5. The President of the European Central Bank, Mario Draghi
Draghi resides in Italy and is 67 years old. With his intellect and ideas to pull parts of Europe from its recession, he has made a name for himself across multiple countries. He has been employed with the European Central Bank as the president since 2011. Italy is not the only country that he is known for however, he has helped to create financial commissions for Greece during their financial crisis as well.
4. CEO and Chairman of JPMorgan Chase Bank, Jamie Dimon
Dimon resides in the United States and is 59 years old. JPMorgan Chase is well known throughout the country. It has assets over $2.6 trillion during his run for the last 10 years. This has made JPMorgan Chase the largest commercial bank in the United States. Reaching the status of a billionaire, he is one of only a few CEO’s to reach that magnitude. Interested in robotics and technology, he is valued at $21.8 billion in 2014.
3. CEO and Founder of Blackrock, Larry Fink
Fink is 63 years old and resides in the United States as the founder of one of the largest management companies in the world. The company Blackrock manages assets for companies in over a dozen different countries. After a devastating job loss with First Boston, Fink began the company Blackrock in 1988. His company has clients of all kinds ranging from large companies, banks, investors and even branches of the government.
2. Chairman and Executive Director of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Jiang Jianqing
Jianqing is 62 years old and resides in the country of China. The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China is the most substantial bank throughout the world today. It houses over $3.5 trillion worth of assets from many different businesses. Before Jianqing became the president of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China in 2000. He is also a member of the Communist Party’s Central Committee and the first banker of Chinese origin to be the World Economic Forum co-chairman.
CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett
Buffett is a name that is known throughout the business and finance industry. Buffett began his career at the tender age of 11 when he bought his first stock. He is now 85 and resides in the United States. Now worth over $65 billion he has stacked his claims on companies such as Coca-Cola. He became CEO of Berkshire Hathaway in 1964. He helped to create the Giving Pledge with a close friend of his, Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft. The pledge states that billionaires will give away at least 50% of their earnings to different charities around the world. Within his lifetime Buffett is known to give over $21.5 billion to charity foundations.
In the finance industry today, there are a number of men and women who are rising in the market. With ingenuity, smart choices and financial knowledge, they will continue to rise and change the face of business and finance altogether. These are five of the top players, but many more like Sean Seshadri continue to grow.