Another ranking : Global thinkers

#1. Warren Buffett and Bill Gates
#2. Dominique Strauss-Kahn and Robert Zoellick (IMF MANAGING DIRECTOR | WASHINGTON & WORLD BANK PRESIDENT | WASHINGTON)
#3. Barack Obama, (PRESIDENT | WASHINGTON)
#5. Ben Bernanke, (CHAIRMAN, FEDERAL RESERVE | WASHINGTON)
#8. David Petraeus, (COMMANDING U.S. GENERAL | AFGHANISTAN)
# 9. Robert Gates, (DEFENSE SECRETARY | WASHINGTON)
# 10. Angela Merkel, (CHANCELLOR | GERMANY)
# 11. Michael Bloomberg and Feisal Abdul Rauf, (MAYOR | NEW YORK & IMAM, CORDOBA INITIATIVE | NEW YORK)
# 13. Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton, (FORMER PRESIDENT | NEW YORK & SECRETARY OF STATE | WASHINGTON)

This is not a joke.