Xuedong Ding

• Chairman, China Investment Corp, China
• Age: 54
• Residence: Beijing, China
• Country of Citizenship: China

Profile

Ding was appointed to lead one the world's largest sovereign wealth funds ($575.2 billion in assets) this July. Like his predecessor, Lou Jiwei, the new Minister of Finance, Ding is under pressure

Christine Lagarde

• Managing Director, International Monetary Fund
• Age: 58
• Residence: Washington, DC
• Country of Citizenship: France
• Education: Master of Arts, Institut d''etudes politiques d''Aix-en-Provence
• Marital Status: Single
• Children: 2

Profile

The first woman to run the 188-country financial organization has spent much of her first two years on the job battling the debt crisis in Europe and calling for ailing global economies to accelerate steps for stable growth.

Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan

• President, United Arab Emirates
• Age: 66
• Residence: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
• Country of Citizenship: United Arab Emirates

Profile

As hereditary ruler of U.A.E. capital Abu Dhabi, Al-Nahyan is head of the country's richest emirate and is one of the world's wealthiest monarchs.

Rupert Murdoch & family

• Chairman and CEO, News Corp
• Age: 82
• Source of Wealth: media, self-made
• Residence: New York, NY
• Country of Citizenship: United States
• Education: Bachelor of Arts / Science, Oxford University; Master of Arts, Oxford University
• Marital Status: Divorced
• Children: 6

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At 82, Murdoch's not afraid of new beginnings. 2013 saw the divide his News Corp. media and entertainment empire into two unequal parts: a big one consisting mainly of TV

Ban Ki-moon

• Secretary-General, United Nations
• Age: 69
• Residence: Geneva, Switzerland
• Country of Citizenship: South Korea
• Education: Master of Arts, Harvard University
• Marital Status: Married
• Children: 3

Profile

As Secretary General of the 193-member international organization, South Korean Ban has helped strengthened the UN's peacekeeping efforts, philanthropic ventures and worldwide hunger initiatives. Now in his second term, the measured and conservative Ban will head up the organization through 2016.