I was just thinking about this, but couldn't come up with a really good answer.
By private citizen, I mean someone who doesn't head up a political or other government office, no law enforcement/intelligence agency, no royalty, no military and no religious group (ie: the Pope, or any official of any church).
I figure it's got to be the head of some large corporation, but it would also need to be someone with considerable influence on politicians and/or someone who has a good deal of actual control over their corporation (eg: owns a significant percentage of the shares, is rarely questioned by the board on corporate decisions, etc.).
People that come to mind for me would be Jack Welsh (ok, not any more), perhaps Warren Buffet (considerable influence on investors, owns significant chunks of large companies), Ted Turner (again, not so much anymore, but had a significant influence through media control), Rupert Murdoch (~shudder~ but for the same reasons as Turner).
Any thoughts?
By private citizen, I mean someone who doesn't head up a political or other government office, no law enforcement/intelligence agency, no royalty, no military and no religious group (ie: the Pope, or any official of any church).
I figure it's got to be the head of some large corporation, but it would also need to be someone with considerable influence on politicians and/or someone who has a good deal of actual control over their corporation (eg: owns a significant percentage of the shares, is rarely questioned by the board on corporate decisions, etc.).
People that come to mind for me would be Jack Welsh (ok, not any more), perhaps Warren Buffet (considerable influence on investors, owns significant chunks of large companies), Ted Turner (again, not so much anymore, but had a significant influence through media control), Rupert Murdoch (~shudder~ but for the same reasons as Turner).
Any thoughts?
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