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The Forbes rating of the most influential people in the world includes 18 representatives of the IT industry. The remaining 59 positions are occupied mainly by politicians and representatives of large companies from other spheres. The first place was taken by Russian President Vladimir Putin, the second place by Donald Trump, the elected president of the United States, and the third place by German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

There are about 7.4 billion people on Earth, and Forbes has selected 74 men and women whose actions are the most significant. The first thing that is assessed is how many people are influenced by the candidate on the list. For example, Wal-Mart CEO Doug McMillon, who is ranked 27th, manages 2.3 million store employees worldwide.

Each person's financial status is also assessed, as is the number of areas in which south africa whatsapp number list the people on the list have power. For example, Elon Musk (number 21) heads both the car company Tesla Motors and SpaceX, which manufactures space technology.

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In thirtieth place in the rating is one of the founders of Google Sergey Brin, born in Moscow in 1979. His fortune is estimated at $38.5 billion. The billionaire moved to the United States at the age of six. Brin has overtaken the heads of such companies as Apple, Microsoft, IBM and Uber.

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In total, 15 representatives of IT companies made it into the rating. In seventh place is Microsoft founder Bill Gates, who became the leader of the rating of the richest people in the world in 2016. In August, his fortune grew to 0.5% of the US GDP. Now it is $83.6 billion.

WASHINGTON - JUNE 10: Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates speaks during a news conference at the Newseum June 10, 2010 in Washington, DC. The news conference was to present recommendations to Congress and President Obama "to revolutionize US energy innovation." (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Bill Gates

The next IT representative in the rating was Alphabet CEO Larry Page, who took the eighth place in the rating. He is followed by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who took the 10th place. The publication decided to place Amazon.com creator Jeff Bezos on the 14th place.