2009 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2018 Barack Obama President of the United States Hu Jintao President of China Barack Obama President of the United States Vladimir Putin President of Russia Xi Jinping General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Hu Jintao President of China Barack Obama President of the United States Vladimir Putin Prime Minister of Russia Angela Merkel Chancellor of Germany Barack Obama President of the United States Angela Merkel Chancellor of Germany Donald Trump President - elect of the United States Vladimir Putin President of Russia Vladimir Putin Prime Minister of Russia Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud King and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia Hu Jintao General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Vladimir Putin Prime Minister of Russia Xi Jinping President of China Barack Obama President of the United States Angela Merkel Chancellor of Germany Donald Trump President of the United States Ben Bernanke Chair of the Federal Reserve Vladimir Putin Prime Minister of Russia Angela Merkel Chancellor of Germany Bill Gates Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation Founder of Microsoft Francis Pope of the Holy See Xi Jinping General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Angela Merkel Chancellor of Germany 5 Sergey Brin Larry Page Co-Founders of Google Benedict XVI Pope of the Holy See Bill Gates Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation Founder of Microsoft Pope Benedict XVI Pope of the Holy See Angela Merkel Chancellor of Germany Xi Jinping General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Francis Pope of the Holy See Jeff Bezos Chairman and CEO of Amazon 6 Carlos Slim Chief executive of Telmex Angela Merkel Chancellor of Germany Abdullah of Saudi Arabia King of Saudi Arabia Ben Bernanke Chair of the Federal Reserve Bill Gates Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation Founder of Microsoft Janet Yellen Chair of the Federal Reserve Bill Gates Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation Founder of Microsoft Janet Yellen Chair of the Federal Reserve Francis Pope of the Holy See 7 Rupert Murdoch Chairman of News Corporation David Cameron Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Pope Benedict XVI Pope of the Holy See Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud King of Saudi Arabia Ben Bernanke Chair of the Federal Reserve Bill Gates Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation Founder of Microsoft Janet Yellen Chair of the Federal Reserve Bill Gates Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation Founder of Microsoft 8 Mike Duke Chief Executive of Walmart Ben Bernanke Chair of the Federal Reserve Mario Draghi President of the European Central Bank Abdullah of Saudi Arabia King of Saudi Arabia Mario Draghi President of the European Central Bank David Cameron Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Larry Page Co-Founder of Google Mohammad bin Salman Al - Saud Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia 9 Abdullah of Saudi Arabia King of Saudi Arabia Sonia Gandhi President of the Indian National Congress Mark Zuckerberg Founder & CEO of Facebook Xi Jinping General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Mario Draghi President of the European Central Bank Sergey Brin Larry Page Co-Founders of Google Narendra Modi Prime Minister of India 10 Bill Gates Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation Founder of Microsoft David Cameron Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Mike Duke Chief Executive of Walmart David Cameron Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Larry Page Co-Founder of Google Mark Zuckerberg Co-Founder of Facebook Larry Page Co-Founder of Google
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