{"id":1146,"date":"2018-11-20T13:58:54","date_gmt":"2018-11-20T13:58:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/waims.co.in\/?p=1146"},"modified":"2018-11-20T13:58:54","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T13:58:54","slug":"narendra-modi-among-top-10-most-powerful-people-in-the-world-forbes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/waims.co.in\/index.php\/2018\/11\/20\/narendra-modi-among-top-10-most-powerful-people-in-the-world-forbes\/","title":{"rendered":"Narendra Modi among top 10 most powerful people in the world: Forbes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mr. Modi ranks 9th on the Forbes 2018 list of 75 of “The World\u2019s Most Powerful People”<\/h2>\n
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been ranked among the top 10 most powerful people in the world by Forbes in a list that has been topped for the first time ever by Chinese President Xi Jinping, who dethroned Russian President Vladimir Putin as the most influential person on the planet.<\/p>\n

Mr. Modi ranks 9th on the Forbes 2018 list of 75 of ‘The World\u2019s Most Powerful People<\/a>‘<\/strong>\u00a0who make the world turn.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are nearly 7.5 billion humans on planet Earth, but these 75 men and women make the world turn. Forbes\u2019 annual ranking of The World\u2019s Most Powerful People identifies one person out of every 100 million whose actions mean the most,\u201d Forbes said.<\/p>\n

Mr. Modi, 67, is ahead of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg (ranked 13), United Kingdom Prime Minister Theresa May (14), Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (15) and Apple CEO Tim Cook (24).<\/p>\n

Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani, with a net worth of 41.2 billion dollars, is the only other Indian on the power list, ranking 32nd. Microsoft\u2019s India-born CEO Satya Nadella is on the 40th spot.<\/p>\n

Forbes said Mr. Modi \u201cremains hugely popular\u201d in the second most populous country on earth. It cited Mr. Modi government\u2019s November 2016 decision to eliminate India\u2019s two largest banknotes in a bid to reduce money laundering and corruption.<\/p>\n

\u201cMr. Modi has raised his profile as a global leader in recent years during official visits with U.S. President Donald Trump and Xi Jinping. He has also emerged as a key figure in the international effort to tackle climate change, as warming affects millions of his country\u2019s rural citizens,\u201d Forbes said.<\/p>\n

On Ambani, Forbes said the billionaire industrialist\u2019s Reliance sparked a price war in India\u2019s hyper-competitive telecom market with the launch of 4G phone service Jio in 2016.<\/p>\n

\u201cJio has signed on 160 million customers by offering free domestic voice calls, dirt-cheap data services and virtually free smartphones,\u201d Forbes said.<\/p>\n

After being named the most powerful person in the world for four consecutive years, Mr. Putin drops to the second spot, dethroned by Mr. Xi, who seizes the top spot for the first time ever after China\u2019s congress amended its constitution in March, broadening his influence and eliminating term limits.<\/p>\n

Forbes said the Chinese leader \u201cenjoys a cult of personality\u201d not seen since Chairman Mao Zedong, China\u2019s founding father.<\/p>\n

Mr. Putin has ruled Russia since May of 2000, and this year he was re-elected to a fourth term with nearly 77% of the vote. That\u2019s the largest margin of victory for any candidate for the office since the fall of the Soviet Union, Forbes said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis year\u2019s list highlights the consolidation of power in the hands of an elite few,\u201d Forbes said.<\/p>\n

Rounding up the top five on the list are Mr. Trump on the third spot, followed by German Chancellor Angela Merkel (4) and Amazon chief Jeff Bezos (5).<\/p>\n

On Mr. Trump, Forbes said he has seen limited success pushing his agenda through a Congress controlled by his own party, is under investigation by multiple law enforcement agencies, and can\u2019t shake off scandals arising from his personal and business life \u2014 but he\u2019s still Commander in Chief of the world\u2019s greatest economic and military power.<\/p>\n

There are 17 new names on the list this year, including Mohammed Bin Salman Al Saud (8), the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia. His father remains king, but he has consolidated power beyond any doubt and taken control of the country, Forbes said.<\/p>\n

Other new members include U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell (11), Exxon Mobil CEO Darren Woods (34), President of South Korea Moon Jae-in (54) and Special Counsel for the U.S. Department of Justice Robert Mueller (72).<\/p>\n

On Mr. Nadella, Forbes said the Microsoft CEO has steered the company away from a failing mobile strategy and focused on other segments, including cloud computing and augmented reality.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince taking over as a CEO, Microsoft\u2019s stock has increased by more than 150%,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n

The list also includes Pope Francis (6), Cofounder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Bill Gates (7), French President Emmanuel Macron (12), Alibaba Chief Jack Ma (21), CEO and Chairman of Tesla Elon Musk (25), UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres (31), North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (36), Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (57), Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad (62), Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte (69) and Islamic State\u2019s self-proclaimed caliph Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (73).<\/p>\n

In compiling the list, Forbes said it considered hundreds of candidates from various walks of life all around the globe, and measured their power along four dimensions of whether the person has power over lots of people, financial resources controlled by each person, whether the candidate is powerful in multiple spheres and that the candidates actively used their power.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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