Samsung Electronics chief executive Kim Ki-nam has made it onto the list of the world's most influential CEOs this year becoming the only Korean business leader to do so.<br />The head of Korea's leading chipmaker was named as the world's 13th most-influential chief executive by CEOWORLD magazine.<br />Kim was also the third most influential CEO out of the IT firms on the list behind Apple's Tim Cook and Amazon's Jeff Bezos who came 9th and 11th respectively.<br />CEOWORLD magazine measured more than 12-hundred CEOs from around the world, and considered the brand's newsworthiness, impact, change in market capitalization and social issues when putting together the list.<br />