The 2010 TIME 100 Poll

Cast your votes for the leaders, artists, innovators and icons who you think are the most influential people in the world. Though official voting for inclusion on the TIME 100 list has now closed, with Mir-Hossein Mousavi having won the honor, users can continue to vote for their favorites until the list is revealed on Thursday, April 29th

2010 Candidates

Paul Volcker

By TIME StaffThursday, Apr. 01, 2010
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Jim Young / Reuters

Age: 82
Occupation: Economist and former chairman of the Federal Reserve
Previous TIME 100 Appearances: 0

Volcker had long been working behind the scenes to overhaul financial regulation when President Obama pushed him into the spotlight in January by unveiling the "Volcker rule." The loosely defined directive — meant to limit risk-taking at big banks — became a lightning rod for the financial-reform discussion, which Congress is now acting on.

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