Sonia Gandhi, Mayawati in '50 People Who Shaped the Decade' list

30 Dec 2009

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Congress chief Sonia Gandhi along with UP chief minister Mayawati are among the four Indians named in the Financial Times list of '50 People Who Shaped the Decade', which includes US president Barack Obama and Al-Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden. Other Indian names in the list are those of NRI billionaire Lakshmi Mittal and India-born Pepsico chief Indra Nooyi.

The UK daily said not all the 50 were heroes, some were villains and many fell somewhere in between.

People from diverse fields, ranging from politics to business, economics and culture, have made the cut to the list, which also 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.

Others in the list are 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 and originator of famed television programme format 'Big Brother' - John De MoI.

Regarding Sonia Gandhi, the publication said that as the Congress party leader since 1998 she had rebuilt India's largest political party.

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