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Wednesday, November 18, 2015

2015 Time Person of the Year Contenders


 
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani and Google's India-born CEO Sundar Pichai are among over 50 global leaders, business chiefs and pop icons named as contenders by Time magazine for its annual 'Person of the Year' honour.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani and Google’s India-born CEO Sundar Pichai.

The Time Person of the Year 2015 will be announced next month and the publication said the title will be bestowed on the person who "most influenced the news this year for better or worse."

The other candidates in the fray for the Person of the Year title include US President Barack Obama, French President Francois Hollande, Chinese President Xi Jinping, ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Democratic Presidential front runner Hillary Clinton, the refugees fleeing conflicts in Syria, Afghanistan and East and West Africa, Pakistani Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai, Tesla head Elon Musk, Apple CEO Tim Cook and last year's winner Pope Francis.

From Mahatma Gandhi, Adolf Hitler, Elizabeth II to The Computer, Whistleblowers, The American Soldier and The Protester, Time has named a Person of the Year for the past nine decades.

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