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Founder and CEO, Baidu
- Age: 45
- Source of Wealth: Internet search, self-made
- Residence: Beijing, China
- Country of Citizenship: China
- Education: Bachelor of Arts / Science, Peking University; Master of Arts, University at Buffalo
- Marital Status: Married
- Children: 4
Profile
One of China's richest men and CEO of the nation's top search engine.
Before founding Baidu, Li worked in Silicon Valley for Infoseek, a
search pioneer.
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Chairman, Rosneft
- Age: 53
- Residence: Moscow, Russia
- Country of Citizenship: Russia
- Marital Status: Married
- Children: 1
Profile
Vladimir Putin's former deputy chief of staff had a great year since
landing the top job at Russian oil major Rosneft in May 2012, inking a
sweet deal for BP's near half of energy giant TNK-BP and then buying out
the remaining shares.
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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.
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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
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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.