A selection from Fortune's 2017 World's Greatest Leaders list:
- 1. Theo Epstein – President, Baseball Operations, Chicago Cubs
- 2. Jack Ma – Executive Chairman, Alibaba Group
- 3. Pope Francis
- 4. Melinda Gates – Co-chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- 5. Jeff Bezos – Founder and CEO, Amazon
- 7. H.R. McMaster– U.S. National Security Advisor
- 9. John McCain – U.S. Senator, Arizona
- 12. John Kasich – Governor, Ohio
- 13. Rep. John Delaney (D-Md.), for his advocacy on infrastructure
- 23. Joe Biden