Financial Times Person of the Year

The British business newspaper Financial Times each year nominates a "Person of the Year" to the person the newspaper has considered has demonstrated considerable influence in a given year. There appear to have been a number of instances (1971, 1979, 1995) when no person was nominated. ^[1]

List of FT Persons of the Year[]

Past recipients:^[2]

2020: Uğur Şahin and Özlem Türeci (founders of BioNTech and co-developers of the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine)^[3]
2019: Satya Nadella (CEO, Microsoft)
2018: George Soros^[4]
2017: Susan Fowler^[5]
2016: Donald Trump (US President Elect) ^[6]
2015: Angela Merkel (Chancellor, Germany)^[7]
2014: Tim Cook (CEO, Apple Inc.)^[8]
2013: Jack Ma (Founder, Alibaba Group)^[9]
2012: Mario Draghi (President, European Central Bank)^[10]
2011: Mohamed Bouazizi (Arab Spring)
2010: Steve Jobs (CEO, Apple Inc)
2009: Lloyd Blankfein (CEO, Goldman Sachs)
2008: Barack Obama (US President, 2009-2017)
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)^[11]
2002: George W Bush (43rd President of the US)
2001: Howard Lutnick (CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald and BGC Partners)
2000: Craig Venter (genomics scientist)^[12]
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: (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)^[13]
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)^[14]

References[]

^ https://ig.ft.com/sites/person-of-the-year/
^ "FT Person of the Year". Financial Times. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
^ Joe Miller, Clive Cookson (16 December 2020). "FT People of the Year: BioNTech's Ugur Sahin and Ozlem Tureci". Financial Times. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
^ 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 19 June 2015.
^ "bios/j_craig_venter_phd". visionsfortomorrow.net. Archived from the original on 19 June 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
^ Europa Publications (2003). The International Who's Who 2004. Europa Publications. p. 1761. ISBN 9781857432176. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
^ https://ig.ft.com/sites/person-of-the-year/

[1] ttps://ig.ft.com/sites/person-of-the-year/

[2] "FT Person of the Year". Financial Times. Retrieved 12 December 2017.

[3] Joe Miller, Clive Cookson (16 December 2020). "FT People of the Year: BioNTech's Ugur Sahin and Ozlem Tureci". Financial Times. Retrieved 18 December 2020.

[4] Hook, Leslie (19 December 2018). "FT Person of the Year: George Soros". Financial Times. Retrieved 19 December 2018.

[5] Hook, Leslie (12 December 2017). "FT Person of the Year: Susan Fowler". Financial Times. Retrieved 12 December 2017.

[Financial_Times_2016-6] "Donald Trump - Financial Times Person of the Year".

[Financial_Times_2015-7] "Angela Merkel - Financial Times Person of the Year".

[Financial_Times_2014-8] "Tim Cook - Financial Times Person of the Year".

[Financial_Times_2013-9] "Jack Ma - Financial Times Person of the Year".

[Financial_Times_2012-10] "Mario Draghi - Financial Times Person of the Year".

[businessweek-11] "Jeffrey R. Immelt: Executive Profile & Biography - Businessweek". investing.businessweek.com. Retrieved 19 June 2015.

[visionsfortomorrow-12] "bios/j_craig_venter_phd". visionsfortomorrow.net. Archived from the original on 19 June 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2015.

[google-13] Europa Publications (2003). The International Who's Who 2004. Europa Publications. p. 1761. ISBN 9781857432176. Retrieved 19 June 2015.

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