10. Mark Zuckerberg Social media tycoon Facebook counts Mark Zuckerberg as one of its three co-founders, chief executive officers, and chairman. Rebranding efforts have recently been undertaken by Facebook to emphasis its metaverse objectives.
As part of its Person of the Year award, Time magazine has recognized Zuckerberg as one of the world’s top 100 most important individuals every year since 2008. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg ranked 10th on Forbes’ annual list of the world’s most powerful people.
11. Oprah Winfrey Media mogul Oprah Gail Winfrey is estimated to be worth $2.7 billion. Oprah Winfrey started her career as a news anchor and her famous talk show “The Oprah Winfrey Show”, used to garner the highest ratings which was the world record in its category.
She was featured as the most influential woman in the world in 2007. Oprah was born in 1954 in extreme poverty in rural Mississippi to a housemaid single teenage mother.
Oprah started working in a local grocery store when she was a teenager and she won the Miss Black Tennessee beauty pageant at the age of 17. Oprah Winfrey was the first black news anchor and also the youngest at Nashville’s WLAC-TV. She is now Chairwoman and CEO of Harpo Productions. Also, she is the Chairwoman, CEO, and CCO of the Oprah Winfrey Network.
12. Justin Beiber Justin Bieber is a very famous singer with a huge fan following across the world. Justin’s youtube videos racked up more than 10 million views just from word of mouth. His debut album, My World, sold more than 137,000 copies in less than a week in 2009.
13. Ariana Grande Ariana Grande is a singer and actress from the United States. Two Grammy Awards, one Brit Award, nine MTV Video Music Awards, and 27 Guinness World Records have all been bestowed upon her over her illustrious career.
As for Ariana Grande’s discography, she’s released six studio albums, a compilation album, a live album and a remix album in addition to two extended plays, 52 singles and 12 singles for promotional purposes.