9. Sonia Gandhi
Congress party leader Sonia Gandhi poses at the Laeken Castle November 11, 2006 in Brussels, Belgium. Sonia Gandhi, at ninth place, has been described as a person who wields unequaled influence over 1.2 billion Indians and "after being elected as Congress President for the record fourth term she has cemented her status as true heiress to the Nehru-Gandhi political dynasty." (Photo by Mark Renders/Getty Images)