Top Global Leaders
Ranked by Leadership Impact Score (LIS) — a proprietary index weighting economic performance, innovation, governance, influence, and social impact.
- 01Jensen Huang
Founder & Chief Executive Officer · NVIDIA
98.4▲ 3.2% - 02Satya Nadella
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer · Microsoft
97.8▲ 1.4% - 03Jamie Dimon
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer · JPMorgan Chase
97.2▲ 0.6% - 04Jerome Powell
Chair · U.S. Federal Reserve
96.9▲ 0.3% - 05Larry Fink
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer · BlackRock
96.8▲ 0.9% - 06Bernard Arnault
Chair & Chief Executive Officer · LVMH
96.7▲ 0.4% - 07Sundar Pichai
Chief Executive Officer · Alphabet
96.5▲ 0.8% - 08Warren Buffett
Chairman · Berkshire Hathaway
96.4▲ 0.2% - 09Tim Cook
Chief Executive Officer · Apple
96.1▲ 0.4% - 10Elon Musk
Chief Executive Officer · Tesla, SpaceX, xAI
95.8▼ 1.2% - 11Christine Lagarde
President · European Central Bank
95.7▲ 0.7% - 12Mukesh Ambani
Chairman & Managing Director · Reliance Industries
95.6▲ 1.5% - 13Bill Gates
Co-Chair · Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
95.2▲ 0.5% - 14Sam Altman
Chief Executive Officer · OpenAI
95.1▲ 4.6% - 15Stephen Schwarzman
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer · Blackstone
94.6▲ 1.1% - 16Robin Zeng
Founder & Chair · Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL)
94.6▲ 2.5% - 17Ursula von der Leyen
President · European Commission
94.3▲ 1.1% - 18Mark Zuckerberg
Founder & Chief Executive Officer · Meta Platforms
94.2▲ 1.8% - 19Zhang Yiming
Co-Founder · ByteDance
94.2▲ 1.2% - 20Amin H. Nasser
President & Chief Executive Officer · Saudi Aramco
94.1▲ 0.5% - 21Wang Chuanfu
Founder & Chair · BYD
93.8▲ 2.7% - 22Lee Jae-yong
Executive Chair · Samsung Electronics
93.8▲ 0.9% - 23Dr. Lisa Su
Chair & Chief Executive Officer · AMD
93.7▲ 2.6% - 24Kristalina Georgieva
Managing Director · International Monetary Fund
93.6▲ 0.5% - 25Sir Demis Hassabis
Chief Executive Officer · Google DeepMind
93.4▲ 2.1% - 26Carlos Slim Helú
Honorary Chair · Grupo Carso & América Móvil
93.4▲ 0.3% - 27Pony Ma
Founder & Chief Executive Officer · Tencent
93.4▲ 1.0% - 28Masayoshi Son
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer · SoftBank Group
93.2▲ 1.9% - 29Andy Jassy
President & Chief Executive Officer · Amazon
93.1▲ 1.1% - 30Dario Amodei
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer · Anthropic
92.8▲ 3.4% - 31Kenneth C. Griffin
Founder & Chief Executive Officer · Citadel
92.8▲ 1.4% - 32Ajay Banga
President · World Bank Group
92.8▲ 1.7% - 33Darren Woods
Chair & Chief Executive Officer · ExxonMobil
92.8▲ 0.8% - 34Albert Bourla
Chair & Chief Executive Officer · Pfizer
92.8▼ 0.4% - 35Akio Toyoda
Chairman · Toyota Motor
92.6▲ 0.6% - 36Robert A. Iger
Chief Executive Officer · The Walt Disney Company
92.6▲ 0.5% - 37Natarajan Chandrasekaran
Chair · Tata Sons
92.6▲ 1.0% - 38Laurent Bien Legbane
Global Chairman · CFBANQUE INVESTMENT
92.6▲ 4.1% - 39Doug McMillon
President & Chief Executive Officer · Walmart
92.4▲ 1.1% - 40Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen
Chief Executive Officer · Novo Nordisk
92.4▲ 2.1% - 41Aliko Dangote
President & Chief Executive Officer · Dangote Group
92.4▲ 1.8% - 42António Guterres
Secretary-General · United Nations
92.1▲ 0.4% - 43David Solomon
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer · Goldman Sachs
91.8▲ 0.6% - 44Lei Jun
Founder & Chief Executive Officer · Xiaomi
91.7▲ 2.2% - 45Pascal Soriot
Chief Executive Officer · AstraZeneca
91.6▲ 1.2% - 46Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Director-General · World Trade Organization
91.4▲ 0.8% - 47Mary Barra
Chair & Chief Executive Officer · General Motors
91.4▲ 0.7% - 48Jane Fraser
Chief Executive Officer · Citigroup
91.2▲ 1.0% - 49Patrick Pouyanné
Chair & Chief Executive Officer · TotalEnergies
91.2▲ 0.9% - 50François-Henri Pinault
Chair & Chief Executive Officer · Kering
91.2▼ 0.6% - 51Mark Carney
UN Special Envoy & Senior Adviser · UN Climate Action & Brookfield
90.8▲ 0.6% - 52Gautam Adani
Chairman · Adani Group
90.8▼ 1.3% - 53Ana Botín
Executive Chair · Banco Santander
90.7▲ 0.8% - 54MacKenzie Scott
Founder · Yield Giving
90.6▲ 1.7% - 55David Vélez
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer · Nubank
90.6▲ 2.4% - 56Joaquin Duato
Chair & Chief Executive Officer · Johnson & Johnson
90.4▲ 0.6% - 57Ted Sarandos
Co-Chief Executive Officer · Netflix
90.4▲ 1.2% - 58Chey Tae-won
Chairman · SK Group
90.4▲ 1.1% - 59Bruce Flatt
Chief Executive Officer · Brookfield
90.3▲ 1.2% - 60Patrick Collison
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer · Stripe
90.2▲ 0.7% - 61Melinda French Gates
Founder · Pivotal Ventures
90.1▲ 1.0% - 62Johann Rupert
Chair · Compagnie Financière Richemont
89.8▲ 0.3% - 63Marcos Galperin
Founder & Chief Executive Officer · Mercado Libre
89.8▲ 1.6% - 64Oliver Blume
Chief Executive Officer · Volkswagen Group
89.7▲ 0.5% - 65Strive Masiyiwa
Founder & Executive Chair · Econet & Cassava Technologies
89.7▲ 1.4% - 66Eddie Wu
Chief Executive Officer · Alibaba Group
89.7▲ 1.4% - 67Marc Rowan
Chief Executive Officer · Apollo Global Management
89.6▲ 1.6% - 68Cristiano Amon
President & Chief Executive Officer · Qualcomm
89.4▲ 1.3% - 69Wael Sawan
Chief Executive Officer · Shell
89.4▲ 0.7% - 70Stéphane Bancel
Chief Executive Officer · Moderna
89.4▲ 0.6% - 71Dame Emma Walmsley
Chief Executive Officer · GSK
89.2▲ 0.7% - 72Ray Dalio
Founder & Mentor · Bridgewater Associates
89.1▼ 0.4% - 73Tony O. Elumelu
Chairman · Heirs Holdings & UBA
88.9▲ 0.9% - 74Dame Anna Wintour
Global Chief Content Officer · Condé Nast & Vogue
88.7▲ 0.4% - 75Shou Zi Chew
Chief Executive Officer · TikTok
88.6▲ 1.9% - 76Daniel Ek
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer · Spotify
88.4▲ 0.9% - 77Sir Mo Ibrahim
Founder · Mo Ibrahim Foundation
88.4▲ 0.6% - 78Luiza Trajano
Chair of the Board · Magazine Luiza (Magalu)
88.2▲ 0.6% - 79Christian Sewing
Chief Executive Officer · Deutsche Bank
87.9▲ 0.9% - 80David Zaslav
President & Chief Executive Officer · Warner Bros. Discovery
87.9▼ 0.9% - 81Dr. Patrice Motsepe
Founder & Executive Chair · African Rainbow Minerals
87.6▲ 0.5% - 82Brian Chesky
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer · Airbnb
87.4▲ 0.5% - 83Brunello Cucinelli
Founder & Executive Chair · Brunello Cucinelli S.p.A.
86.4▲ 1.0%