Mexican drug lord makes Forbes power list
Forbes noted Guzman's profession as "drug trafficker" on the list published on its website.
Mexico City: Forbes Magazine named drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman — a fugitive reputed to be hiding in the mountains of northern Mexico — to its list of the 67 World's Most Powerful People' on Wednesday.
At No 41 on the list, Guzman is ahead of presidents like Russia's Dmitry Medvedev, France's Nicolas Sarkozy and Venezuela's Hugo Chavez.
Forbes noted Guzman's profession as "drug trafficker" on the list published on its website.
"This ranking is intended to be the beginning of a conversation, not the final word," the magazine said in accompanying article. "Do despicable criminals like billionaire Mexican drug lord Joaquin Guzman… belong on this list at all?"
Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar, No. 1 on India's most-wanted list, has found his way to Forbes list topped by US President Barack Obama.
Described by the US business magazine as the "boss of Mumbai-based organised crime syndicate D-Company", Dawood, a global terrorist according to the US and whom India blames for the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, is ranked No. 50.
The mobster is just 14 notches behind Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who is at No. 36.
