Forbes magazine has released their ‘Powerful People List’ for 2015 in which Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is one of the most remarkable ascents as he has climbed 6 spots to become world’s 9th most powerful person. Modi was in the 15th Position last year.

However due to his achievements he stood up in 6th. “Governing 1.2 billion people requires more than shaking hands”, said Forbes. Moreover, PM Modi has successfully achieved a growth of 7.4% in India’s GDP during the first year itself, meanwhile luring investors from Silicon Valley and China at the same time.

Also, the other Indian who was in the list was Reliance Industries Chairman and MD Mukesh Ambani, who has maintained his #36 rank.

Top 10 most powerful persons of this world for 2015:

1. Vladimir Putin, aged 63 years, President of Rusia
2. Angela Merkel, aged 61 years, Chancellor of Germany
3. Barack Obama, aged 54 years, President of USA
4. Pope Francis, aged 78 years, 266th and current Pope of the Roman Catholic Church
5. Xi Jinping, aged 62 years, President of the People’s Republic of China
6. Bill Gates, aged 60 years, Founder of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Microsoft
7. Janet Yellen, aged 69 years, Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
8. David Cameron, aged 49 years, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
9. Narendra Modi, aged 65 years, Prime Minister of India
10. Larry Page, aged 42 years, Co-founder of Google.

On the other hand, there are only 9 women in this list out of 73 in which the youngest among them is Mary Barra, aged 53 years, who is the Chief Executive Officer of the General Motors Company. Second youngest women in this list are Ginni Rometty, aged 58 years, who is the Chairman, President and CEO of IBM, and the first woman to head the company. Third youngest women in this list are Christine Lagarde, aged 59 years, who is the Managing Director (MD) of the International Monetary Fund.

Also, there are some interesting things that we have to know from the top 10 list they are

Mark Zuckerberg, aged 31 years, is the youngest person on this power list. He has been ranked #19; which is an improvement of 3 spots compared to last year.
Kim Jong-un, Supreme leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is the second youngest person on this list, as he has been ranked #32, up from #49 last year.
Li Ka-shing, aged 87 years, is the oldest person on this power list. He is a Hong Kong based business magnate, investor, and philanthropist and often called as Asia’s richest person having the net worth of $32 billion. He is ranked 31 on Forbes’ list.
Warren Buffet, aged 85 years, is the second oldest person on this list on #13, while Rupert Murdoch, aged 84 years, is the 3rd oldest person on this list. He is ranked #35.