Bill Gates is more important for the world than Steve Jobs, says the Forbes

According to the list of the most influential people in the world which was compiled by the Forbes magazine Bill Gates is more powerful than Steve Jobs, while Oracle’s CEO Larry Ellison doesn’t matter at all, because he was not included in at least some lower position of the chart.

"There are 6.8 billion people on the planet. Here are the 68 who matter," is how Forbes introduces its latest list of world tycoons: "The World's Most Powerful People".

The Forbes’ list was topped by China's president, Hu Jintao, whose "near dictatorial control over 1.3 billion people" puts him ahead of the last year number one celebrity, Barack Obama, who "suffered a mighty blow in U.S. midterm elections."

Meantime, David Cameron comes at the seventh place after Merkel, the pope, Putin and Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al Saud.

So, the Forbes included Bill Gates into the list at the second place but not because he did something at old times at Microsoft but for being co-chair of the "world's most influential charity." On the other hand, Steve Jobs, "insanely creative Apple cofounder", comes at number 17.

The Forbes put "brainy duo" of Larry Page and Sergey Brin to share number 22 for "trying to put all the world's information at your fingertips," but chided "in some quarters for decimating traditional publishing [and] journalism."

Mark Zuckerberg, is the fortieth most powerful person in the world, in Forbes' estimation.

Hanging onto the bottom rung of the list is the "genius provocateur" Julian Assange, of whom Forbes says, "Governments and corporations with dirty laundry should be afraid, very afraid."