Initially, Voldemort's goals were only to fulfill his role as Slytherin's heir, as the years went on, however, he expanded his ambitions into taking over the entire Wizarding World and shape it under his and Slytherin's supremacist views and ruling eternally. Subsequently, Voldemort became the most powerful and feared Dark Wizard of all time, surpassing fellow Dark Wizard Gellert Grindelwald in the process, as well as the founder and supreme leader of the Death Eaters.