The world’s richest man is also the most admired person on the planet, according to a new poll for The Times.
Bill Gates pipped Barack Obama, Vladimir Putin and the Pope to claim the title in that order.
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Gates scored highly in each of the 12 countries where YouGov conducted polling and was the most popular in China. Putin’s popularity among Russians helped him secure third place on the list, the newspaper reported.
YouGov surveyed 14,000 people in the U.K., France, Germany, Russia, the U.S., Australia, Pakistan, Indonesia, India, China, Egypt, Nigeria and Brazil in the poll conducted for the Times, according to the newspaper.