Top 10 Powerfull People in The World

Starting in 2009, Forbes magazine compiles an annual list of the world's most powerful people. The list has one slot for every 100 million people on Earth, meaning in 2009 there were 67 people on the list, in 2010 there were 68, in 2011 there were 70, and in 2012 there were 71. Slots are allocated based on the amount of human and financial resources that they have sway over, as well as their influence on world events

#	Individual	Office / Position
1	Vladimir Putin	President of Russia
2	Barack Obama	President of the United States
3	Xi Jinping	General Secretary of the Communist Party of China President of the People's Republic of China
4	/  Francis	Pope of the Roman Catholic Church
5	Angela Merkel	Chancellor of Germany
6	Janet Yellen	Chair of the Federal Reserve
7	Bill Gates	Co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Founder and Former Chairman of Microsoft
8	Mario Draghi	President of the European Central Bank
9	Sergey Brin  Larry Page	Co-Founder of Google
10	David Cameron	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

List from year 2014

1 – Vladimir Putin  President of Russia

2– Barack Obama  President of the United States

3 – Xi Jinping  General Secretary of the Communist Party of China[a]

4 – Francis   Pope of the Roman Catholic Church

5 – Angela Merkel  Chancellor of Germany

6 – Janet Yellen  Chairman of the Federal Reserve

7 – Bill Gates  Founder of Microsoft

8 – Mario Draghi   President of the European Central Bank

9 – Sergey Brin  Co-founder of Google

9 – Larry Page  Co-founder of Google

10 – David Cameron  Prime Minister of the United Kingdom