Την λίστα με τους 70 ισχυρότερους ανθρώπους του πλανήτη για το έτος 2011 έδωσε στην δημοσιότητα το περιοδικό FORBES. Στην πρώτη θέση βρίσκεται ο Αμερικανός πρόεδρος Μπαράκ Ομπάμα, ενώ ακολουθεί ο πρωθυπουργός της Ρωσίας Βλαντιμίρ Πούτιν. Στην τρίτη θέση βρίσκεται ο Κινέζος πρόεδρος Χου Τζιντάο, ενώ την τέταρτη θέση καταλαμβάνει η Καγκελάριος Άγκελα Μέρκελ…
Όσο αφορά την τεχνολογία, ο Μπιλ Γκέϊτς βρέθηκε στην 5η θέση και ο Μάρκ Ζούκερμπεργκ στην 9η.
Εκπλήξεις της λίστας είναι ο μεξικανός δισεκατομμυριούχος βαρόνος των ναρκωτικών Χοακίμ Γκούζμαν Λοέρα που κατακτά την 55η θέση και ο τρομοκράτης Νταγούντ Ιμπραχίμ Κασκάρ στην 57η θέση. Ο Πακιστανός κροίσος ανήκει στο οργανωμένο έγκλημα και θεωρείται εγκέφαλος τρομοκρατικών επιθέσεων κατά του Μουμπάϊ το 1993 και το 2008.
Αναλυτικά η λίστα:
| Rank | Name/Title | Organization | Age |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Barack ObamaPresident |
United States of America | 50 |
| 2 |
Vladimir PutinPrime Minister |
Russia | 59 |
| 3 |
Hu JintaoPresident |
People’s Republic of China | 68 |
| 4 |
Angela MerkelChancellor |
Germany | 57 |
| 5 |
Bill GatesCo-Chair |
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation | 56 |
| 6 |
Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al SaudKing |
Saudi Arabia | 87 |
| 7 |
Pope Benedict XVIPope |
Roman Catholic Church | 84 |
| 8 |
Ben BernankeChairman of the Federal Reserve |
United States of America | 57 |
| 9 |
Mark ZuckerbergFounder |
27 | |
| 10 |
David CameronPrime Minister |
United Kingdom | 45 |
| 11 |
Sonia GandhiPresident |
Indian National Congress | 64 |
| 12 |
Mario DraghiPresident |
European Central Bank | 64 |
| 13 |
Nicolas SarkozyPresident |
France | 56 |
| 14 |
Wen JiabaoPremier |
People’s Republic of China | 69 |
| 15 |
Zhou XiaochuanGovernor |
People’s Bank of China | 63 |
| 16 |
Hillary ClintonSecretary of State |
United States of America | 64 |
| 17 |
Michael BloombergMayor |
New York City | 69 |
| 18 |
Timothy GeithnerSecretary of the Treasury |
United States of America | 50 |
| 19 |
Manmohan SinghPrime Minister |
India | 79 |
| 20 |
Warren BuffettCEO |
Berkshire Hathaway | 81 |
| 21 |
Silvio Berlusconi & familyPrime Minister |
Italy | 75 |
| 22 |
Dilma RousseffPresident |
Brazil | 63 |
| 23 |
Carlos Slim Helu & familyChairman |
Telmex | 71 |
| 24 |
Rupert MurdochCEO |
News Corp. | 80 |
| 25 |
Benjamin NetanyahuPrime Minister |
Israel | 62 |
| 26 |
Ali Hoseini-KhameneiGrand Ayatollah |
Iran | 72 |
| 27 |
Michael DukeCEO |
Wal-Mart | 61 |
| 28 |
Jeffrey ImmeltCEO |
General Electric | 55 |
| 29 |
Zhou YongkangSecretary of the Commission for Political and Legislative Affairs |
People’s Republic of China | 68 |
| 30 |
Sergey BrinCo-Founder |
38 | |
| 30 |
Larry PageCo-Founder |
38 | |
| 31 |
Ali Al-NaimiOil Minister |
Saudi Arabia | 76 |
| 32 |
Rostam GhasemiPresident |
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) | 47 |
| 33 |
Lou JiweiChairman |
China Investment Corporation | 60 |
| 34 |
Ashfaq Parvez KayaniChief of Army Staff |
Pakistan | 59 |
| 35 |
Mukesh AmbaniChairman |
Reliance Industries | 54 |
| 36 |
Masaaki ShirakawaGovernor |
Bank of Japan | 62 |
| 37 |
Kim Jong-ilSupreme Leader |
North Korea | 69 |
| 38 |
Ban Ki-moonSecretary-General |
United Nations | 67 |
| 39 |
Christine LagardeManaging Director |
International Monetary Fund | 55 |
| 40 |
Jeff BezosCEO |
Amazon | 47 |
| 41 |
Jamie DimonCEO |
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 55 |
| 42 |
Robin LiCEO |
Baidu | 42 |
| 43 |
Lloyd BlankfeinCEO |
Goldman Sachs | 57 |
| 44 |
Li Ka-shingChairman |
Hutchison Whampoa Limited | 83 |
| 45 |
Charles KochCEO |
Koch Industries | 76 |
| 45 |
David KochExecutive Vice President |
Koch Industries | 71 |
| 46 |
Rex TillersonCEO |
ExxonMobil | 59 |
| 47 |
Lakshmi MittalChairman |
ArcelorMittal | 61 |
| 48 |
Recep ErdoganPrime Minister |
Republic of Turkey | 57 |
| 49 |
Robert ZoellickPresident |
World Bank Group | 58 |
| 50 |
Bill ClintonFormer President |
United States of America | 65 |
| 51 |
Dalai LamaDalai Lama |
Tibet | 76 |
| 52 |
Larry FinkCEO |
BlackRock | 59 |
| 53 |
Khalifa bin Zayed Al-NahyanPresident |
United Arab Emirates | 63 |
| 54 |
Bill GrossCo-Founder |
PIMCO | 67 |
| 55 |
Joaquin Guzman LoeraDrug Trafficker |
Sinaloa Cartel | 54 |
| 56 |
Ahmed Shuja PashaDirector-General of Inter-Services Intelligence |
Pakistan | 59 |
| 57 |
Dawood Ibrahim KaskarLeader |
D-Company | 55 |
| 58 |
Tim CookCEO |
Apple | 51 |
| 59 |
Dmitry MedvedevPresident |
Russia | 46 |
| 60 |
Masayoshi SonCEO |
SoftBank | 54 |
| 61 |
Azim PremjiChairman |
Wipro Limited | 66 |
| 62 |
Yoshihiko NodaPrime Minister |
Japan | 54 |
| 63 |
Joseph BlatterPresident |
International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) | 75 |
| 64 |
Jill AbramsonExecutive Editor |
The New York Times | 57 |
| 65 |
Bernard ArnaultChairman |
Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy (LVMH) | 62 |
| 66 |
Sebastian PineraPresident |
Chile | 61 |
| 67 |
John BoehnerSpeaker |
United States House of Representatives | 61 |
| 68 |
Jacques RoggePresident |
International Olympic Committee | 69 |
| 69 |
Xi JinpingFirst Secretary of the Secretariat of the Communist Party |
People’s Republic of China | 58 |
| 70 |
Alisher UsmanovOligarch |
– | 58 |
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