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Bloomberg Markets Names Ruchir Sharma as One of the 50 Most Influential

OCTOBER 2015

Bloomberg Markets recently announced its 50 Most Influential Bloomberg Markets 50 Most Influential for 2015 people in the world for 2015. The annual list honors leading policy makers, thinkers, CEOs, bankers and money managers Janet Yellen Paul Singer for “extraordinary success in their chosen fields,” and Xi Jinping Marc Andreessen

Ruchir joins this year alongside both fellow newcomers and Tim Cook Renaud Laplanche household names like Warren Buffet, Janet Yellen, Angela Larry Fink Akio Toyoda

Merkel and Pope Francis. Paul Krugman

Ruchir was cited as a money manager and thinker “who has been publishing market Barack Obama Pope Francis analysis since he was 18.” He is Head of Emerging Markets and Global Macro, as Carl Icahn Ellen Kullman well as a frequent contributor to The Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, and Foreign Affairs, and author of the 2012 international best-seller Breakout Nations. Ruchir is Lloyd Blankfein Wang Qishan known for the data-driven clarity of his columns on the world economy, and Bloomberg Angela Merkel Jonathan Gray noted in particular his recent analyses of the market turmoil in China, and why the next global recession is likely to originate in China rather than the United States. Reid Hoffman Ken Griffin On behalf of all IM, we congratulate Ruchir on this distinction and the Global Emerging Jamie Dimon John Stumpf Markets Equity Team for continuing to deliver the “Best of our Firm” to our clients. Abigail Johnson Wang Jianlin

Bloomberg Markets 50 Most Influential Criteria Narendra Modi Christine Lagarde Bloomberg favors recent accomplishments over lifetime achievements. Half the people Mario Draghi Jiang Jianqing here have never appeared on the list before. Tech executives and entrepreneurs and Jimmy Lai the venture capitalists who fund them are ascendant of late, and the list reflects that. China, for better or worse, is vital to global markets, and Bloomberg has a bigger Asia Ana Botin Aliko Dangote cohort than ever. Jorge Paulo Lemann Michael Kim

To build the list each year, Bloomberg starts with a much larger universe of candidates, John Taylor compiled with the help of Bloomberg News reporters and editors around the world. They also rely on the rankings, profiles, and cover stories they publish throughout the Elizabeth Warren Blythe Masters year in Bloomberg Markets. Then the magazine’s editors winnow it down, making the Thomas Piketty George Osborne hard calls about who’s in and who’s out. Jeffrey Gundlach Richard Thaler This year, for the first time, Bloomberg enlisted the help of nine industry experts, who convened as the advisory board for their companion conference, the Bloomberg Fan Bao Elizabeth Holmes Markets Most Influential Summit. Tidjane Thiam Mo Ibrahim

Click here for Ruchir’s 50 Most Influential profile Ruth Porat Jane Gladstone Ruchir Sharma This communication is for informational purposes only to update clients and is not an offer, or a solicitation of an offer, to buy or sell any security or strategy.

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