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2009
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2010
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2011
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2012
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2013
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2014
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2015[2]
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2016[3]
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2018[4]
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1
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Barack Obama
President of the United States
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Hu Jintao
General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party
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Barack Obama
President of the United States
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Vladimir Putin
President of Russia
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Xi Jinping
General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party
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2
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Hu Jintao
General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party
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Barack Obama
President of the United States
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Vladimir Putin
Prime Minister of Russia
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Angela Merkel
Chancellor of Germany
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Barack Obama
President of the United States
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Angela Merkel
Chancellor of Germany
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Donald Trump
President-elect of the United States
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Vladimir Putin
President of Russia
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3
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Vladimir Putin
Prime Minister of Russia
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Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
King of Saudi Arabia
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Hu Jintao
General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party
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Vladimir Putin
President of Russia
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Xi Jinping
General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party
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Barack Obama
President of the United States
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Angela Merkel
Chancellor of Germany
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Donald Trump
President of the United States
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4
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Ben Bernanke
U.S. Chair of the Federal Reserve
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Vladimir Putin
Prime Minister of Russia
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Angela Merkel
Chancellor of Germany
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Bill Gates
Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation Founder of Microsoft
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Francis
Pope of the Holy See
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Xi Jinping
General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party
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Angela Merkel
Chancellor of Germany
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5
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Sergey Brin
Larry Page
Co-Founders of Google
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Benedict XVI
Pope of the Holy See
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Bill Gates
Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation Founder of Microsoft
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Benedict XVI
Pope of the Holy See
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Angela Merkel
Chancellor of Germany
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Xi Jinping
General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party
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Francis
Pope of the Holy See
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Jeff Bezos
Chairman and CEO of Amazon
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6
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Carlos Slim
Chief Executive of Telmex
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Angela Merkel
Chancellor of Germany
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Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
King of Saudi Arabia
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Ben Bernanke
U.S. Chair of the Federal Reserve
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Bill Gates
Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation Founder of Microsoft
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Janet Yellen
U.S. Chair of the Federal Reserve
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Bill Gates
Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation Founder of Microsoft
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Janet Yellen
U.S. Chair of the Federal Reserve
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Francis
Pope of the Holy See
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7
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Rupert Murdoch
Chairman of News Corporation
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David Cameron
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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Benedict XVI
Pope of the Holy See
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Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
King of Saudi Arabia
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Ben Bernanke
U.S. Chair of the Federal Reserve
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Bill Gates
Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation Founder of Microsoft
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Janet Yellen
U.S. Chair of the Federal Reserve
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Bill Gates
Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation Founder of Microsoft
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8
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Mike Duke
Chief Executive of Walmart
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Ben Bernanke
U.S. Chair of the Federal Reserve
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Mario Draghi
President of the European Central Bank
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Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
King of Saudi Arabia
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Mario Draghi
President of the European Central Bank
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David Cameron
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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Larry Page
Co-Founder of Google
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Mohammad bin Salman Al Saud
Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia
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9
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Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
King of Saudi Arabia
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Sonia Gandhi
President of the Indian National Congress
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Mark Zuckerberg
Founder and CEO of Facebook
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Xi Jinping
General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party
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Mario Draghi
President of the European Central Bank
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Sergey Brin
Larry Page
Co-Founders of Google
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Narendra Modi
Prime Minister of India
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10
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Bill Gates
Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation Founder of Microsoft
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David Cameron
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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Mike Duke
Chief Executive of Walmart
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David Cameron
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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Larry Page
Co-Founder of Google
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Mark Zuckerberg
Co-Founder of Facebook
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Larry Page
Co-Founder of Google
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