AGE: 52
OCCUPATION: CEO of JP Morgan Chase
NUMBER OF TIME COVERS: 0
PREVIOUS APPEARANCES ON THE TIME 100: 1
PRO: Having deftly navigated his own investment bank through the start of the subprime mortgage crisis, the visionary financier — in collaboration with the Fed — also swooped in to save the day when troubled Bear Stearns was faced with financial ruin.
CON: His stature among many in the finance world took a dip after he caved to shareholders and raised Bear's buy stock from $2 to $10 dollars.