There are more than 7.4 billion people on planet Earth, but only a very few of them have the ability to change the world. Forbes Magazine Presents ranking of the most influential people in the world. The selection of participants was carried out according to the following criteria: the number of people over whom the candidate has power; condition and fame.
10. Mark Zuckerberg
The youngest influential person on the planet according to Forbes. Mark is only 32 years old, while other participants on average have already exchanged the sixth dozen. In 2016, he made a breakthrough, rising by 9 positions in the ranking, and also became the most successful businessman in 2016. With all his wealth (and Mark costs $ 50 billion), Zuckerberg and his wife do not forget about charity. In September 2016, he and his wife, Priscilla Chan, promised to spend $ 3 billion to eradicate all diseases in the world by the end of the century.
9. Narendra Modi
The popularity of Narendra among the people of India is becoming more and more. She was not hurt even by a sudden monetary reform in order to fight corruption. In November 2016, the 66-year-old prime minister suddenly ordered the cancellation of two Indian bills of the highest denomination, which forced the population to storm the exchangers.
8. Larry Page
In eighth position is the developer of the world famous search engine Google. Google was reorganized last year - it is now one of the Alphabet subsidiaries. Larry is the chairman of the board.
7. Bill Gates
A person worth 83.8 billion dollars can afford extravagant gestures - for example, organize a chicken coop in one of the Manhattan skyscrapers. But don’t think bad - it’s all in the framework of the fight against poverty. Bill Gates is simply fascinated by chickens and believes that breeding these animals is a sure opportunity for the people of Africa to get out of poverty.
6. Janet Yellen
American economist and head of the US Federal Reserve, which is responsible for overseeing the activities of banks and other financial institutions. Her popularity among ordinary Americans is added by the fact that Janet prefers to express herself as clearly as possible, clearly and clearly, which makes her one of the most influential women in the world.
5. Pope Francis
The only religious leader and the oldest participant in the ranking of the most influential people on the planet. Pope Francis is 79 years old! However, he is quite cheerful and continues to inspire his gigantic flock (according to statistics - 1.3 billion people).
4. Xi Jinping
From the very beginning of his presidency in 2012, Xi Jinping headed for reform and the fight against corruption. Popularity to the Chinese leader is added by his openness, not traditional for China, for example, he recently allowed to publish in the media a detailed description of one day in his life.
3. Angela Merkel
Forbes regards Merkel as the last bastion of the liberal west on the path of Russia's growing influence. In 2016, Angela, as a supporter of the European Union, had to cope with the consequences of Brexit, and it was also necessary to somehow assimilate migrants who had invaded Germany, the number of which had already exceeded one million. In 2017, the Germans will have parliamentary elections, the result of which will show how the German people evaluate Merkel’s policies.
2. Donald Trump
An unexpected result - the first billionaire as president of the United States took only second place in the top 10 most influential people of 2016. It seems that some Americans, especially the middle and upper class, traditionally committed to liberal values, are ashamed of their president. True, they prefer to pour out their anger not directly, but on Trump's wife and children. Donald himself promises to completely surrender to presidential affairs, and entrust his children with the management of his vast vast empire of real estate.
1. Vladimir Putin
The Russian president has long arms - he reached not only for Syria, but even for the USA! Rumor has it that Donald Trump is a protege of the Kremlin, and the scandal with the alleged interference in the election of Russian hackers only succumbed to the heat of the fears that have been going on since the Cold War. Both Putin and Trump, of course, deny their participation in each other's political affairs, but not everyone believes them.
