Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia was crowned the most powerful person in the world. Forbes ranked the most powerful people in the world, and the 62 year old leader of the energy rich, nuclear power Russia has given the title of most powerful for the second year in a row. To get to the list of 72 out of 7 billion people, Forbes used a multitude of criteria. First was to check who has power over lots of people, such as Pope Francis who leads 1.2 billion Catholics, about 1/6th of the world’s population. Then they go on to rank the financial resources of the person, Forbes says that “for heads of state we reference nominal GDP, while for CEOs, we measure their company’s revenues and market value. If a candidate is a billionaire — this year there are 29 – we also take that into consideration. In certain instances, like Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al Saud (No. 8), we consider other valuable resources at the candidate’s disposal. In his case, a sizable portion of the world’s known oil reserves.” Then they consider if the people is powerful in multiple spheres, because on this elite list, you have [...]