China’s President Named 2018 World’s Most Powerful Person Ahead Of Putin and Trump. See Full List
Well, for what he was able to pull off this year, China’s president, Xi Jinping sure deserves the number spot. In March, 2018, China’s congress amended its constitution in March, eliminating term limits and broadening Xi’s influence.
Russian President Vladimir Putin (No. 2) has been knocked out of the top spot, a title that he held for four consecutive years. A little over one year into his term, President Donald Trump falls to the No. 3 spot.
See full list below…
#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 | 45 | ||
#11 | Jerome H. Powell | United States | 65 | |
#12 | Emmanuel Macron | France | 40 | |
#13 | Mark Zuckerberg | 33 | ||
#14 | Theresa May | United Kingdom | 61 | |
#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 Erdogan | 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 |