The World’s 50 Greatest Leaders-Fortune List, 2017

The World’s 50 Greatest Leaders

Question: Which one of the following Indians has been included in the Fortune list of the 50 greatest leaders of the world for year 2017?
(a) Narendra Modi
(b) Kailash Satyarthi
(c) Arundhati Bhattacharya
(d) Chanda Kochhar
Answer- (c)
Related facts:

  • On March 23, 2017, Fortune magazine released the list of world’s 50 Greatest Leaders.
  • Theo Epstein President, Baseball Operations, Chicago Cubs has been ranked first in the list .
  • Jack Ma, the executive president of the Alibaba Group has secured second position.
  • Pope Francis, the head of Roman Catholic Church has ranked third, while chairman of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Melinda Gates at fourth and Amazon’s founder and CEO Jeff Bezos has been ranked fifth.
  • For year 2017 edition, only one Indian has been included in the list by ‘Fortune’ magazine.
  • State Bank of India (SBI) chief Arundhati Bhattacharya has been ranked 26th in the Fortune’s top 50 greatest leaders.
  • She is the only Indian corporate leader in the list.
  • Lisa Su, CEO, Advanced Micro Devices has been placed at last (50th) position in the list.

Related links:
http://fortune.com/2017/03/23/worlds-50-greatest-leaders-intro/
http://fortune.com/worlds-greatest-leaders/
http://fortune.com/worlds-greatest-leaders/theo-epstein-1/