Bill Gates, Obama, the Pope are the World's Most Admired People

The world's richest man and Microsoft chairman
Bill Gates is the most admired person in the
world, followed by US President Barack Obama,
Russian President Vladimir Putin, Pope Francis
and Indian cricket player Sachin Tendulkar, the
London Times reports, citing a poll.
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.