The first place went to Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of the social network Facebook. In the global ranking, Mark takes an honorary 22 place. Experts note that Zuckerberg is in this list not because his fortune is estimated at $34.8 billion. It is thanks to his brainchild, the Facebook network, that the young programmer has global influence. This social network is not just a business, it is a real tool for managing people: about 20% of the world's population are users of the service.
Kim Jong-un, the great leader of the DPRK, is ranked second in the list. In the full list of the world's most influential people, the head of North Korea ranks 23rd. Many millions of people in the DPRK revere Kim Jong-un as their own father. For several years of rule, the young president managed to get the first artificial satellite launched, conduct underground nuclear tests and annul the non-aggression agreement with South Korea.
The duet of Larry Page and Sergey Brin, the founders of Google, takes 9th place in the ranking of the most influential people in the world according to Forbes. The state of Larry Page is estimated at $29.2 billion, Sergey Brin - at $29.7 billion. The product created by friends is still the leader in the online search market with a share of 65%.
Elon Musk, a businessman whose projects are looking to the future, is ranked 52nd in the list of the most powerful people of the planet. The state of the entrepreneur is estimated at $11.9 billion. Recall, Musk earned his first money by a space shooter. "A businessman is obsessed with the technologies of the future, his ambitions set the tone," analysts note.
The fifth place of this rating is occupied by the CEO of Internet company Tencent Ma Huateng. The state of the businessman, who in the narrow circles is known under the nickname "Pony", is now estimated at $18.4 billion. In the past, the future billionaire and the leader of the company, owning an audience of 800 million people, worked on programs for pagers.
Another person who got into this rating is 43-year-old Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the self-proclaimed leader of the terrorist group "Islamic State". In the full version of the ranking of the most influential people in the world, this person is in the 54th place. Recall, ISIS was founded in 2006 on the basis of 11 radical Islamist organizations.
Robin Li, the founder of the popular Internet search engine Baidu, occupies 41st place in the main ranking of the most influential people on the planet according to the Forbes version. The state of the businessman is estimated at $14.7 billion. Li shares last year reached record values. In China, the Internet search engine Baidu is number 1.
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