No.1 Hu Jintao

Age                              : 67

D.O.B                          : 21 December 1942

Title                            : President

Organization            : People’s Republic of China

2. Barack Obama

Age                              : 49

D.O.B                          : August 4, 1961

Title                            : President

Organization            : United States of America

The first A frican American. President Obama was last year’s most powerful man

3. King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud

Age                              : 86

D.O.B                          : August 1, 1924

Title                            : King, Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia

Organization            : Saudi Arabia.

4. Vladimir Putin

Age                              : 58

D.O.B                          : 7 October 1952

Title                            : Prime Minister

Organization            : Russia

The Prime Minister over one-ninth of the world’s land.

5. Pope Benedict XVI

Age                              : 83

D.O.B                          : 16 April 1927

Title                            : Pope

Organization            : Roman Catholic Church

The pope rules over more than 1.1 billion souls, or one-sixth of the population.

6. Angela Merkel

Age                              : 56

D.O.B                          : 17 July 1954

Title                            : Chancellor

Organization            : Germany

The most powerful woman on the planet

7. David Cameron

Age                              : 44

D.O.B                          : 9 October 1966

Title                            : Prime Minister

Organization            : United Kingdom

David Cameron is the youngest Prime Minister.

8. Ben Bernake

Age                              : 56

D.O.B                          : December 13, 1953

Title                            : Chairman

Organization            : Federal Reserve

The Fed’s influence is at an all-time high, and the man in charge is Ben Bernake.

9. Sonia Gandhi

Age                              : 63

D.O.B                          : 9 December 1946

Title                            : President

Organization            : Indian National Congress

Ghandi has influence over 1.2 billion people in India, and was just elected to her fourth term.

10. Bill Gates

Age                              : 55

D.O.B                          : October 28, 1955

Title                            : Co-Chair

Organization            : Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Bill Gates earned his money with Microsoft, but he earned his power by giving it away. Gates encouraged 40 of the world’s richest people to sign his “giving pledge” this year