Top 10 Most Powerful People

1. Hu Jintao, President of China
2. Barack Obama, President of the United States
3. Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al Saud, King of Saudi Arabia
4. Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister of Russia
5. Pope Benedict XVI of the Vatican
6. Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany
7. David Cameron, Prime Minister of Great Britain
8. Ben Bernanke, Chairman of the US Federal Reserve
9. Sonia Gandhi, President of India
10. Bill Gates, Co-Chair of Microsoft