NEW YORK (November 4, 2015) – Russian
President Vladimir Putin (No. 1) takes the top
spot out of 73 on Forbes’ seventh annual ranking
of “The World’s Most Powerful People” (p. 104 of
the November 23, 2015 issue of Forbes
magazine) for the third year in a row. German
Chancellor Angela Merkel (No. 2) moved up 3
spots from last year, while President Barack
Obama (No. 3) dropped 1 spot, making it the
first year a sitting U.S. President has not made it
into the top 2 spots. Pope Francis (No. 4)
retained his place this year, ahead of General
Secretary, Communist Party of China’s Xi
Jinping (No. 5), who fell 2 spots.
Rounding out the Top 10 are Bill & Melinda
Gates Foundation Co-chair Bill Gates (No. 6),
Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen (No. 7), U.K.
Prime Minister David Cameron (No. , India
Prime Minister Narendra Modi (No. 9) and
Alphabet CEO Larry Page (No. 10). Page
assumed the CEO role at Alphabet this year and,
as a result, Google cofounder Sergey Brin (No.
30) dropped 21 places from last year. India
Prime Minister Narendra Modi (No. 9) moved
up 6 spots and made it into the top 10 for the
first time, while European Central Bank
President Mario Draghi (No. 11) fell out of the
top 10.
Among the 8 newcomers to this year’s list are
Saudi Arabia King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al
Saud (No. 14), replacing the former king, who
was ranked last year; U.S. Presidential candidate
Hillary Clinton (No. 58), a returnee who was
No. 16 in 2011 and ahead of husband and
Clinton Global Initiative founder Bill Clinton
(No. 64); Dell CEO Michael Dell (No. 59) as Dell
acquired EMC for $67 billion; Blackstone Group
Chairman and CEO Stephen Schwarzman (No.
62); Dalian Wanda Group Chairman Wang
Jianlin (No. 68), who is China’s richest;
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (No.
69); Billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn (No.
70); and entrepreneur and U.S. Presidential
candidate Donald Trump (No. 72).
Shinzo Abe (No. 41), the Japanese prime
minister, is the biggest upward mover on the list,
up 22 spots. Previous Japanese leaders had
been penalized on the list for their tenuous grip
on power. Abe has proved staying power as the
leader of the world’s third-largest economy.
Thirty-eight percent, 28 of the 73, are
billionaires. Eight of the Most Powerful are from
China, 4 from Japan, 4 from Russia, 3 from India,
3 from France, and 1 is from Hong Kong. Thirty
are from the U.S. Nine out of the 73 are women,
the same number as last year. Hillary Clinton
(No. 58) is a returnee to the list while Gina
Rinehart fell off this year. Facebook CEO Mark
Zuckerberg (No. 19) and North Korea Supreme
Leader Kim Jong-un (No. 46) arethe youngest
on the list, at ages 31 and 32, respectively.
www.forbes.com/sites/forbespr/2015/11/04/russian-president-vladimir-putin-tops-forbes-2015-ranking-of-the-worlds-most-powerful-people/

I guess so

after the syria showdown he should be

Good news, we could do with a change for once.

False fact!

power exchanging hands? These Russians are bad chess players but on the board and in real life!

Forbes opinion

Putina!

Putin deserves it,He's been Moving and Shaking...Putin All Mighty

PUTIN the action man.