Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan took charge of India's central bank when the rupee seemed to be in a tailspin while the country was facing runaway inflation. He stabilised the rupee and put up a more credible fight against inflation. These actions have landed him on the fourth annual Bloomberg Markets 50 Most Influential list, which will appear in the magazine's October special issue. He, however, isn't the only Indian banker on the list. The list also features State Bank of India Chairman Arundhati Bhattacharya. A selection of the 50 on the list:
THE 50 MOST INFLUENTIAL
POLICY MAKERS
- Preet Bharara, 45 US Attorney, Justice Department
- Mario Draghi, 67 President, European Central Bank
- George Osborne, 43 Chancellor of the Exchequer, UK
- Raghuram Rajan, 51 Governor, Reserve Bank of India
- Janet Yellen, 68 Chair, US Federal Reserve
- Zhou Xiaochuan, 66 Governor, People's Bank of China
- Arundhati Bhattacharya, 58 Chairman, State Bank of India
- Lloyd Blankfein, 59 CEO, Goldman Sachs Group Inc
- Ana Patricia Botin, 53 CEO, Santander UK Plc
- Leon Cooperman, 71 Founder, Omega Advisors Inc
- Mary Callahan Erdoes, 47 CEO, JPMorgan Asset Management
- Larry Fink, 61 Co-founder, BlackRock Inc
- Carl Icahn, 78 Chairman, Icahn Enterprises LP
- Paul Singer, 70 CEO, Elliott Management Corp.
- Jeffrey Ubben, 53 CEO, ValueAct Capital Management LP
- Lael Brainard, 52 Governor, U.S. Federal Reserve
- Satyajit Das, 57 Author, Traders, Guns and Money
- Paul Graham, 49 Partner, Y Combinator
- Kathy Matsui, 49 Chief Japan Equity Strategist, Goldman Sachs Group Inc
- Thomas Piketty, 43 Professor, Paris School of Economics
- Mary Barra, 52 CEO, General Motors Co
- Warren Buffett, 84 CEO, Berkshire Hathaway Inc
- Tim Cook, 53 CEO, Apple Inc
- Jeffrey Immelt, 58 CEO, General Electric Co.
- Jack Ma, 49 Founder, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
- Elon Musk, 43 Founder, Tesla Motors Inc
- Igor Sechin, 54 CEO, OAO Rosneft