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Forbes, the world's leading business magazine, was founded by Forbes in 1917 and publishes a large number of authoritative rankings every year, including the list of the world's richest people, the list of global power, but also the ranking of U.S. universities and other kinds of classic rankings. In the 2013 Global Power Rankings released on October 30, 2013, Russian President Vladimir Putin ranked first, U.S. President Barack Obama ranked second, Chinese President Xi Jinping ranked third, and Pope Francis ranked fourth.