An Astronaut. a Sheik. a Boxer. a Chef. a Mayor. a Sailor. an Architect
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An astronaut. A Sheik. A boxer. A chef. A mayor. A sailor. An architect... Just a few of Britain’s... 0MOST 5INFLUENTIAL IN ASSOCIATION WITH Illustrations by PETER JAMES FIELD Edited by INDIA GLADSTONE 172–179_MostInfluential.indd 1 28/10/2016 08:05 N0.02 NO. SIR JONATHAN IVE Apple’s aesthetic visionary As Chief Design Officer for 01 the tech giant, Jony Ive is the gentleman responsible for the look, feel and user interface of each and every Apple product that goes into production. Ive has been with the brand for a decade, and has led his team through Apple’s most instrumental time. In 2013 he was knighted for services to design and enterprise – long may his success continue. N0.03 WARREN GATLAND OBE A Kiwi returns home as a Lion The former New Zealand rugby player and current coach of Wales is due for his busiest year yet. Proud Kiwi Gatland now has the task of leading the Lions on their tour of New Zealand next year. If anyone can outwit the All Blacks on their own soil, it’s Gatland; in 2013 in Australia, he led the Lions to a 2-1 series victory. SADIQ KHAN Capital kingpin NO. NAMED THE MAYOR OF LONDON IN 2016, Sadiq Khan beat the Conservative candidate Zac Goldsmith to become 04 the third Mayor of London, and the first muslim to hold the office. Replacing Boris Johnson, Sadiq had big shoes to fill, but after receiving nearly 300,000 more votes than his predecessor he has proven himself to be up to the challenge. Although he has only been in office for five months, he has already dealt with Brexit, the arrival of the night tube, THOMAS HEATHERWICK and come out of a bitter Labour leadership battle (in which Reinvention on the river he campaigned against the winner) more popular than ever. With his party predicted to suffer major national loses One of Britain’s most significant in the next election, he is one of the leading lights of the left. designers, 46-year-old Thomas Sadiq has many major battles left to fight, from protecting Heatherwick has an unrivalled London’s status as the financial capital in a post-Brexit world skill for creating new British to completing unpopular projects like the Garden Bridge. icons. He helped redesign the But perhaps Sadiq’s greatest challenge will be delivering Routemaster bus, designed the on his pledge to wrestle greater mayoral powers away from a 2012 Olympic Cauldron, and is resurgent Conservative central government, who look set to now grappling with the funding grow in popularity. Taking over in one of the capital’s most issues surrounding the ‘Garden challenging periods promises to make his reign one of the Bridge’ – a highly anticipated most important in the history of the office. structure set to span the Thames. MOST INFLUENTIAL 173 172–179_MostInfluential.indd 2 28/10/2016 08:05 HUGH GROSVENOR Benevolent billionaire NO. WHEN HIS FATHER, GERALD GROSVENOR, sadly passed away in August, 25-year-old Hugh Grosvenor became the 7th Duke of Westminster – and made headlines around 05 the world. Worth an estimated $13 billion, the British aristocrat is now the world’s wealthiest youngest person aged under 30. Yet despite inheriting the family’s massive global-realty business, he has showed his philanthropic side by funding long-term projects in Stockholm, Washington DC and the Suzhou riverbank in China, The Duke also works for Bio-bean, a company that has researched and tested the process of recycling waste coffee grounds into advanced biofuels, biomass pellets and biodiesel. Using the waste of hundreds of coffee shops, restaurants and office blocks, the business aims to replace conventional fuels and chemicals with their own organically produced, recycled fare. Meanwhile, The Westminster Foundation has long been the charitable arm of the Grosvenor Estate, awarding over £40 million in grants. And, with Hugh Grosvenor now in charge, the list of 1,500 charitable organisations already supported looks set to grow further. N0.06 N0.08 N0.10 FRANK STEPHENSON CHRISTOPHER BAILEY DYLAN HARTLEY Motor maestro A passion for fashion Exceptional egg-chaser Stephenson has been director Over the last 15 years, Bailey has The most highly-capped hooker in of design for brands such as taken Burberry from strength to English rugby history, the 30-year- Ford, Mini, Maserati, Ferrari, strength as CEO. 2017 he’ll be old captained the team who Fiat, Alfa Romeo and for the named President of the brand, a achieved the country’s first ever past eight years, McLaren position that will only elevate his away Series win against Australia Automotive. Influential? Just a bit. status further. this June. N0.07 N0.09 N0.11 BILL SWEENEY JON LANSMAN SLAVOJ ŽIŽEK The power behind Team GB Revolutionary socialist Peculiar pundit The Comeback King As CEO of the British Olympic Lansman founded Momentum, The Slovenian cultural critic Bill Sweeney Association, Sweeney has used the Labour pressure group that has offered opinions this year masterminded the his experience with brands from seeks to bring young left-wingers on everyone from Trump to the rebirth of both the Mini Puma to Adidas to raise our into the party fold. Jeremy Corbyn Kardashians, his quirky style and Hatch and Fiat 500 – two of the best-selling small Olympic profile. After Rio, you’d has him to thank for his recent wry assimilation of both high and cars of the century have to say he’s doing a grand job. retention of the party leadership . low culture always in evidence. GENTLEMAN’S JOURNAL 172–179_MostInfluential.indd 3 28/10/2016 08:05 NO. 17 N0.12 N0.14 SIR CHRISTOPHER GEIDT IQBAL WAHHAB OBE Civil servant supreme Foodie philanthropist Since 2007, Sir Christopher Geidt The Bangladeshi-born founder has been the Private Secretary of The Cinnamon Club and Roast to Queen Elizabeth II. Together restaurant has got seriously with the Cabinet Secretary and community-minded this year, Prime Minister’s principal private chairing the Bounce Back project secretary, Geidt forms one apex for ex-offenders, bringing to light of the ‘golden triangle’ of senior the plight and poverty of many British officials. This year, he British Muslims, and urging became the new Chairman of the government to view food as King’s College London Council. a creative industry. N0.13 N0.15 SIR MARTIN SORELL SIR BEN AINSLIE MATHEW FREUD The ad man’s ad man Yachting pioneer Public image limited Indisputably one of the most Despite not being at Rio 2016, Matthew is the great grandson universally respected names this could still be a momentous of Sigmund Freud, and as in the world of advertising. Sir year for the decorated sailor. the founder and head of Martin Sorrell’s WPP is one of the This November, the sailor is set communications of Freuds PR ‘Big Four’ in the global advertising to take part in the final leg of the agency he has become the most industry. WPP is valued at £5 America’s Cup – an event which, influential PR professional in the billion on the UK stockmarket, if won, will mark Britain’s first UK. His work with some of the with billings estimated to be victory in 165 years. biggest brands has made him at £37 billion and revenues of the all important link in the UK £7.5 billion. ANTHONY JOSHUA MBE between brands and media. Boxing clever N0.18 Having held the IBF heavyweight DEMIS HASSABIS title since 2016, Watford-born AI innovator extraordinaire Joshua is at the peak of his powers. Since winning Gold at the This former child chess prodigy’s 2012 Olympics for Great Britain, company DeepMind Technologies Joshua has climbed further and is dedicated to realising true further up the ranks every year. artificial intelligence, and Still boasting a 100% knockout this year, Hassabis’ program ratio, Joshua is now rated the AlphaGo – a computer built to sixth best boxer in the world. play the Chinese board game ‘Go’ – became the first to beat a professional human player. N0.19 RICHARD SCUDAMORE NO. A league of his own Premier League chairman Scudamore is the man behind 16 the Premier League’s $8.3 billion global and national three-year TV deal (which began earlier this summer) and has been instrumental during the rebrand of the organisation. MOST INFLUENTIAL 175 172–179_MostInfluential.indd 4 28/10/2016 08:05 N0.24 NICK JONES Head of the House holdings NO. The members’ club owner 20 is expanding his Soho brand across the globe. San Paolo and Rio de Janeiro are being eyed as locations for the first South N0.22 American Soho House and, with TINIE TEMPAH new venues opening in Barcelona, Urban innovator Mumbai and Amsterdam, the entrepreneur’s influence is soon Gentleman’s Journal cover star set to cover more than the capital. Patrick Chukwuemeka Okogwu, aka Tinie Tempah, has been N0.25 making waves in music for a TONY HALL CBE decade, and he may now change Beeb bigwig the face of the British music CHRISTOPHER NOLAN industry through Disturbing The 16th Director-General of $ Box office big-hitter London Records, a label, the BBC has been been at the management company and helm during one of the most Christopher Nolan’s writing and fashion brand – and 2017 looks difficult periods in the company’s directing has stretched from set to be his biggest year yet. existence. This year, he made low-budget indies to some of essential leadership changes to the biggest blockbusters of the reflect changes happening in the century, making him one of the UK economy, and he’ll have more highest grossing directors in big decisions to make in 2017.