#26 Masaaki Shirakawa
Governor
Bank of Japan
Japan
Age: 60
Veteran banker first joined Bank of Japan in 1972; holds graduate degree in economics from the University of Chicago; runs one of world's most important central banks. Recently relaxed some emergency measures implemented in the wake of the collapse of Lehman Brothers, including outright purchases of corporate bonds, yet kept benchmark interest rate at rock-bottom 0.1%.
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