China’s Most Powerful People [Global Elite]- 2009

Posted by Matt in November 24th, 2009 | no comment

Published in China, Global Elite, Andy Xie, Bo Xilai, Don Ye, Global Elite, Hu Jintao, Jianzhou Wang, Justin Lin, Li Ning, Li Shufu, Lin Liu, Lou Jiwei, Ren Zhengfei, Shi Zhengrong, Wang Qishan, Wang Yang, Yang Wei, Yao Ming, Yue Minjun, Zhang Ziyi, Zhou Xiaochuan

Bo Xilai
Chen Deming
Dong Mingzhu
Hou Weigui
Hu Jintao
Li Ning
Robin Li
Li Shufu
Justin Lin
Liu Chuanzhi
Liu Mingkang
Lou Jiwei
Lu Chuan
Jack Ma
Pony Ma
Ma Weihua
Ren Zhengfei
Shi Zhengrong
Song Hongbing
Wang Chuanfu
Wang Jianzhou
Wang Qishan
Wang Shi
Wang Yang
Wei Jiafu
Wen Jiabao
Wu Gang
Xi Jinping
Xia Deren
Andy Xie
Xu Xiaonian
Yao Ming
Don Ye
Yue Minjun
Zhang Qingwei
Zhang Ruimin
Zhang Ziyi
Zhou Xiaochuan
Jonathan Zhu

Global Elite: Robert Byrd

Posted by Matt in August 29th, 2009 | no comment

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Robert Carlyle Byrd (born November 20, 1917) is the senior United States Senator from West Virginia, and a member and former Senate Leader of the Democratic Party. Byrd has been a Senator since January 3, 1959 and is the longest-serving member in the Senate’s history. He is also the oldest current member of the United [...]

Global Elite: Masaaki Shirakawa

Posted by Matt in July 17th, 2009 | no comment

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Masaaki Shirakawa (born September 27, 1949) is Governor of the Bank of Japan. His nomination to the post was approved on April 9, 2008.
After graduating from high school in Kokura, Shirakawa entered the University of Tokyo, graduating with a degree in economics. He joined the Bank of Japan in 1972, subsequently earning a master’s [...]

Global Elite: Jean-Claude Trichet

Posted by Matt in July 10th, 2009 | no comment

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Jean-Claude Trichet (born 20 December 1942) is a French civil servant who is the current president of the European Central Bank, a position he has held since 2003.
Biography
Trichet was born in Lyon, France and educated at the École des Mines de Nancy. He later trained at the Institut d’etudes politiques de Paris (best known [...]

Global Elite: Ben Bernanke

Posted by Matt in July 10th, 2009 | 3 comments

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Ben Shalom Bernanke was born in December 13, 1953. He is the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reserve. Bernanke succeeded Alan Greenspan on February 1, 2006. He was ranked the 4th most powerful person in the world in an annual ranking by Newsweek in 2008.
Early life
Born in Augusta, Georgia, [...]

Global Elite: Nicolas Sarkozy

Posted by Matt in July 10th, 2009 | no comment

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Nicolas Sarkozy (born on 28 January 1955 in Paris) is the 23rd President of the French Republic and ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra. He assumed the office on 16 May 2007 after defeating Socialist Party candidate Ségolène Royal 10 days earlier.
Before his presidency, he was leader of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP). Under [...]

Global Elite: Hu Jintao

Posted by Matt in July 10th, 2009 | no comment

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Hu Jintao (born 21 December 1942) is currently the Paramount Leader of the People’s Republic of China, holding the titles of General Secretary of the Communist Party of China since 2002, President of the People’s Republic of China since 2003, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission since 2004, succeeding Jiang Zemin in the fourth [...]

Global Elite: Barack Obama

Posted by Matt in July 10th, 2009 | no comment

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Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. The first African American to hold the office, Obama had previously been the junior United States Senator from Illinois, serving from January 2005 until November 2008, when he resigned after his election to the presidency.
Obama is a graduate of Columbia University [...]

The World’s Top 100 Billionaires for 2009

Posted by Matt in March 11th, 2009 | no comment

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The 2008 TIME 100 Finalists

Posted by Matt in January 14th, 2009 | 1 comment

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RAIN
AGE: 25 OCCUPATION: Korean pop sensation — and last year’s landslide winner of this poll NUMBER OF TIME COVERS: 0 PREVIOUS APPEARANCES ON THE TIME 100: 2 …
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SHIGERU MIYAMOTO
AGE: 55 OCCUPATION: Video-game designer NUMBER OF TIME COVERS: 0 PREVIOUS APPEARANCES ON THE TIME 100: 1 PRO: As if creating Mario, Donkey Kong, [...]