The 2011 TIME 100 Poll

Cast your votes for the leaders, artists, innovators, icons and heroes that you think are the most influential people in the world. Though official voting for inclusion on the TIME 100 list has now closed (with Rain as the 2011 readers' choice), users can continue to vote for their favorites until the final list, selected by our editors, is revealed on Thursday, April 21st

TIME 100 Candidates

Andy Cohen

By TIME StaffMonday, Apr. 04, 2011
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Age: 42
Occupation: TV executive, TV host
Previous TIME 100 Appearances: 0

Yes, as the executive vice president of programming and development at Bravo, he brings us Housewives and Top Chefs. Yes, as host of the insanely popular Watch What Happens: Live, on which he interviews the characters who populate his smash-hit reality series, he's created a new kind of talk show. But the reason he's an influencer is that he knows everyone, goes everywhere and connects everyone.

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