Forbes list of the World's Most Powerful People

Between 2009 and 2018 (with absence in 2017) the business magazine Forbes had compiled an annual list of the world's most powerful people. The list had one slot for every 100 million people, meaning in 2009 there were 67 people on the list, and by 2018, there were 75. Slots were allocated based on the amount of human and financial resources that they had sway over, as well as their influence on world events.

Historical top ten rankings
Note: No list was released for 2017.

Listed every time

 * Mukesh Ambani
 * Lloyd Blankfein
 * Michael Bloomberg
 * Sergey Brin
 * Warren Buffett
 * Jamie Dimon
 * Larry Fink
 * Bill Gates
 * Li Ka-shing
 * Ali Khamenei
 * Angela Merkel
 * Rupert Murdoch
 * Benjamin Netanyahu
 * Larry Page
 * Vladimir Putin
 * Carlos Slim

Listed eight times

 * Bernard Arnault (not listed: 2016)
 * Jeff Bezos (not listed: 2009)
 * Jeff Immelt (not listed: 2018)
 * Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan (not listed: 2009)
 * Charles Koch (not listed: 2009)
 * Robin Li (not listed: 2009)
 * Barack Obama (not listed: 2018)
 * Masayoshi Son (not listed: 2009)
 * Rex Tillerson (not listed: 2018)
 * Mark Zuckerberg (not listed: 2009)

Listed seven times

 * Tim Cook (not listed: 2009 & 2010)
 * Mario Draghi (not listed: 2009 & 2010)
 * Xi Jinping (not listed: 2009 & 2010)
 * Christine Lagarde (not listed: 2009 & 2010)
 * Lakshmi Mittal (not listed: 2016 & 2018)
 * John Roberts (not listed: 2010 & 2011)
 * Akio Toyoda (not listed: 2010 & 2011)