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Re: Most Powerful People In The World (Photos) by tunjijones(m): 8:53am On Dec 08, 2025
31 from the US.

Aliko Dangote is the only African on the list.

It seems it's the US that owns the whole world.
Re: Most Powerful People In The World (Photos) by Julius1995(m): 9:07am On Dec 08, 2025
This is an old list
Re: Most Powerful People In The World (Photos) by Riskymarvelous(m): 9:08am On Dec 08, 2025
Powerful or Richer? If nah powerful remove aliko Dangote there abeg
Re: Most Powerful People In The World (Photos) by Chucks13: 9:09am On Dec 08, 2025
kestolove95:
Wia is tinubu?
In Aso Rock does that answer your questiont?
Re: Most Powerful People In The World (Photos) by pansophist(m): 9:10am On Dec 08, 2025
President Xi earned his rightful place as the number one. Very accurate.

But I do not think that businessmen can be tagged “powerful”, because with a stroke of pen from politicians, all their wealth and influence can turn to zero instantly.

Just look at the multibillionaires that President Putin turned to almajiri when they crossed the line (e.g, Mikhail Khodorkovsky), and many fled Russia to go seek asylum elsewhere.

To be powerful, you need to have absolute control over a totality of institutions, and business men do not have such power. Only politicians does, such as Xi and Putin.

Billionaires are like children in their father’s mansion. They may be richer than other kids, but their father can strip them off their toy instantly.

This is why you never see Nigerian billionaires from pastors to businessmen go against politicians or criticise what’s happening. They understand that their wealth will seize and their dirty can opened, with lawsuit from everywhere that will end their empire.

Celebrities also fall inside this boat. See what they did to Michael Jackson, now it’s Pdiddy and Rkelly.

Money is not power. Money is money, and power is power.
Re: Most Powerful People In The World (Photos) by Glister: 9:11am On Dec 08, 2025
Kaliningrad:
Most Powerful People In The World (Photos)

@Stats Feed posted;
Not one person on that list is more powerful than the CIA..they have their intels everywhere and on all the nanes here..The inkybpeoppe more powerful than the C IA are tbose funding them and they are usually in the background.Silent,almost undetactable to the outside world.
Re: Most Powerful People In The World (Photos) by larryUG(m): 9:12am On Dec 08, 2025
It baffles me how Someone who sanctions other people is number 3.
How can Putin be more powerful than Trump when Trump is the one sanctioning Russia?

Lukoil was sanctioned by the US, and the CPY put up all its foreign assets for sale, declaring Force majeure in one of the world's biggest oil fields in West Qurna 2, and Exxon Mobil lining up to take over, yet you put Vladimir Putin over trump as being more powerful. You are jokers. Right now, there is no body more powerful than the US president.
Re: Most Powerful People In The World (Photos) by Mccullum: 9:13am On Dec 08, 2025
What Angela Merkel has relinquish the German seats of power since. This is old list.
Re: Most Powerful People In The World (Photos) by larryUG(m): 9:13am On Dec 08, 2025
pansophist:
President Xi earned his rightful place as the number one. Very accurate.

But I do not think that businessmen can be tagged “powerful”, because with a stroke of pen from politicians, all their wealth and influence can turn to zero instantly.

Just look at the multibillionaires that President Putin turned to almajiri when they crossed the line (e.g, Mikhail Khodorkovsky), and many fled Russia to go seek asylum elsewhere.

Money is not power. Money is money, and power is power.
How Can Xi be more powerful than Trump? Howhuh?
Re: Most Powerful People In The World (Photos) by Kalulu44: 9:13am On Dec 08, 2025
Dekadet:
The real powerful people are behind the scene, and I did not see any of their names there. Some of the people in the list up there work for the most powerful people -if not all.
And some are there bcus of how rich they’re
Re: Most Powerful People In The World (Photos) by Chucks13: 9:14am On Dec 08, 2025
Felabrity:
Tinubu no even dey top 1000?
And what should we do about that if i may ask?

Ever since they have be dropping their useless list has ever be anytime any Nigeria or any Africa president on the list? Is it only Nigeria president only president in Africa? If No, then why asking about him?
Re: Most Powerful People In The World (Photos) by johnerry77: 9:14am On Dec 08, 2025
Where is VDM?
Re: Most Powerful People In The World (Photos) by maasoap(m): 9:16am On Dec 08, 2025
Lol.
Netanyahu is in No 26 because he's good in exterminating women, children and defenceless people and no one to challenge him grin grin
Re: Most Powerful People In The World (Photos) by pembisco(m): 9:16am On Dec 08, 2025
CR7
Re: Most Powerful People In The World (Photos) by correctguy101(m): 9:16am On Dec 08, 2025
Maybe...
They're simply the ones playing and moving pieces on the board.

The owners of the board are the true powerful I think...
Re: Most Powerful People In The World (Photos) by ovieigho(m): 9:16am On Dec 08, 2025
WriteerNg:


Biggest on paper, not in reality. The US economy is propped up by Foreign reserves deposits of many countries stored in US Central Bank.

🇺🇸 GDP = $25 Trillion
🇺🇸 Debt = $39 Trillion
🇺🇸 Natural Resources = $30 Trillion


🇷🇺 GDP = $3 Trillion
🇷🇺 Debt = $280 Billion
🇷🇺 Natural Resources = $100 Trillion.
Are you a Yoruba Muslim ?

Answer me 🙂😊
Re: Most Powerful People In The World (Photos) by Port8080: 9:17am On Dec 08, 2025
All the "wealthy money na water" guys in the south east, no of their names even appeared on this list.
Re: Most Powerful People In The World (Photos) by johnerry77: 9:17am On Dec 08, 2025
Where is VDM
Re: Most Powerful People In The World (Photos) by PepeXKermit: 9:17am On Dec 08, 2025
Theresa May? Jack Ma? The one that has not been found for a very long time?
Re: Most Powerful People In The World (Photos) by ARISHEM: 9:17am On Dec 08, 2025
Dangote powerful than Tinubu. cheesy
Re: Most Powerful People In The World (Photos) by Maariv: 9:18am On Dec 08, 2025
Some of these people are dead.
Re: Most Powerful People In The World (Photos) by maasoap(m): 9:19am On Dec 08, 2025
Dekadet:
The real powerful people are behind the scene, and I did not see any of their names there. Some of the people in the list up there work for the most powerful people -if not all.
Who are these people? Can you mention three? Let me guess, witches and wizards 🤣🤣

Kalulu44:
And some are there bcus of how rich they’re
Being rich is also having power. They can cause disruption globally with they have, that's why they're on the list. U get?
Re: Most Powerful People In The World (Photos) by shadrach77: 9:20am On Dec 08, 2025
Nonsense. How are Theresa May and Angela Merkel who have both retired powerful?
Re: Most Powerful People In The World (Photos) by gr8child(m): 9:20am On Dec 08, 2025
Angela Merkel kehuh Rubbish list.
Re: Most Powerful People In The World (Photos) by maasoap(m): 9:21am On Dec 08, 2025
larryUG:
How Can Xi be more powerful than Trump? Howhuh?
When you are leading over 1 billion people with rapidly evolving technology that's even causing sleepless nights for some powerful people in US
Re: Most Powerful People In The World (Photos) by Arostar2023: 9:21am On Dec 08, 2025
PulaPower:
Add all of them together, dem never reach Rothschild family..

The names wey you dey see for list, nah the people wey dem carry power give..
Conspiracy theorist...name the Rothschild family members na. Or are they all faceless and mythical?
Re: Most Powerful People In The World (Photos) by michoim(m): 9:21am On Dec 08, 2025
This is an outdated report. Shinzo Abe is dead. Angela Merkel is long out of power, and very silent in world affairs...
Re: Most Powerful People In The World (Photos) by pansophist(m): 9:21am On Dec 08, 2025
larryUG:
How Can Xi be more powerful than Trump? Howhuh?
Ask the article. They wrote it not me.

But I’ll give you an example. If not for Xi, Russia would have lost the war with Ukraine long ago.

There is no single sanction that the US slapped on other countries that Xi complied with. Not one. China is so powerful that it can ignore the US like it didn’t exist.

China also is the only country that sanctions the US and the US will bow and thread carefully (eg the recent tarief was that the US backed down).

The same thing Gadaffi was murdered for, Xi is doing it x100 and the US can do nothing. From BRICS, alternative payment to the USD, and the complete overall of all 20th century institutions from IMF, WTO, ICJ, world bank, UN etc to be replaced with the GGI (global governance initiative).

I can go on and on, but do not ever compare Trump to Xi. The US just have a very loud media that makes it seems like they are number one. They are not.
Re: Most Powerful People In The World (Photos) by workchopNG: 9:22am On Dec 08, 2025
Simply put.... Money is Power.

But does it make sense?
Re: Most Powerful People In The World (Photos) by happney65: 9:23am On Dec 08, 2025
All fake

Where is Tinubu? grin undecided
Re: Most Powerful People In The World (Photos) by Kalulu44: 9:24am On Dec 08, 2025
maasoap:
Who are these people? Can you mention three? Let me guess, witches and wizards 🤣🤣



Being rich is also having power. They can cause disruption globally with they have, that's why they're on the list. U get?
I know that’s why I stated it. If I am worth $1b right now, I can slap governor Sanwo Olu and get away with it. That’s the power money brings
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