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'Sonia, Mayawati, Nooyi among 50 people who shaped decade'
Agencies Posted online: Tuesday , Dec 29, 2009 at 1632 hrs
London : Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister
Mayawati are among the four Indians named in the Financial Times list
of '50 People Who Shaped the Decade'.
NRI billionaire Lakshmi Mittal and India-born Pepsico Chief Indra
Nooyi are the other two Indians in the league of 50, which among
others also features Al-Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden and US President
Barack Obama.
About the 50, the UK daily said "not all are heroes, some are
villains, and many fall somewhere in between". People from fields as
diverse as politics and business, economics and culture have made to
the list, which includes legendary investor Warren Buffett, Apple
chief Steve Jobs, golfer Tiger Woods, Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation's co-chair Melinda Gates and Chinese President Hu Jintao.
"... the men and women on our list should be seen as representative of
the larger themes of the decade. There are some striking omissions,
because we felt that a historic event or trend had been captured by
someone already on our list," it added.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, German Chancellor Angela
Merkel, former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, former US President
George Bush, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, US Fed Chairman
Ben S Bernanke, inventor of famed television programme format 'Big
Brother' -- John De MoI.
On Sonia Gandhi, the publication noted that as Congress party's leader
since 1998 she has rebuilt India's largest political party.
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