Margaret Chan

    Margaret Chan
  • Director-General, World Health Organization
  • Age: 66
  • Residence: Geneva, Switzerland
  • Country of Citizenship: China
  • Education: Medical Doctor, University of Western Ontario; Bachelor of Arts / Science, Northcote College of Education; Masters of Public Health, National University of Singapore
  • Marital Status: Married
  • Children: 1
Profile
Now in her second term as leader of the World Health Organization, Chan is the most powerful person in global public health and the only person with the authority to call a worldwide pandemic.

Larry Ellison

    Larry Ellison
  • CEO, Oracle
  • Age: 69
  • Source of Wealth: Oracle, self-made
  • Residence: Woodside, CA
  • Country of Citizenship: United States
  • Education: Drop Out, University of Illinois at Urbana; Drop Out, University of Chicago
  • Marital Status: Divorced
  • Children: 2
Profile
 Little gets in the way of Larry Ellison's ambition--or mouth. In an August TV ¬interview, the Oracle founder said that Apple's best days

Shinzo Abe

    Shinzo Abe
  • Prime Minister, Japan
  • Age: 59
  • Residence: Tokyo, Japan
Profile
 This is Shinzo Abe's second go as prime minister, begging the question whether or not he is destined to be another in a long line Japanese leaders who can't seem to hold on to their administration for longer than two years.

Virginia Rometty

    Virginia Rometty
  • CEO, IBM
  • Age: 56
  • Residence: Armonk, NY
  • Country of Citizenship: United States
  • Education: Bachelor of Arts / Science, Northwestern University
  • Marital Status: Married
 Profile
Rometty heads up the biggest computer company by revenue -- yes, bigger even than Google, Tencent or Yahoo. Generating $104.5 billion annually, IBM saw a $16.6 billion profit last year.

Bill Gross

    Bill Gross
  • Cofounder and Co-Chief Investment Officer, Pacific Investment Management Company LLC
  • Age: 69
  • Source of Wealth: investments, self-made
  • Residence: Laguna Beach, CA
  • Country of Citizenship: United States
  • Education: Master of Business Administration, Anderson School of Management; Bachelor of Arts / Science, Duke University
  • Marital Status: Married
  • Children: 3
 Profile
 The cofounder of PIMCO is the most powerful man in the bond market, heading up the industry's largest fund with $2 trillion under management.