Financial Times Person of the Year
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The British business newspaper Financial Times each year nominated a "Person of the Year" to the person the newspaper has considered has demonstrated considerable influence in a given year.
List of FT Persons of the Year
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Past recipients:[1]
- 2019: Satya Nadella (CEO, Microsoft)
- 2018: George Soros[2]
- 2017: Susan Fowler[3]
- 2016: Donald Trump (US President Elect) [4]
- 2015: Angela Merkel (Chancellor, Germany)[5]
- 2014: Tim Cook (CEO, Apple Inc.)[6]
- 2013: Jack Ma (Founder, Alibaba Group)[7]
- 2012: Mario Draghi (President, European Central Bank)[8]
- 2011: Mohamed Bouazizi (Arab Spring)
- 2010: Steve Jobs (CEO, Apple Inc)
- 2009: Lloyd Blankfein (CEO, Goldman Sachs)
- 2008: Barack Obama (US President Elect)
- 2007: Jean-Claude Trichet (President, European Central Bank)
- 2006: Lakshmi Mittal (CEO, ArcelorMittal)
- 2005: Sergey Brin and Larry Page (co-founders of Google)
- 2004: Eliot Spitzer (New York Attorney-General)
- 2003: Jeffrey Immelt (CEO General Electric)[9]
- 2002: George W Bush (43rd President of the US)
- 2001: Howard Lutnick (CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald and BGC Partners)
- 2000: Craig Venter (genomics scientist)[10]
- 1999: John von Neumann (Polymath and inventor)
- 1998: Alan Greenspan (Chairman of the Federal Reserve (1987–2006))
- 1997: Tony Blair (Prime Minister of the UK (1997–2007))
- 1996: Rupert Murdoch (Founder and CEO of News Corp)
- 1994: Bill Gates (Co-founder and CEO of Microsoft)
- 1993: Edouard Balladur (Prime Minister of France (1993–1995))
- 1992: Deng Xiaoping (Leader of the People's Republic of China)
- 1991: James Baker (Secretary of State of the US (1989–1992))
- 1990: Helmut Kohl (German Chancellor (1982–1998))
- 1989: Mikhail Gorbachev (Leader of the Soviet Union (1985–1991))
- 1988: Henry Kravis & George Roberts (Founders of KKR)
- 1987: Margaret Thatcher (Prime Minister of the UK (1979–1990))
- 1986: Yasuhiro Nakasone (Prime Minister of Japan (1982–1987))
- 1985: Mikhail Gorbachev (Leader of the Soviet Union (1985–1991))
- 1984: Albert Hall ((representative of) the Army of Unemployed)
- 1983: John Opel (CEO of IBM (1981–1985))
- 1982: George Shultz (Secretary of State of the US (1982–1989))
- 1981: Francois Mitterrand (French President (1981–1995))
- 1980: Lech Wałęsa (Leader of the Polish Solidarity movement)[11]
- 1978: Deng Xiaoping (Senior Vice-Premier of the People's Republic of China)
- 1977: Anwar Sadat (President of Egypt (1970–1981))
- 1976: Jimmy Carter (39th President of the US (1977–1981))
- 1975: Helmut Schmidt (German Chancellor (1974–1982))
- 1974: Harold Wilson (Prime Minister of the UK (1964–1970 and 1974–1976))
- 1973: King Faisal (King of Saudi Arabia)
- 1972: Henry Kissinger (Secretary of State of the US (1973–1977))
- 1970: Jean Rey (Second President of the European Commission)[12]
References
- ^ "FT Person of the Year". Financial Times. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
- ^ Hook, Leslie (19 December 2018). "FT Person of the Year: George Soros". Financial Times. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
- ^ Hook, Leslie (12 December 2017). "FT Person of the Year: Susan Fowler". Financial Times. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
- ^ "Donald Trump - Financial Times Person of the Year".
- ^ "Angela Merkel - Financial Times Person of the Year".
- ^ "Tim Cook - Financial Times Person of the Year".
- ^ "Jack Ma - Financial Times Person of the Year".
- ^ "Mario Draghi - Financial Times Person of the Year".
- ^ "Jeffrey R. Immelt: Executive Profile & Biography - Businessweek". investing.businessweek.com. Retrieved 2015-06-19.
- ^ "bios/j_craig_venter_phd". visionsfortomorrow.net. Archived from the original on 2015-06-19. Retrieved 2015-06-19.
- ^ Europa Publications (2003). The International Who's Who 2004. Europa Publications. p. 1761. ISBN 9781857432176. Retrieved 2015-06-19.
- ^ https://ig.ft.com/sites/person-of-the-year/