The World's Most Powerful People 2018

There are 7 continent in the world and also nearly 7.5 billion people on it. But in 7.5 billion people there are some people who are called the most powerful people in the world. It looked at four main categories including whether the candidate has power over lots of people, the financial resources controlled by each person, if the candidate is powerful in multiple spheres, and whether the candidates actively used their power. Forbes has released the most powerful people report in 2018. And this report surprised the world.

Vladimir Putin who was the most powerful man on the earth for the previous 4 years lost his position. And according to the following criteria Forbes published that the new most powerful people on this planet are Xi Jinping.

Xi Jinping ( born 15 June 1953) is a Chinese politician currently serving as General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC), President of the People's Republic of China, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission. Often described as China's "paramount leader", in 2016 the CPC officially gave him the title of "core leader". As General Secretary, Xi holds an ex-officio seat on the Politburo Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China, China's top decision-making body.

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (born 7 October 1952) is now the 2nd most powerful people in the world. Despite the lower ranking Putin also consolidated further power this year when he was re-elected to a fourth term in 2018  with nearly 77% of the vote. That's the largest margin of victory for any candidate for the office since the fall of the Soviet Union.

US President Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) was named the third most powerful person in the world despite the controversy surrounding him, primarily because of his control over the world’s greatest economic and military power.

Germany’s Angela Dorothea Merkel (born 17 July 1954) was ranked as the fourth most powerful person in the world because of her perceived power not only as a leader in Germany but across the European Union.

The world’s richest man Jeff Bezos ( January 12, 1964) is an American technology entrepreneur, investor, philanthropist, and the founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Amazon(ranked 5th)

The Full List of the most powerful people in 2018