Question: Who has been ranked top in the latest list of World’s Most Powerful People released by Forbes on May 8th, 2018?
(a) Angela Merkel
(b) Xi Jinping
(c) Donald Trump
(d) Vladimir Putin
Answer: (b)
Related Facts:
- On May 8th, 2018, the famous American magazine ‘Forbes’ released the list of the World’s Most Powerful People, 2018.
- A total of 75 persons have been included in this list.
- This is the tenth edition of this important list released for the first time in 2009.
- China’s President Xi Jinping topped the in the list.
- Russian President Vladimir Putin has been ranked second in the list for the past four years.
- After this, US President Donald Trump was third, Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel was fourth and Amazon’s Chief Jeff Bezos ranked fifth.
- India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been ranked ninth in the list of the world’s most powerful people.
- Another Indian Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani has been ranked 32nd in the list.
- Satyam Nadella, CEO of Microsoft CEO Indian origin, has been ranked 40th in the list.
- Other prominent personalities included in the list include Pope Francis 6th, Bill Gates 7th, French President Emmanuel Macron 12th, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg 13th, British Prime Minister Theresa 14th, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang 15th and Apple CEO Tim Cook remained at 24th
- Forbes said about 7.5 billion people live in the world, but these 75 men and women have worked to change the world.
- Forbes identifies one person per 100 million people for the annual ranking of the world’s most powerful people, whose work is the most important.
- Prince Mohammed bin Salman al-Saud, the youngest person in the list, remained at 8th
Reference:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidewalt/2018/05/08/the-worlds-most-powerful-people-2018/#580785bb6c47
https://www.forbes.com/powerful-people/list/2/#tab:overall