Who really rules the world? The 67 presidents, murderers, businessmen, charity activists?
Forbes created a top of the most powerful men in the world. Barack Obama was, of course, designated as the most powerful man in the world. However, there are a few surprises. Ex president, George Bush, didn’t even made the top 31.
Barack Obama
How powerful is he? He’s the president of America, the most innovating and the country with the most dynamic economy in the world. The democrats have the majority in the Senate. She has nuclear arsenal at his finger tips that contains more than 5000 missles ready to be launched. He’s the Commander in Chief of the biggest army in the world. Recenly he was awarded the Nobel award for Peace.
Hu Jintao
He’s the leader of 1.3 million people in the planet: 1.3 chinese peple. He managed to lead China out of it’s first economical crises. Estimates say that the USA economy will be outgrown in 25 years by China.
Vladimir Putin
He’s more powerful than the president, Dmitry Medvedev. He has power over 1/9 of Earth surface. Former KGB officer, he has no trouble in exercising his powers, invading Georgia, cutting the gas supply to Ucraine or Western Europe.
Ben S. Bernamke
Former chancellor of the economic department at Princeton, Bernanke is now the head of the biggest economy. He managed to raise the balance from 900 billion dollars in August 2008 to 2.1 trillion dollars today.
Sergey Brin and Larry Page
If knowledge is power, the same thing is information. This extreme duo so powerful in computer science is trying right now to bring all the information in the world at your finger tips.
Carlos Sim Helu
Third in the most rich people in the world, Helu is a dominant economical force in Mexico. He owns monopole over telecommunications. He owns 90% of the land line phones and 90% of the wireless market. HE also is the leader of the group dedicated to improve Mexico’s infrastructure.
Rupert Murdoch
The man who owns the news! He’s media empire includes: The Times, The australian, The Wall Street Journal, New York Post, The Sun: Movies: 20th century fox, FOV TV, BskyB, Books: Harper Collins, online Myspace.
Bill Gates
He is 10th in this top. The rightest man in the world who dominated and transformed the software industries. More than 85% of the computers in the world run the Microsoft Services. He is also very active in charity. Every day he works at the biggest charity organization in the world: Bill & Melinda Gates. The foundation fights against hunger, tries to improve education and fight with diseases like Malaria, tuberculosis.
Pope Benedict the 16th
He is the spiritual leader of over 1 million souls, or in other worlds of 1/6 people on the planet.
Barack Obama
