The TIMES most influential people contenders list is out and Indian PM Narendra Modi is one of the top contenders.
According to a report, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Microsoft’s Indian-born CEO Satya Nadella, US President Donald Trump, newly re-elected Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping are among the contenders this year for TIME magazine’s list of 100 most influential people who have made an impact on the contemporary world
The TIME 100 annual list has featured some of the world’s most significant artists, leaders, scientists, activists and entrepreneurs, for more than a decade.The list will be announced in April 2018
Although, the publication has asked readers to vote online on who they believe are the most influential people of the year. However, the editors will take the final decision as to who makes the list and who doesn’t.
PM Modi was named by the TIME editors among the 100 most influential people in the world in 2015, with former US President Barack Obama also writing a profile for him for the magazine.
Others people on the list this year are North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, Pakistani-American actor Kumail Nanjiani, Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump, son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon chief Jeff Bezos, members of the British Royal family – Prince William and his wife Duchess of Cambridge Catherine, Prince Henry and his fiancée Meghan Markle and former President of the US Barack Obama
Also included in the list are, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Pope Francis, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, French President Emmanuel Macron, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, Founder of the #MeToo movement Tarana Burke, actor Dwayne Johnson, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX Elon Musk, Special counsel Robert Mueller, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Former FBI Director James Comey, President of South Korea Moon Jae-in.
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