27 September 2010 50 People Who Matter 2010 The New Statesman’s list of individuals with global influence and the power to change our world. Sign-up What do Lady Gaga and David Cameron have in common? Julian Assange and Steve Jobs? Jacob Zuma and Angelina Jolie? They all have world-changing potential. And they are new entries in our annual list of the individuals who have global influence – for good or ill. The New Statesman 50 People Who Matter 2010 are: 1. (2) Rupert Murdoch 2. (1) Barack Obama 3. (-) Mahmoud Ahmedinijad 4. (10) Xi Jinping 5. (-) Steve Jobs 6. (26) Pope Benedict XVI 7. (24) Ashfaq Kayani 8. (12) Angela Merkel 9. (4) Eric Schmidt, Larry Page & Sergey Brin10. (44) Hugo Chavez11. (-) Binyamin Netanyahu12. (12) David Petraeus13. (-) Sarah Palin14. (-) Craig Venter15. (-) David Cameron16. (13) Bill Gates17. (-) Felipe Calderon18. (-) Khaled Meshal19. (25) Warren Buffett20. (7) Vladimir Putin21. (8) Osama bin Laden22. (-) Angelina Jolie23. (-) Julian Assange24. (-) Lloyd Blankfein25. (-) Hillary Clinton26. (-) Mark Zuckerberg27. (-) Ratan Tata28. (-) Stephenie Meyer29. (31) Sonia Gandhi30. (-) James Cameron31. (28) Ingvar Kamprad32. (-) Stephen McIntyre33. (-) Moqtada al-Sadr34. (-) Aung San Suu Kyi35. (-) Margaret Chan36. (-) Jacob Zuma37. (-) Bob Diamond38. (35) Oprah Winfrey39. (-) Paul Krugman40. (36) Mohammed Yunus41. (34) Simon Cowell42. (-) Zaha Hadid43. (22) Amartya Sen44. (-) Lady Gaga45. (6) Malalai Joya46. (-) John Lasseter47. (-) Julia Gillard48. (-) Han Han49. (14) Paul Kagame50. (-) Caster Semenya Previous year's ranking in brackets, with (-) denoting a new entry. Entries compiled by Caroline Crampton, Ollie Cussen, George Eaton, Sophie Elmhirst, Mehdi Hasan, James Macintyre, Patrick Osgood, Nick Petrie, Duncan Robinson, Samira Shackle and Daniel Trilling. All photos by Getty Images. SUBSCRIBE More