Moot world's most influential; Sonia, Tata in top 100: Time

Pipping the likes of US president Barack Obama and Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama, founder of 4chan.Org, an online community, Christopher Poole, better known as Moot, has emerged as Time magazine's most influential person in the world.

Surprisingly, Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud is the fourth most influential person in the list of world's 100 most influential people.

Three Indians -- Congress party president Sonia Gandhi, movie mogul Ronnie Screwvala, the brain behind world's cheapest car Nano Ratan Tata -- also feature in the list.

Obama is ranked 37, while Dalai Lama is placed at 61st.

The website of Moot is popular for posting images and for online discussions.

Besides the three in top 100, business tycoon Mukesh Ambani (146), figures in the extended list of 203 influential people. Besides, the three India-origin people-- public face for Washington's Troubled Asset Relief Programme Neel Kashkari (162), cola queen Indra Nooyi (165) and Harvard-educated management consultant Ram Charan (169)-- also feature in the list.

The results of the Time's poll are published online.

Malaysian politician Anwar Ibrahim has corned the second place in the top 100, followed by evangelist Rick Warren (3rd), and Internet search giant Google's Larry Brilliant (5).