La rivista Fortune, dopo aver etichettato Steve Jobs come "il businessman più influente del mondo", lo premia anche con il primo posto nella sua classifica dei 25 dirigenti più potenti del pianeta.

Secondo la rivista, tale scelta è stata dettata dall'enorme successo di Apple, raggiunto in cinque mercati di rilievo: computer (ha rivoluzionato il mondo dell’informatica), Hollywood (enorme proposta cinematografica su iTunes Store), musica (iTunes Store), vendita al dettaglio (Apple Store) e telefonia mobile (iPhone).

Riportiamo di seguito la classifica completa:

1. Steve Jobs: Chairman and CEO, Apple
2. Rupert Murdoch: Chairman and CEO, News Corp.
3. Lloyd Blankfein: Chairman and CEO, Goldman Sachs
4. Eric Schmidt, Larry Page, and Sergei Brin: President, Products; President, Technology; Google
5. Warren Buffett: Chairman and CEO, Berkshire Hathaway
6. Rex Tillerson: Chairman and CEO, Exxon Mobil
7. Bill Gates: Founder, chairman of Microsoft; founder and co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
8. Jeff Immelt: Chairman and CEO, GE
9. Katsuaki Watanabe: President, Toyota
10. A.G. Lafley: Chairman and CEO, Procter & Gamble
11. John Chambers: Chairman and CEO, Cisco
12. Li Ka-shing: Chairman, Cheung Kong Holdings and Hutchison Whampoa
13. Lee Scott: CEO, Wal-Mart
14. Lakshmi Mittal
15. Jamie Dimon: Chairman and CEO, JP Morgan Chase
16. Mark Hurd: Chairman and CEO, Hewlett-Packard
17. James McNerney: Chairman and CEO, Boeing
18. Marius Kloppers: CEO, BHP Billiton
19. Steve Schwarzman: CEO, Blackstone
20: Carlos Slim: Chair, TelMex and Carso Foundation
21: Steve Feinberg: CEO, Cerberus
22: Indra Nooyi: Chairman and CEO, PepsiCo
23: Ratan Tata: Chairman, Tata Group
24: Bob Iger: CEO, Walt Disney
25: Bernard Arnault: Chairman and CEO, LVMH