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The World's 50 Greatest Leaders

In business, government, philanthropy and the arts, and all over the globe, these men and women are transforming the world and inspiring others to do the same. Read more about our third annual list here.
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  1. 1
    Jeff Bezos
  2. 2
    Angela Merkel
  3. 3
    Aung San Suu Kyi
  4. 4
    Pope Francis
  5. 5
    Tim Cook
  6. 6
    John Legend
  7. 7
    Christiana Figueres
  8. 8
    Paul Ryan
  9. 9
    Ruth Bader Ginsburg
  10. 10
    Sheikh Hasina
  11. 11
    Nick Saban
  12. 12
    Huateng "Pony" Ma
  13. 13
    Sergio Moro
  14. 14
    Bono
  15. 15
    Stephen Curry and Steve Kerr
  16. 16
    Bryan Stevenson
  17. 17
    Nikki Haley
  18. 18
    Lin-Manuel Miranda
  19. 19
    Marvin Ellison
  20. 20
    Reshma Saujani
  21. 21
    Larry Fink
  22. 22
    Scott Kelly and Mikhail Kornienko
  23. 23
    David Miliband
  24. 24
    Anna Maria Chávez
  25. 25
    Carla Hayden
  26. 26
    Maurizio Macri
  27. 27
    Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi
  28. 28
    Chai Jing
  29. 29
    Moncef Slaoui
  30. 30
    John Oliver
  31. 31
    Marc Edwards
  32. 32
    Arthur Brooks
  33. 33
    Rosie Batty
  34. 34
    Kristen Griest and Shaye Haver
  35. 35
    Denis Mukwege
  36. 36
    Christine Lagarde
  37. 37
    Marc Benioff
  38. 38
    Gina Raimondo
  39. 39
    Amina Mohammed
  40. 40
    Domenico Lucano
  41. 41
    Melinda Gates and Susan Desmond-Hellmann
  42. 42
    Arvind Kejriwal
  43. 43
    Jorge Ramos
  44. 44
    Michael Froman
  45. 45
    Mina Guli
  46. 46
    Ramón Mendéz
  47. 47
    Bright Simons
  48. 48
    Justin Trudeau
  49. 49
    Clare Rewcastle Brown
  50. 50
    Tshering Tobgay
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