There are 67 slots on Forbes' first ranking of the World's Most Powerful People --one for every 100 million people on the planet. Barack Obama tops the list, thanks to his control of the world's largest economy, military, and nuclear arsenal. Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page have a combined net worth of $30 billion, and come in fifth. WalMart CEO Michael Duke runs the world's largest retailer, with $401 billion in annual sales and 2 million employees -- he comes in at number eight. And iconoclastic Apple CEO Steve Jobs ranks #57.
When you click on any name, you'll access a brief profile of the list member.
+ The World's Most Powerful People home page also contains links to a set of lists where, "experts pick seven in their field who matter most" plus one list where reader's selected the most powerful people. 21 lists in all. For example, Kevin Rose from digg, picked the seven members of the technology list.
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