THE WORLD’S MOST POWERFUL PEOPLE 2013

Who’s more powerful: the autocratic leader of a former superpower or the handcuffed commander in chief of the most dominant country in the world? This year the votes for the World’s Most Powerful went to Russian President Vladimir Putin. He climbs one spot ahead of U.S. President Barack Obama, who held the title in 2012.

Rank	Name/Title	Organization	Age
1	Vladimir Putin President	Russia	61
2	Barack Obama President	United States	52
3	Xi Jinping General Secretary, Communist Party	China	60
4	Pope Francis Pope	Roman Catholic Church	76
5	Angela Merkel Chancellor	Germany	59
6	Bill Gates Co-Chair	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation	58
7	Ben Bernanke Chairman, Federal Reserve	United States	59
8	Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud King	Saudi Arabia	89
9	Mario Draghi President	European Central Bank	66
10	Michael Duke CEO	Wal-Mart Stores	63
11	David Cameron Prime Minister	United Kingdom	47
12	Carlos Slim Helu & family Honorary Chairman	América Móvil	73
13	Warren Buffett CEO	Berkshire Hathaway	83
14	Li Keqiang Premier	China	58
15	Jeff Bezos CEO	Amazon.com	49
16	Rex Tillerson CEO	Exxon Mobil	61
17	Sergey Brin Cofounder, Director Of Special Projects	Google	40
17	Larry Page CEO	Google	40
18	Francois Hollande President	France	59
19	Timothy Cook CEO	Apple	52
20	Dilma Rousseff President	Brazil	65
21	Sonia Gandhi President, Indian National Congress	India	66
22	Jamie Dimon CEO	JPMorgan Chase	57
23	Ali Hoseini-Khamenei Grand Ayatollah	Iran	74
24	Mark Zuckerberg Cofounder, Chairman and CEO	Facebook	29
25	Jeffrey Immelt CEO	General Electric	57
26	Benjamin Netanyahu Prime Minister	Israel	64
27	Lloyd Blankfein CEO	Goldman Sachs Group	59
28	Manmohan Singh Prime Minister	India	81
29	Michael Bloomberg Mayor, New York City	United States	71
30	Li Ka-shing Chairman	Hutchison Whampoa	85
31	Charles Koch CEO	Koch Industries	77
31	David Koch Executive Vice President	Koch Industries	73
32	Ban Ki-moon Secretary-General	United Nations	69
33	Rupert Murdoch & family Chairman and CEO	News Corp	82
34	Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan President	United Arab Emirates	65
35	Christine Lagarde Managing Director	International Monetary Fund	57
36	Xuedong Ding Chairman, China Investment Corp	China	53
37	Enrique Pena Nieto President	Mexico	47
38	Mukesh Ambani Chairman	Reliance Industries	56
39	Haruhiko Kuroda Governor, Bank of Japan	Japan	69
40	Ali Al-Naimi Oil Minister	Saudi Arabia	78
41	Lee Kun-Hee Chairman	Samsung Group	71
42	Larry Fink Cofounder, CEO	BlackRock	60
43	Bill Clinton Chairman	Clinton Global Initiative	67
44	Akio Toyoda CEO	Toyota Motor	57
45	Masayoshi Son CEO	Softbank	56
46	Kim Jong-un Supreme Leader	North Korea	30
47	Elon Musk Founder, CEO	Space Exploration Technologies Corp.	42
48	Terry Gou CEO	Hon Hai Precision	63
49	Martin Winterkorn Chairman	Volkswagen Group	66
50	Jim Yong Kim President	World Bank	53
51	Lakshmi Mittal Chairman and CEO	ArcelorMittal	63
52	Geun-hye Park President	South Korea	61
53	Dmitry Medvedev Prime Minister	Russia	48
54	Bernard Arnault & family Chairman and CEO	LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton	64
55	Bill Gross Cofounder and Co-Chief Investment Officer	Pacific Investment Management Company LLC	69
56	Virginia Rometty CEO	IBM	55
57	Shinzo Abe Prime Minister	Japan	59
58	Larry Ellison CEO	Oracle	69
59	Margaret Chan Director-General	World Health Organization	66
60	Igor Sechin Chairman	Rosneft	53
61	Robin Li Founder and CEO	Baidu	44
62	John Roberts Chief Justice, U.S. Supreme Court	United States	58
63	Alisher Usmanov Founder	Metalloinvest	60
64	Aliko Dangote CEO	Dangote Group	56
65	Reid Hoffman Partner	Greylock Partners	46
66	John Boehner Speaker, U.S. House of Representatives	United States	63
67	Joaquin Guzman Loera Drug Trafficker	Sinaloa Cartel	56
68	Jill Abramson Executive Editor	New York Times Co.	59
69	Joseph Blatter President	FIFA	77
70	Yngve Slyngstad CEO, Norges Bank Investment Management	Norway	50
71	Mohammed Ibrahim Founder	Mo Ibrahim Foundation	67
72	Janet Yellen Vice Chairman, Federal Reserve	Washington, United States	67

Source: Forbes