2025 Global Business Influence Rankings Released Jensen Huang Tops the List Wang Chuanfu and Ren Zhengfei Make the Top Ten
On August 5 local time Fortune magazine released its annual list of the 100 Most Influential Business Leaders in the World for 2025 Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang claimed the top spot for the first time
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg ranked second and third while last years number one Elon Musk dropped to fourth place The top ten also includes Google CEO Sundar Pichai JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon and General Motors CEO Mary Barra representing the leading forces in technology finance and traditional manufacturing
This years list is dominated by leaders from the AI and semiconductor industries In addition to Huangs debut at number one OpenAI CEO Sam Altman also entered the top ten for the first time Notably the number of female leaders increased to 19 including AMD CEO Lisa Su and Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser reflecting progress toward greater diversity at the top levels of global business.
Chinese entrepreneurs performed exceptionally well BYD Chairman Wang Chuanfu and Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei ranked fifth and seventh marking the highest positions ever achieved by Chinese business leaders on this list Six other Chinese entrepreneurs also made it into the top 100: Xiaomi founder Lei Jun 16th Tencent founder Pony Ma 25th CATL founder Robin Zeng 30th ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming 43rd Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing CEO Nicolas Aguzin 53rd and DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng (72nd) the latter making his debut and highlighting Chinas rapid rise in the AI sector
Overall this annual ranking is not only a record of the personal achievements of global business leaders but also a snapshot of the current global economic landscape From electric vehicles and artificial intelligence to semiconductors and fintech these industry giants are reshaping the global economy with unprecedented influence setting the direction for the future of business competition
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