1. Forget 1%
   1. men and women
      1. are represented
         1. on Forbe's annual ranking
            1. world's most powerful people
            2. 0.00000001%
            3. world
   2. elite
      1. actions move planet
   3. These
      1. heads of state
         1. financiers
            1. philanthropists
            2. entrepreneurs
            3. truly run the world
2. List
   1. hundreds of candidates
      1. various
         1. walks of life
            1. around the globe
   2. measured
      1. power
         1. along 4 dimensions
   3. first
      1. power
         1. over lots of people
   4. pope Francis
      1. spiriutal leader
         1. >a bilion catholic
      2. #4
   5. Doug Mc Millon
      1. CEO Walmart
         1. employs
            1. 2.2 million workers
      2. #32
3. financial ressources
   1. in second
      1. fin ressources
         1. controlled each person
   2. for
      1. heads of states
         1. used GDP
      2. CEO
         1. look measures
            1. like company's
            2. assets
            3. revenues
   3. also assessed
      1. high personal net worth
         1. like
            1. world's richest man
            2. Bill Gates
            3. #6
   4. considered
      1. other ressources
         1. king of Saudi Arabia
            1. #14
            2. Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
            3. oil reserves
4. determinate
   1. if candidat powerful
      1. multiple spheres ?
         1. because
            1. being powerful
            2. only one area
            3. not enough
   2. no - have
      1. Elon Musk
         1. #38
            1. power
            2. auto business
            3. Tesla Motors
            4. aerospace industry
            5. SpaceX
            6. highly respected
            7. tech visionary
5. made sure
   1. candidat
      1. actively
         1. use power
   2. Kim Jong-un
      1. dictator
         1. North Korean
            1. #46
            2. control the lives
            3. 25 million people
6. final ranking
   1. panel of forbes editors
      1. ranked
         1. candidates
         2. in the 4D
            1. then made
            2. average
7. Vladimir Putin
   1. wolrd's most powerful person
      1. for the third year running
   2. prove
      1. one of the few men
         1. world
            1. powerful
   3. do
      1. what he wants
   4. international sanctions
      1. after he seized
         1. Crimea
   5. waged
      1. Ukraine
   6. the recession
      1. hasn't hurt him
   7. June
      1. approval ratings
         1. reached 89%
   8. October
      1. bombed Syria
         1. then met Assad
8. Angela Merkel
   1. 2 world
      1. but
         1. most powerful woman
   2. chancelor Germany
      1. jumps up
         1. from #5
            1. last year
   3. is the backbone
      1. of 28 members
         1. european Union
   4. second place
      1. because
         1. decisive actions
            1. Syrian refugee problem
            2. Greek credit crisis
9. Obama
   1. fell one spot
   2. USA
      1. remains
         1. world's greatest
            1. economic
            2. cultural
            3. diplomatic
            4. technological
            5. military
            6. power
   3. influence
      1. is shrinking
         1. final year presidency
10. new members
    1. Michael Dell
       1. PDG Dell
          1. #59
    2. Wang Jianlin
       1. china's richest man
          1. #68
    3. Prime minister
       1. Canadian
          1. Justin Trudeau
    4. bilionaire
       1. Carl Icahn
    5. Presidential candidate
       1. Donald Trump
11. subjective
    1. ranking
       1. only
          1. base for a conversation