Do you want to know the most Powerful people in the world? If yes, then you’ve got the right place to find them. Powerful doesn’t mean a person is wealthy or just ruling over the people. Instead of this, powerful people have a potent combination of influence and money that helps shape the world.

Some selective groups possess the political and economic whack to change the whole globe. The decision of these potent people affects millions of industries, people, and nations too.

So, we’ve compiled up the list of the top 10 most influential people in the world, including the billionaires, entertainers, CEOs, head of the state, and many more. Read on to know the rank of the 10 most influential people in the world.

10. Bill Gates

• Title: Trustee of the Bill, Cochair, and Melinda Gates Foundation
• Country: USA

In the list of Most Powerful people in the world, how we forget Bill Gates. Bill Gates co-founded the Microsoft company with his friend Paul Allen in 1975. By the time he starts building the iconic and biggest software company and now depicted as the world’s richest man on the planet. He has a net worth of $133 billion. He is no longer actively involved in the company now but still sits as the company board member.

9. Janet Yellen

• Title: Chairperson of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
• Country: USA

Janet Yellen is the first woman who has the job as the head of the Federal Reserve. She is also the guardian of the United States economy. Under her influence, the result was positive, with the US closing the year with growth adding more than 2,71000 jobs and lowering unemployment to 5%.

Her strong economic performance has various ventures that the interest rate must hike from the Federal is impending. This could be the first in the whole decade.

8.Charles And David Koch

• Title: Charles (CEO), David Koch (executive VP of the Koch Industries)
• Country: United States

Both these billionaire brothers owned the second-largest private company in America and ran multifaceted conglomerate Koch industries. Charles and David are candidates in the world of conservative politics, which now combined gain a net worth of around $87 billion and heavily influence the presidential race.

Both of them also announced publicly that they’re considering backing former HP CEO and republican candidate Carly Fiorina for the president post.

7. Pope Francis

• Title: Pope
• Country: Vatican City

Pope Francis is the leader of the Catholic Faith. He has more than one billion followers worldwide—his progressive views on the public’s issues, and the stake is more outspoken than popes before him. During their address to the US congress, which was held in September, he names the called-on lawmakers to empathize with refugees and immigrants and welcome them into their country.

6. Warren Buffet

• Title: CEO, Berkshire Hathaway
• Country: USA

Warren Buffet is Berkshire Hathaway’s CEO, who bought his first stock when he was 11 years old. Since then, he continues to earn around $65 billion through longer-term bets on the biggest companies like American Express and Coca-Cola. Moreover, his shareholders’ letters are a must-read for the investors who are looking to garner his wisdom. His company grew remarkably, took over 1964, and worth him back more than $10 million today.

5. Narendra Modi

• Title: Indian Prime Minister
• Country: India

In the list of Most Powerful people in the world, how we forget Narendra Modi. Narender Modi now for the second time becomes the prime minister of India. He is introducing valuable initiatives to improve the lives of more than 1.2 billion people who altogether make the world’s largest democracy. Recently, he announced various plans to modernize and reform the business sector and government and implement uniform sales tax and boost foreign direct investment to India.

4. Angela Merkel

• Title: Chancellor of Germany
• Country: Germany

With three terms in the office and from ten years, Angela Merkel is considered the indispensable leader and one of the strongest leaders in Europe. Angela Merkel faced a lot of challenges during her tenure and came out of all incredibly. Along with this, she stood with Vladimir Putin, Russian president, in his aggression towards Ukraine. At present, she is also managing the crisis of the European refugee.

3. Xi Jinping

• Title: President of the People’s Republic of China
• Country: China

Xi Jinping is the general secretary of the communist party in China. He already gets the most powerful Chinese leader’s label because he is considering the domestic grip within just three years. Moreover, Xi Jinping also holds the top ten titles of governing the world superpower, from the internet to the economy and military.

2. Vladimir Putin

• Title: Russian President
• Country: Russia

Vladimir Putin, the current Russian president and the former prime minister of Russia, determined to set Russia as the superpower. In past years, Putin also supported the Pro-Russian insurrection in eastern Ukraine, and he also launched a military operation to support Syria’s, Bashar al-Assad.

1. Barack Obama

• Title: Former US President
• Country: United States

Barack Obama is the former president of the world’s most powerful country, which gives him responsibility and power to take care of the largest economy. Under his influence, the GDP of the US-grown remarkably from $3trillion to $17 trillion. His legacy helps the nurses and bring back the country from the financial crisis. He also remains the commander of the world’s largest military.