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Executive was credited with transforming South Korean group into global technology leader
A pioneer of chillout music who linked Ibiza’s bohemian past with its clubbing present
Creator of the precocious Mafalda, a beloved icon of Hispanic culture who poked fun at politics and power
A rational and modest man who restored Barings in the 1970s and 1980s before its collapse in 1995 as a result of Nick Leeson’s rogue trading
His Financial Times columns were essential reading for anyone wanting to understand policy for nearly 50 years
Virtuoso rock star who played the guitar like no other
An extraordinary talent who made the case for India’s transformative economic liberalisation
Ruler protected nation by staying neutral in regional disputes but failed to rise to challenge of post-oil future
A master craftsman who was a pioneer in hard-hitting investigative journalism and fell out with Rupert Murdoch
Second woman to serve on highest US bench was its most determined advocate for gender equality
Self-styled anarchist who played a prominent part in the Occupy Wall Street movement
Founder of Habitat who transformed British homes and became the nation’s middle-class tastemaker
Prodigious talent who edited the Financial Times Weekend edition and launched ‘Lunch with the FT’
A pragmatic believer in free markets and the welfare state, who thought mathematical models should support the study of ‘real life’
The Khmer Rouge prison chief who ran the notorious S-21 detention camp and oversaw the murder of thousands
Advocate for women’s rights whose career spanned law, banking, regulation and nuclear industry
A resolute pragmatist who married and inspired the writer Gabriel García Márquez
An indomitable talent, finally celebrated at the end of her career
Official historian saved the baroque and neoclassical buildings loved by tourists
Billionaire who built the ViacomCBS entertainment empire and told the world ‘content is king’
Self-effacing retired air force general became the model of how to manage American foreign policy
The ‘explosion from Tokyo’ who brought the force of his personality to the international scene
Voice of moderate nationalists helped bring an end to the Troubles in Northern Ireland
Feminist campaigner was one of France’s leading advocates for change
Leader who oversaw country’s transition from autocratic rule to democracy
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