AR
Country of Citizenship: United States
Marital Status: Married
Children: 3
28. Jeffrey Immelt - CEO, General Electric (55)
- At a Glance
Earnings $21,428,765 As of November 2011
At a Glance
Title: CEO, General Electric
Age: 55
Residence: Fairfield, CT
Country of Citizenship: United States
Marital Status: Married
Children: 1
29. Zhou Yongkang - Secretary of the Commission for Political and Legislative Affairs, People's Republic of China (68)
- At a Glance
Title: Secretary of the Commission for Political and Legislative Affairs, People's Republic of China
Age: 68
Residence: Beijing, China
Country of Citizenship: China
30. Sergey Brin - Co-Founder, Google (38)
- At a Glance
Net Worth $16.7 B As of November 2011
Earnings $1,786 As of November 2011
Title: Co-Founder, Google
Age: 38
Source: Google, self-made
Residence: Los Altos, CA
Country of Citizenship: United States
Hometown: Moscow, Russia
Education: Master of Science, Stanford University; Bachelor of Arts / Science, University of Maryland, College Park
Marital Status: Married
Children: 1
31. Ali Al-Naimi - Oil Minister, Saudi Arabia (76)
- At a Glance
Title: Oil Minister, Saudi Arabia
Age: 76
Residence: Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Country of Citizenship: Saudi Arabia
32. Rostam Ghasemi - President , Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) (47)
- At a Glance
Title: President, Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
Age: 47
Residence: Vienna, Austria
Country of Citizenship: Iran
33. Lou Jiwei - Chairman, China Investment Corporation (60)
- At a Glance
Title: Chairman, China Investment Corporation
Age: 60
Residence: Beijing, China
Country of Citizenship: China
34. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani - Chief of Army Staff, Pakistan (59)
At a Glance
Title: Chief of Army Staff, Pakistan
Age: 59
Residence: Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Country of Citizenship: Pakistan
Marital Status: Married
Children: 2
35. Mukesh Ambani - Chairman, Reliance Industries (54)
- At a Glance
Net Worth $22.6 B As of November 2011
Earnings $3,019,935 As of November 2011
Title: Chairman, Reliance Industries
Age: 54
Source: petrochemicals, oil & gas
Residence: Mumbai, India
Country of Citizenship: India
Hometown: India
Education: Drop Out, Stanford University; Bachelor of Science in Engineering, University of Bombay
Marital Status: Married
Children: 3
36. Masaaki Shirakawa - Governor, Bank of Japan (62)
- At a Glance
Earnings $472,195 As of November 2011
Title: Governor, Bank of Japan
Age: 62
Residence: Tokyo, Japan
Country of Citizenship: Japan
37. Kim Jong-il - Supreme Leader, North Korea (69)
- At a Glance
Title: Supreme Leader, North Korea
Age: 69
Residence: Pyongyang, North Korea
Country of Citizenship: North Korea
Marital Status: Married
38. Ban Ki-moon - Secretary-General, United Nations (67)
- At a Glance
Title: Secretary-General, United Nations
Age: 67
Residence: Geneva, Switzerland
Country of Citizenship: South Korea
Marital Status: Married
Children: 3
39. Christine Lagarde - Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (55)
- At a Glance
Earnings $467,960 As of November 2011
Title: Managing Director, International Monetary Fund
Age: 55
Residence: Washington, DC
Country of Citizenship: France
Education: Master of Arts, Institut d''etudes politiques d''Aix-en-Provence
Marital Status: Single
Children: 2
40. Jeff Bezos - CEO, Amazon (47)
- At a Glance
Net Worth $19.1 B As of November 2011
Earnings $1,681,840 As of November 2011
Title: CEO, Amazon
Age: 47
Source: Amazon.com, self-made
Residence: Seattle, WA
Country of Citizenship: United States
Hometown: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Education: Bachelor of Arts / Science, Princeton University
Marital Status: Married
Children: 4
41. Jamie Dimon - CEO, JPMorgan Chase & Co. (55)
- At a Glance
Earnings $20,816,289 As of November 2011
Title: CEO, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Age: 55
Residence: New York, NY
Country of Citizenship: United States
Marital Status: Married
Children: 3
42. Robin Li - CEO, Baidu (42)
- At a Glance
Net Worth $9.2 B As of November 2011
Title: CEO, Baidu
Age: 42
Source: Baidu, self-made
Residence: Beijing, , China
Country of Citizenship: China
Hometown: China
Education: Bachelor of Arts / Science, Peking University; Master of Arts, University at Buffalo
Marital Status: Married
Children: 3
43. Lloyd Blankfein - CEO, Goldman Sachs (57)
- At a Glance
Earnings $18,600,000 As of November 2011
Title: CEO, Goldman Sachs
Age: 57
Residence: New York, NY
Country of Citizenship: United States
Marital Status: Married
Children: 3
44. Li Ka-shing - Chairman, Hutchison Whampoa Limited (83)
- At a Glance
Net Worth $22 B As of November 2011
Title: Chairman, Hutchison Whampoa Limited
Age: 83
Source: diversified, self-made
Residence: Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Country of Citizenship: Hong Kong
Education: Drop Out, High School
Marital Status: Widow
Children: 2
45. Charles Koch - CEO, Koch Industries (76)
- At a Glance
Net Worth $25 B As of November 2011
Title: CEO, Koch Industries
Age: 76
Source: diversified
Residence: Wichita, KS
Country of Citizenship: United States
Education: Bachelor of Arts / Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Marital Status: Married
Children: 2
45. David Koch - Executive Vice President, Koch Industries (7)
- At a Glance
Net Worth $25 B As of November 2011
Title: Executive Vice President, Koch Industries
Age: 71
Source: diversified
Residence: New York, NY
Country of Citizenship: United States
Education: Bachelor of Arts / Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Marital Status: Married
Children: 3
46. Rex Tillerson - CEO, ExxonMobil (59)
- At a Glance
Earnings $28,952,558 As of November 2011
Title: CEO, ExxonMobil
Age: 59
Residence: Irving, TX
Country of Citizenship: United States
Marital Status: Married
Children: 4
47. Lakshmi Mittal - Chairman, ArcelorMittal (61)
- At a Glance
Net Worth $19.2 B As of November 2011
Earnings $2,399,500 As of November 2011
Title: Chairman, ArcelorMittal
Age: 61
Source: steel
Residence: London, United Kingdom
Country of Citizenship: India
Hometown: India
Education: Bachelor of Arts / Science, St Xavier''s College Calcutta
Marital Status: Married
Children: 2
48. Recep Tayyip Erdogan - Prime Minister, Republic of Turkey (57)
- At a Glance
Title: Prime Minister, Republic of Turkey
Age: 57
Residence: Ankara, Turkey
Country of Citizenship: Turkey
Education: Marmara University / Faculty of Economics and Commercial Sciences
Martial: Married
Children: 4
49. Robert Zoellick - President, World Bank Group (58)
- At a Glance
Earnings $441,980 As of November 2011
Title: President, World Bank Group
Age: 58
Residence: Washington, DC
Country of Citizenship: United States
50. Bill Clinton - Former President, United States of America (65)
- At a Glance
Title: Former President, United States of America
Age: 65
Residence: Westchester, NY
51. Dalai Lama - Dalai Lama, Tibet (76)
- At a Glance
Title: Dalai Lama, Tibet
Age: 76
Residence: Dharamsala, India
Country of Citizenship: Tibet
Marital Status: Single
52. Larry Fink - CEO, BlackRock (59)
- At a Glance
Earnings $23,839,294 As of November 2011
Title: CEO, BlackRock
Age: 59
Residence: New York, NY
Country of Citizenship: United States
Marital Status: Married
53. Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan - President, United Arab Emirates (63)
- At a Glance
Title: President, United Arab Emirates
Age: 63
Residence: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Country of Citizenship: United Arab Emirates
54. Bill Gross - Co-Founder, PIMCO (67)
- At a Glance
Net Worth $2.2 B As of November 2011
Title: Co-Founder, PIMCO
Age: 67
Source: investments, self-made
Residence: Newport Beach, CA
Country of Citizenship: United States
Education: Bachelor of Arts / Science, Duke University; Master of Business Administration, University of California at Los Angeles
Marital Status: Married
Children: 3
55. Joaquin Guzman Loera - Drug Trafficker, Sinaloa Cartel (54)
- At a Glance
Net Worth $1 B As of November 2011
Title: Drug Trafficker, Sinaloa Cartel
Age: 54
Source: drug trafficking, self-made
Residence: Sinaloa State, Mexico
Country of Citizenship: Mexico
56. Ahmed Shuja Pasha - Director-General of Inter-Services Intelligence, Pakistan (59)
- At a Glance
Title: Director-General of Inter-Services Intelligence, Pakistan
Age: 59
Residence: Islamabad, Pakistan
Country of Citizenship: Pakistan
57. Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar - Leader, D-Company (55)
- At a Glance
Title: Leader, D-Company
Age: 55
Residence: Unknown
Country of Citizenship: India
58. Tim Cook - CEO, Apple (51)
- At a Glance
Earnings $59,092,572 As of November 201
Title: CEO, Apple
Age: 51
Residence: Cupertino, CA
Country of Citizenship: United States
59. Dmitry Medvedev - President, Russia (46)
- At a Glance
Earnings $108,200 As of November 2011
Title: President, Russia
Age: 46
Residence: Moscow, Russia
Country of Citizenship: Russia
Marital Status: Married
60. Masayoshi Son - CEO, SoftBank (54)
- At a Glance
Net Worth $7.5 B As of November 2011
Earnings $1,415,653 As of November 2011
Title: CEO, SoftBank
Age: 54
Source: Softbank, self-made
Residence: Tokyo, Japan
Country of Citizenship: Japan
Hometown: Japan
Education: Bachelor of Arts / Science, University of California Berkeley
Marital Status: Married
Children: 2
61. Azim Premji - Chairman, Wipro Limited (66)
- At a Glance
Net Worth $13 B As of November 2011
Earnings $251,118 As of November 2011
Title: Chairman, Wipro Limited
Age: 66
Source: software
Residence: Bangalore, India
Country of Citizenship: India
Education: Bachelor of Arts / Science, Stanford University
Marital Status: Married
Children: 2
62. Yoshihiko Noda - Prime Minister, Japan (54)
- At a Glance
Title: Prime Minister, Japan
Age: 54
Residence: Tokyo, Japan
Country of Citizenship: Japan
63. Joseph Blatter - President, International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) (75)
- At a Glance
Earnings $1,000,000 As of November 2011
Title: President, International Federation of Association Football (FIFA)
Age: 75
Residence: Zurich, Switzerland
Country of Citizenship: Switzerland
64. Jill Abramson - Executive Editor, The New York Times (57)
- At a Glance
Title: Executive Editor, The New York Times
Age: 57
Residence: New York, NY
Country of Citizenship: United States
Hometown: New York, New York
Education: Bachelor of Arts / Science, Harvard University
Marital Status: Married
Children: 2
65. Bernard Arnault - Chairman, Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy (LVMH) (62)
- At a Glance
Net Worth $41 B As of November 2011
Earnings $5,797,577 As of November 2011
Title: Chairman, Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy (LVMH)
Age: 62
Source: LVMH
Residence: Paris, France
Country of Citizenship: France
Education: Bachelor of Arts / Science, Ecole Polytechnique de Paris
Marital Status: Married
Children: 5
66. Sebastian Pinera - President, Chile (61)
- At a Glance
Net Worth $2.4 B As of November 2011
Title: President, Chile
Age: 61
Source: Investments, self-made
Residence: Santiago, Chile
Country of Citizenship: Chile
Education: Doctorate, Harvard University
Marital Status: Married
67. John Boehner - Speaker, United States House of Representatives (61)
- At a Glance
Title: Speaker, United States House of Representatives
Age: 61
Residence: West Chester Township, OH
Country of Citizenship: United States
68. Jacques Rogge - President, International Olympic Committee (69)
- At a Glance
Title: President, International Olympic Committee
Age: 69
Residence: Lausanne, Switzerland
Country of Citizenship: Belgium
Marital Status: Married
Children: 2
69. Xi Jinping - First Secretary of the Secretariat of the Communist Party, People's Republic of China (58)
- At a Glance
Title: First Secretary of the Secretariat of the Communist Party, People's Republic of China
Age: 58
Residence: Beijing, China
Country of Citizenship: China
70. Alisher Usmanov - Oligarch, (58)
- At a Glance
Net Worth $17.7 B As of November 2011
Title: Oligarch
Age: 58
Source: steel, telecom, stocks, self-made
Residence: Moscow, Russia
Country of Citizenship: Russia
Education: Bachelor of Arts / Science, Moscow Institute of International Relations
Marital Status: Married