#Forbes power ranking - PM #Modi on Wednesday made his debut among the world’s most powerful people, ranked 15th on the Forbes list topped by Russian President Vladimir Putin who pipped his US counterpart Barack Obama for a second year in a row.
This is the second year in a row that Putin carries the crown. Obama had previously been on the top of the list for every year with the exception of 2010, when Hu Jintao, the former political and military leader of China, was No. 1. The top five remain the same as 2013 — Pope Francis at No. 4 and the world’s most powerful woman German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Fed chiefJanet Yellen moves into No. 6, followed by Bill Gates and European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi. U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron slides up to No. 10. The most powerful people in business are Google’s Larry Page and Sergey Brin at No. 9
The list of 72 most powerful people in the world also included the names of Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani at 36th, Arcelo rMittal Chairman & CEO Lakshmi Mittal at 57th & Microsoft’s Indian-born CEO Satya Nadella at 64th spot.
‘The world is as impressed as the citizens of India: So far he’s toured the US & China & met together with his Southeast Asian neighbours,’ the journal said.
On Modi, Forbes said ‘India’s newest rock star doesn’t hail from Bollywood. He is the newly selected Prime Minister who sailed in to office in May with a landslide victory, ushering the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in to power after decades of control by the Gandhi dynasty.’
Forbes described him as a ‘Hindu nationalist’ & referred to the 2002 Gujarat riots when he was the state’s chief minister.
Alibiba founder & China’s richest man ‘ Jack Ma also makes a first appearance on the list, as does terror group Islamic State’s chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
This is the second year in a row that Putin carries the crown.
This is the second year in a row that Putin carries the crown.
This year there’s 12 newcomers on the list, including Modi & Egypt President Abdel el-Sisi.
