<P> Since 2009, Forbes business magazine had compiled an annual list of the world's most powerful people . The list has one slot for every 100 million people, meaning in 2009 there were 67 people on the list and by 2018 there were 75 . Slots are allocated based on the amount of human and financial resources that they have sway over, as well as their influence on world events . </P> <P> No list was released for 2017 . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Th> 2009 </Th> <Th> </Th> <Th> 2011 </Th> <Th> 2012 </Th> <Th> 2013 </Th> <Th> 2014 </Th> <Th> 2015 </Th> <Th> 2016 </Th> <Th> 2018 </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Barack Obama <P> President of the United States </P> </Td> <Td> Hu Jintao <P> President of China </P> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Barack Obama <P> President of the United States </P> </Td> <Td_colspan="4"> Vladimir Putin <P> President of Russia </P> </Td> <Td> Xi Jinping <P> General Secretary of the Communist Party of China </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Hu Jintao <P> President of China </P> </Td> <Td> Barack Obama <P> President of the United States </P> </Td> <Td> Vladimir Putin <P> Prime Minister of Russia </P> </Td> <Td> Angela Merkel <P> Chancellor of Germany </P> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Barack Obama <P> President of the United States </P> </Td> <Td> Angela Merkel <P> Chancellor of Germany </P> </Td> <Td> Donald Trump <P> President - elect of the United States </P> </Td> <Td> Vladimir Putin <P> President of Russia </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Vladimir Putin <P> Prime Minister of Russia </P> </Td> <Td> Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud <P> King and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia </P> </Td> <Td> Hu Jintao <P> General Secretary of the Communist Party of China </P> </Td> <Td> Vladimir Putin <P> Prime Minister of Russia </P> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Xi Jinping <P> President of China </P> </Td> <Td> Barack Obama <P> President of the United States </P> </Td> <Td> Angela Merkel <P> Chancellor of Germany </P> </Td> <Td> Donald Trump <P> President of the United States </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Ben Bernanke <P> Chair of the Federal Reserve </P> </Td> <Td> Vladimir Putin <P> Prime Minister of Russia </P> </Td> <Td> Angela Merkel <P> Chancellor of Germany </P> </Td> <Td> Bill Gates <P> Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation Founder of Microsoft </P> </Td> <Td_colspan="3"> Francis <P> Pope of the Holy See </P> </Td> <Td> Xi Jinping <P> General Secretary of the Communist Party of China </P> </Td> <Td> Angela Merkel <P> Chancellor of Germany </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 5 </Th> <Td> Sergey Brin <P> Larry Page Co-Founders of Google </P> </Td> <Td> Benedict XVI <P> Pope of the Holy See </P> </Td> <Td> Bill Gates <P> Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation Founder of Microsoft </P> </Td> <Td> Pope Benedict XVI <P> Pope of the Holy See </P> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Angela Merkel <P> Chancellor of Germany </P> </Td> <Td> Xi Jinping <P> General Secretary of the Communist Party of China </P> </Td> <Td> Francis <P> Pope of the Holy See </P> </Td> <Td> Jeff Bezos <P> Chairman and CEO of Amazon </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 6 </Th> <Td> Carlos Slim <P> Chief executive of Telmex </P> </Td> <Td> Angela Merkel <P> Chancellor of Germany </P> </Td> <Td> Abdullah of Saudi Arabia <P> King of Saudi Arabia </P> </Td> <Td> Ben Bernanke <P> Chair of the Federal Reserve </P> </Td> <Td> Bill Gates <P> Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation Founder of Microsoft </P> </Td> <Td> Janet Yellen <P> Chair of the Federal Reserve </P> </Td> <Td> Bill Gates <P> Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation Founder of Microsoft </P> </Td> <Td> Janet Yellen <P> Chair of the Federal Reserve </P> </Td> <Td> Francis <P> Pope of the Holy See </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 7 </Th> <Td> Rupert Murdoch <P> Chairman of News Corporation </P> </Td> <Td> David Cameron <P> Prime Minister of the United Kingdom </P> </Td> <Td> Pope Benedict XVI <P> Pope of the Holy See </P> </Td> <Td> Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud <P> King of Saudi Arabia </P> </Td> <Td> Ben Bernanke <P> Chair of the Federal Reserve </P> </Td> <Td> Bill Gates <P> Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation Founder of Microsoft </P> </Td> <Td> Janet Yellen <P> Chair of the Federal Reserve </P> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Bill Gates <P> Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation Founder of Microsoft </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 8 </Th> <Td> Mike Duke <P> Chief Executive of Walmart </P> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Ben Bernanke <P> Chair of the Federal Reserve </P> </Td> <Td> Mario Draghi <P> President of the European Central Bank </P> </Td> <Td> Abdullah of Saudi Arabia <P> King of Saudi Arabia </P> </Td> <Td> Mario Draghi <P> President of the European Central Bank </P> </Td> <Td> David Cameron <P> Prime Minister of the United Kingdom </P> </Td> <Td> Larry Page <P> Co-Founder of Google </P> </Td> <Td> Mohammad bin Salman Al - Saud <P> Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 9 </Th> <Td> Abdullah of Saudi Arabia <P> King of Saudi Arabia </P> </Td> <Td> Sonia Gandhi <P> President of the Indian National Congress </P> </Td> <Td> Mark Zuckerberg <P> Founder & CEO of Facebook </P> </Td> <Td> Xi Jinping <P> General Secretary of the Communist Party of China </P> </Td> <Td> Mario Draghi <P> President of the European Central Bank </P> </Td> <Td> Sergey Brin <P> Larry Page Co-Founders of Google </P> </Td> <Td_colspan="3"> Narendra Modi <P> Prime Minister of India </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 10 </Th> <Td_colspan="2"> Bill Gates <P> Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation Founder of Microsoft </P> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> David Cameron <P> Prime Minister of the United Kingdom </P> </Td> <Td> Mike Duke <P> Chief Executive of Walmart </P> </Td> <Td> David Cameron <P> Prime Minister of the United Kingdom </P> </Td> <Td> Larry Page <P> Co-Founder of Google </P> </Td> <Td> Mark Zuckerberg <P> Co-Founder of Facebook </P> </Td> <Td> Larry Page <P> Co-Founder of Google </P> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Th> 2009 </Th> <Th> </Th> <Th> 2011 </Th> <Th> 2012 </Th> <Th> 2013 </Th> <Th> 2014 </Th> <Th> 2015 </Th> <Th> 2016 </Th> <Th> 2018 </Th> </Tr>

Top 10 powerful peoples in the world 2016