Warren Buffett Watch
- Warren Buffett to CNBC: Curbing Fed's Independence Could Lead to 'Mischief'
- Warren Buffett to Co-Chair Goldman Sachs Program to Help Small Businesses
- Warren Buffett: 'Reasonable Return is Good Enough' for Long-Haul Railroad Ride
- Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Almost Doubles Wal-Mart Holdings During Summer
- Warren Buffett's Berkshire Portfolio Snapshot Coming Later Today
- Warren Buffett to CNBC: 'I Haven't Bought American Express In Years'
- CNBC Video: Warren Buffett & Bill Gates - Keeping American Great
- CNBC TRANSCRIPT: Warren Buffett & Bill Gates - Keeping America Great
- EXCERPTS and IMAGES: Warren Buffett & Bill Gates - Keeping America Great
- Microsoft's Bill Gates Praises Apple's Steve Jobs For 'Saving the Company'
RSS FEED
MOST SHARED
- Nielsen Ratings Coming to Video Games
- Confessions of a Black Friday Shopper
- Time Lapse World Series Is A Great Play
- Oil Next Week
- 'New Moon' Midnight Showings Earn Record $26.3 Million
- The Week Ahead
- Twilight, Inc., A Worldwide Craze
- Hershey Mulls $17 Billion Bid for Cadbury: Source
- Latest Bullish Sign for Gold: Central Banks Are Big Buyers
- How Stock Investors Can Play Holiday Travel
- Time Lapse World Series Is A Great Play
- Hirschhorn: Greed...or Fear
- My Top 10 Tech Toys for the Holidays
- iPhone a Better Gaming Platform Than Android?
- May Day For Dendreon
- 100% Mortgage Financing From USDA
- Holiday Tipping: Who And How Much
- Deep Discounts Should Make It a Very Tech-y Holiday
- Credit Markets on Edge About When Fed Will Raise Rates
- Bove: Expect Goldman To Increase Dividend Meaningfully
- Bullish Sign for Gold: Central Banks Are Big Buyers
- Victoria's Secret Hopes to Rekindle Desire for Lingerie
- High Roller Sues Harrah's for Lost Millions
- Wall Street Jobs Slow to Return Despite Record Profits
- Big Shareholders Ask Goldman to Cut Bonuses: Report
- Buying an Expensive House? Government Can Help
- Review: What It's Like to Drive the New Chevy Volt
Text Size 
Executive Producer
 |
Getty Images Warren Buffett |
He comes just after General Electric Chairman & CEO Jeffrey Immelt (#13) and just before German Chancellor Angela Merkel (#15).
Buffett's friend Bill Gates gets bragging rights on this list, just as he does in the magazine's latest ranking of the world's richest billionaires. The Microsoft co-founder beats Buffett by four notches, coming in at number 10 on the power list.
 |
It's the first time Forbes has compiled this particular list. It says it used four criteria:
- "The number of people one influences"
- "One's ability to project power beyond one's immediate sphere of influence"
- "Control of or access to significant financial resources"
- "How actively one wields power"
The magazine says its goal in compiling the list is to "expose power and not glorify it."
Who's number one? Barack Obama, the President of the United States.
Current Berkshire stock prices:
 |
Class A: [BRK.A
Loading...
()
]
Class B: [BRK.B
Loading...
()
]
General Electric is CNBC's corporate parent.
Email comments to
Data is a real-time snapshot *Data is delayed at least 15 minutes