The World's 50 Greatest Leaders
These extraordinary men and women are transforming business, government, philanthropy, and so much more. Here, our second annual list. Read more about the list here.
- 1 Tim Cook
- 2 Mario Draghi
- 3 Xi Jinping
- 4 Pope Francis
- 5 Narendra Modi
- 6 Taylor Swift
- 7 Joanne Liu
- 8 John Roberts Jr.
- 9 Mary Barra
- 10 Joshua Wong
- 11 Johnetta Elzie and DeRay McKesson
- 12 Jeremy Farrar
- 13 James Comey
- 14 Ai-Jen Poo
- 15 Mark Carney
- 16 Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
- 17 Howard Schultz
- 18 Bill and Melinda Gates
- 19 Pete Frates
- 20 Mike Duggan and Kevyn Orr
- 21 Helena Morrissey
- 22 Beatrice Mtetwa
- 23 Elon Musk
- 24 Tri Rismaharini
- 25 Mark Zuckerberg
- 26 Yao Ming
- 27 Jeff Bezos
- 28 Kailash Satyarthi
- 29 Lei Jun
- 30 Bayan Mahmoud Al-Zahran
- 31 Lebron James
- 32 Mark Bertolini
- 33 Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
- 34 Raj Panjabi
- 35 Adm. William McRaven (Ret.)
- 36 Carolyn Miles
- 37 Frances Hesselbein
- 38 Jamie Dimon
- 39 Anthony Fauci
- 40 Patrick Awuah
- 41 Mitch Daniels
- 42 Richard Pazdur
- 43 Courtney Banghart
- 44 Travis Kalanick
- 45 Jimmy Fallon
- 46 Daniel Barenboim
- 47 Adam Silver
- 48 Richard Liu
- 49 John Mackey
- 50 Akira Miyawaki