Tim Cook Loses Out to Microsoft CEO and 4 Others as Most Powerful Person in Business

Fortune magazine has unveiled its inaugural list of the 100 Most Powerful People in Business, with Apple CEO Tim Cook ranking sixth. The list, which spans 40 industries and includes leaders from around the globe, places Cook behind five other business titans.



Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, claimed the top spot, followed by Jensen Huang of Nvidia and Satya Nadella of Microsoft. Rounding out the top five are Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway and Jamie Dimon of JPMorgan Chase.



But when it comes to tech giants, Tim Cook was ahead of Mark Zuckerberg of Meta, Sam Altman of OpenAI, Sundar Pichai of Alphabet/Google, and Jeff Bezos of Amazon.



The list represents a diverse array of industries and geographies, with 70 U.S.-based companies, 15 from Asia, 14 from Europe, and one from the Middle East.



Here are the 2024 Fortune Most Powerful People Top 10:




Elon Musk, CEO and Founder, Tesla and SpaceX



Jensen Huang, CEO and Founder, Nvidia



Satya Nadella, CEO and Chairman, Microsoft



Warren Buffett, CEO and Chairman, Berkshire Hathaway



Jamie Dimon, CEO and Chairman, JPMorgan Chase



Tim Cook, CEO, Apple



Mark Zuckerberg, CEO, Chairman and Founder, Meta



Sam Altman, CEO and Cofounder, OpenAI



Mary Barra, CEO and Chairman, General Motors



Sundar Pichai, CEO, Alphabet




Thank you, Apple World.Today, for compiling this list.



Fortune ranks power based on more than just revenue or titles. They look at things like industry influence, innovation, wealth, and leadership impact. Alyson Shontell, Fortune's Editor-in-Chief, described the list as "the authoritative ranking of corporate power as it exists today."



Here is the entire list.