interesting list. I don't know if I would rank Angela Merkel and the Pope as wealthy, powerful yes. The pope does have the entire resources of the Catholic Church at his command, but I don't see him throwing parties on a yacht,or having mansions around the world for his mistresses.
Although it is well know that some Popes not only had mistresses but bastards, like the Medici Popes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbes_list_of_the_World%27s_Most_Powerful_People#:~:text=Slots%20were%20allocated%20based%20on,most%20powerful%20person%204%20times.
interesting list. I don't know if I would rank Angela Merkel and the Pope as wealthy, powerful yes. The pope does have the entire resources of the Catholic Church at his command, but I don't see him throwing parties on a yacht,or having mansions around the world for his mistresses.
Although it is well know that some Popes not only had mistresses but bastards, like the Medici Popes.