Forbes Worlds Most Influential People, Obama Tops { See Full List]

1.  Barack Obama— 44th President of the USA
2. Angela Merkel— 8th Chancellor of Germany
3. Vladimir Putin— President of Russia
4. Bill Gates— chairman of Microsoft
5. Pope Benedict XVI— 265th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church
6. Ben Bernanke— 14th Chairman of the Federal Reserve
7. Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz— 6th King of Saudi Arabia
8. Mario Draghi— President of the European Central Bank
9. Xi Jinping— President of China
10. David Cameron— Prime Minister of the UK.