Ranking The World's Most Powerful People 2013
http://www.forbes.com/sites/carolinehoward/2013/10/30/ranking-the-worlds-most-powerful-people-2013/
There are nearly 7.2 billion people on the planet. These are
the 72 that matter the most.
What do the president of Russia, the new Pope and the
hoodie-wearing CEO of Facebook all have in common? They’re all featured on
Forbes’ 2013 ranking of the World’s Most Powerful People –an annual snapshot of
the heads of state, financiers, philanthropists and entrepreneurs who truly run
the world.
The list represents the collective wisdom of top FORBES
editors, who consider hundreds of nominees before ranking the planet’s 72 power
brokers — one for every 100 million on Earth. We measure their power along four
dimensions.
First, we ask whether the candidate has power over lots of
people. Pope Francis (No. 4) is the spiritual leader of 1.2 billion Catholics,
or about 1/6th of the world’s population. Michael Duke (No. 10), CEO of
Wal-Mart Stores, employs 2.1 million people and is the top private employer on
the planet.
Next we assess the financial resources controlled by each
person. Are they relatively large compared to their peers? For heads of state
we used GDP, while for CEOs, we looked at measures like their company’s assets
and revenues. When candidates have a high personal net worth –like Carlos Slim
Helu (No. 12) – we also take that into consideration. In certain instances,
like Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al Saud (No. 8), we considered other
valuable resources at the candidate’s disposal –like 20% of the world’s known
oil reserves.
Then we determine if the candidate is powerful in multiple
spheres. There are only 72 slots on our list so being powerful in just one area
is often not enough. Our picks project their influence in myriad ways: Bill
Gates (No. 6) has power because he’s a billionaire, because he’s a major
philanthropist, and because he’s chair of the world’s No. 1 computer software
company.
Lastly, we make sure that the candidates actively use their
power. Russian autocrat Vladimir Putin scores the highest points in 2013 because
he so frequently shows his strength at home and on the global stage — consider
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden and the recent chess match over Syria. Barack
Obama, president of the most dominant country in the world, comes in at No. 2,
followed by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China, and
Pope Francis. The fifth most powerful person in the world also happens to be
the most powerful woman: Angela Merkel, the chancellor of Germany, down
from No. 2 last year.
To calculate the final rankings, FORBES editors ranks all of
our candidates in each of these four dimensions of power, and those individual
rankings are averaged into a composite score. Readers: Share your opinion about
who we got right and who we missed in the comments below or on Twitter using
#PowerfulPeople.
Most Powerful People
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What Is The World's Happiest, Most Productive Country?
http://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2013/10/30/the-pursuit-of-happiness/
Human resources people worry a lot about worker productivity
and “engagement,” a.k.a. happiness. But are the world’s happy workers the most
productive? Do they work a lot or a little? The circles, representing
countries, are larger where workers are happier. The horizontal axis shows
productivity (GDP per hour worked); the vertical, hours worked per year. The U.S. is
happiest, with 30% of its workforce engaged, while its GDP per hour is a high
$63. Outside the U.S.
two of the happiest nations–Colombia and Brazil–are not all that productive.
The French and the Dutch put in short workdays and boast high GDP per hour, yet
fewer than 10% of them are happy. It’s good to be an American
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