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1 PABLO ISLA, INDITEX 51 DAVID SIMON, SIMON PROPERTY GROUP 2 MARTIN SORRELL, WPP 52 THIERRY BRETON, ATOS 3 JENSEN HUANG, NVIDIA 53 SERGIO MARCHIONNE, FIAT CHRYSLER 4 JACQUES ASCHENBROICH, VALEO 54 WING KIN "ALFRED" CHAN, HONG KONG AND CHINA GAS 5 BERNARD ARNAULT, LVMH 55 LEONARD SCHLEIFER, REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS 6 MARTIN BOUYGUES, BOUYGUES 56 LESLIE WEXNER, L BRANDS 7 JOHAN THIJS, KBC 57 DANIEL HAJJ ABOUMRAD, AMÉRICA MÓVIL 8 MARK PARKER, NIKE 58 IGNACIO GALÁN, IBERDROLA 9 ELMAR DEGENHART, CONTINENTAL 59 REINHARD PLOSS, INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES 10 FLORENTINO PÉREZ RODRÍGUEZ, ACS 60 MARTIN GILBERT, ABERDEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT 11 RICHARD COUSINS, COMPASS 61 HUATENG "PONY" MA, TENCENT 12 MARC BENIOFF, SALESFORCE.COM 62 SHANTANU NARAYEN, ADOBE SYSTEMS 13 CARLOS BRITO, ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV 63 BRAD SMITH, INTUIT 14 BERNARD CHARLÈS, DASSAULT SYSTÈMES 64 MARK BRISTOW, RANDGOLD RESOURCES 15 LARS RASMUSSEN, COLOPLAST 65 MASAYOSHI SON, SOFTBANK 16 BENOÎT POTIER, AIR LIQUIDE 66 YASUYUKI YOSHINAGA, SUBARU 17 ANDERS RUNEVAD, VESTAS 67 PIERRE NANTERME, ACCENTURE 18 HISASHI IETSUGU, SYSMEX 68 OSCAR GONZÁLEZ ROCHA, SOUTHERN COPPER 19 WES BUSH, NORTHROP GRUMMAN 69 JAMIE DIMON, JPMORGAN CHASE 20 SUH KYUNG-BAE, AMOREPACIFIC 70 STEVE SANGHI, MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY 21 MICHAEL MUSSALLEM, EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES 71 JEFFREY BEZOS, AMAZON 22 JOHAN MOLIN, ASSA ABLOY 71 DAVID CORDANI, CIGNA 23 FRANÇOIS-HENRI PINAULT, KERING 73 BRUCE FLATT, BROOKFIELD ASSET MANAGEMENT 24 ROBERT IGER, DISNEY 74 GREGORY CASE, AON 25 FABRIZIO FREDA, ESTÉE LAUDER 75 MARK BERTOLINI, AETNA 26 HUGH GRANT, MONSANTO 76 KENT THIRY, DAVITA 27 RICHARD TEMPLETON, TEXAS INSTRUMENTS 77 BRIAN ROBERTS, COMCAST 28 STEPHEN LUCZO, SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY 78 STEPHEN HEMSLEY, UNITEDHEALTH 29 PAOLO ROCCA, TENARIS 79 JAMES TAICLET JR., AMERICAN TOWER 29 TAI-MING "TERRY" GOU, HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY 80 ANDRÉ DESMARAIS, POWER CORPORATION OF CANADA 31 RICHARD FAIRBANK, CAPITAL ONE 80 PAUL DESMARAIS JR., POWER CORPORATION OF CANADA 32 LAURENCE FINK, BLACKROCK 82 PAUL POLMAN, UNILEVER 33 DANIEL AMOS, AFLAC 83 HIROO UNOURA, NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE 34 FREDERICK SMITH, FEDEX 84 BOBBY KOTICK, ACTIVISION BLIZZARD 35 MARILLYN HEWSON, LOCKHEED MARTIN 85 RICHARD FAIN, ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES 36 XAVIER HUILLARD, VINCI 86 THOMAS EBELING, PROSIEBENSAT.1 37 TAKASHI TANAKA, KDDI 87 JEAN-PAUL AGON, L’ORÉAL 38 RENATO ALVES VALE, CCR 88 JEF COLRUYT, COLRUYT 39 DOUGLAS BAKER JR., ECOLAB 89 REED HASTINGS, NETFLIX 40 AJAY BANGA, MASTERCARD 90 LUI CHE WOO, GALAXY ENTERTAINMENT 41 SHIGENOBU NAGAMORI, NIDEC 91 JOHN MACKEY, WHOLE FOODS MARKET 42 TADASHI YANAI, FAST RETAILING 92 STEPHEN SMITH, EQUINIX 43 HAMID MOGHADAM, PROLOGIS 93 JOHN WREN, OMNICOM 44 BLAKE NORDSTROM, NORDSTROM 94 TIMOTHY RING, C. R. BARD 45 MICHAEL MAHONEY, BOSTON SCIENTIFIC 95 ROB SANDS, CONSTELLATION BRANDS 46 GILLES SCHNEPP, LEGRAND 96 XAVIER ROLET, LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE 47 MICHEL LANDEL, SODEXO 48 HOCK TAN, BROADCOM 98 SEAN BOYD, AGNICO EAGLE MINES 49 GERMÁN LARREA MOTA VELASCO, GRUPO MÉXICO 99 JEAN-LAURENT BONNAFÉ, BNP PARIBAS 50 DEBRA CAFARO, VENTAS 100 IAN COOK, COLGATE-PALMOLIVE.

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