Measuring Influence

In our annual TIME 100 issue, we do the impossible: name the people who most affect our world

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Gwyneth Paltrow on Stella McCartney

Leonardo DiCaprio on Van Jones

Quincy Jones on John Legend

Gordon Brown on Barack Obama

Arnold Schwarzenegger on Edward Kennedy

Oprah Winfrey on Michelle Obama

Alec Baldwin on Tina Fey

Michael Bloomberg on The View Ladies

Michael Moore on Bernie Madoff

Bill Gates on Jeff Bezos

Jeb Bush on Leonard Abess

J.K. Rowling on Gordon Brown

The word influence is derived from an ancient astrological term describing the power of the stars to affect the destiny of human beings. The definition has changed a bit over the centuries, but influence remains a mysterious force and a...

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