Forbes has published an annual list most influential people in the world... The selection of candidates for getting into the rating is based on the following criteria: whether a person's decisions have an impact on many other people, what is his financial condition (politicians are assessed by the country's GDP), how far his sphere of influence extends and how actively this power is used.
Let's take a closer look at the top ten most influential people in the world according to Forbes in 2015.
10. Larry Page
American scientist and entrepreneur who co-founded the search engine Google and PageRank - the most famous indicator of the "importance" of a web page among other documents. And the second founding father of Google Sergey Brin is in the 30th place in the ranking of the most influential people on the planet.
9. Narendra Modi
The Indian Prime Minister's overnight policy has helped the country receive multimillion-dollar investment and push Pakistan away from the northern Indian regions. During the year Modi was in power, the country's GDP grew by 7%. He solidified his prestige as a world leader through official meetings with Barack Obama and Xi Jinping. Modi's recent visit to Silicon Valley showed that India plays an important role in the high-tech sector.
8. David Cameron
First British Prime Minister to veto an amendment to the EU treaty. He is also the only prime minister besides Margaret Thatcher to be re-elected immediately after a full term in office.
7. Janet Yellen
The Chairman of the US Federal Reserve System is considered one of the icons of the business woman. This 69-year-old woman is the author of numerous articles and publications, some of which were co-written with her husband, Nobel laureate George Akerlof. She has also received numerous awards for her contributions to the development of economics. Yellen is an outspoken advocate of using the powers of the Federal Reserve to lower unemployment, and is more willing than other economists to go for a small increase in inflation to achieve this goal.
6. Bill Gates
The person thanks to whom we can scold Windows 10 and sigh nostalgically for MS? DOS is on the 6th line in the Forbes list. Bill's not financial success as the richest IT businessman was the reason for his finding in the top 10 ranking of influential persons, and charitable contributions. The couple Bill and Melinda Gates have donated about $ 30 billion to provide selfless help to others and plans to allocate 95% of their fortune for this purpose.
5. Xi Jinping
Has strengthened the country's legal system and takes a tough stance on China's foreign policy. China's advanced economy and strong defense system have propelled Xi to the fifth position in the top ten most influential people in the world.
4. Francis
The first and only Pope to openly support homosexuality. The head of the Vatican has ended the age-old war between gay people and the Catholic Church.
3. Barack Obama
The first black US president ended American aggression in Iraq and Afghanistan and presented the country in a new light to the world. Barak, who served twice as president, will not be able to take part in the elections in 2016. Rating of US presidential candidates led by Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden.
2. Angela Merkel
Chancellor of Germany - most powerful woman of 2015... She is loved by some and fiercely condemned by other Germans for her policy of open borders and the reception of large numbers of internally displaced persons from the Middle East.
1. Vladimir Putin
The Russian President regularly appears at the top of various ratings. In the spring of 2015, readers of the American Time magazine named him the most powerful man on Earth. And Forbes has given Putin the title for the third year in a row most influential person in the world.
The special operation he initiated against the terrorist organization ISIS showed how powerful and significant a state Russia is in the international arena. Putin's rating has also grown inside Russia. According to the October data of the All-Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion, up to 90% of Russians approve of the work of the head of the country, despite the deterioration in the economy.