Wednesday, 5 November 2014

Narendra Modi Among World’s Most Powerful

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi made his debut in Forbes list of world’s most powerful people and is ranked 15th globally.

Russian president Vladimir Putin topped the list followed by US president Barrack Obama, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Pope Francis and the world's most powerful woman German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

The list of 72 most powerful people in the world also included other Indians such as Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani at 36th, ArcelorMittal Chairman and CEO Lakshmi Mittal at 57th and Microsoft's Indian-born CEO Satya Nadella at 64th.

On Modi, Forbes said "India's newest rock star doesn't hail from Bollywood. He is the newly elected Prime Minister who sailed into office in May with a landslide victory, ushering the BJP into power after decades of control by the Gandhi dynasty."

The Forbes list of the 'World's 72 Most Powerful People' who "rule the world" features 17 heads of state who run nations with a combined GDP of about $48 trillion.


The list also includes French President Francois Hollande (17), Iran's Ayatollah Ali Hoseini-Khamenei (19), Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg (22), Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu (26), Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein (27), UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (40), former US President Bill Clinton (44), North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (49) and Japanese leader Shinzo Abe (63).

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