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Time magazine has names of 15 artists, 15 titans, 16 icons, 24 leaders, 15 innovators and 15 pioneers.
Time magazine on Wednesday released the list of the world's 100 most influential personalities for 2024. This includes the names of actor Alia Bhatt, wrestler Sakshi Malik, World Bank President Ajay Banga, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and actor-director Dev Patel.
The list also includes America's Energy Loan Program Office Director Jigar Shah, Professor of Astronomy and Physics at Yale University, Priyamvada Natarajan. Apart from these, Indian-origin restaurant owner Asma Khan and Yulia Navalnaya, wife of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, have also been given place.
World Bank President Ajay Banga was born in Pune, did MBA from Ahmedabad.
Ajay Banga of Indian origin took over as World Bank President on June 2 last year. With this he became the first black person to chair two global financial institutions, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
On May 3, 63-year-old Ajay Banga was elected by the Executive Directors of the World Bank as its 14th President. His tenure will be for 5 years. Banga is the first Indian-American to chair the World Bank. He replaces David Malpas, who had decided to resign in February.
Ajay Banga was born on 10 November 1959 in Pune. His father Harbhajan Singh Banga was a Lieutenant General in the Indian Army. He did his schooling from Jalandhar and Shimla, graduation from DU and MBA from IIM Ahmedabad. In 2016, the Government of India also honored him with Padmashree.
It has been said about Ajay Banga in Time magazine that he has connected millions of people outside the banking system with the digital economy. At the World Bank, Ajay presented a new vision for a poverty-free world and moved forward boldly to make it a better place. For this he has used Multilateral Development Bank and private sector as a tool.
Alia Bhatt was born in a film family, gave 12 hit films in her 12 year career.
Alia was born on March 15, 1993 in Mumbai. His father Mahesh Bhatt is a well-known filmmaker and mother Soni Razdan has been a Bollywood actress. Soni is the second wife of Mahesh Bhatt. Pooja Bhatt is Alia's step sister.
Alia debuted in 2012 with 'Student of the Year'. Worked in the film Highway in 2014. After this, Alia did films like 2 States, Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania, Kapoor and Sons, Udta Punjab, Dear Zindagi, Badrinath Ki Dulhania and gradually became the favorite of the young generation fans.
Sanjay Leela Bhansali's film Gangubai Kathiawadi proved to be a game changer movie for Alia's career in 2021. It was difficult to imagine cute looking Alia Bhatt in the role of a dangerous lady don. Alia did wonders and reached new heights of success. Alia received the National Award for Best Actress for the film.
Alia made her Hollywood debut in 2023 with 'Heart of Stone'. The film's director Tom Harper said about Alia in Time magazine that she is one of the best actresses in the world.
Mother did not want Sakshi Malik to become a wrestler, won Olympic medal in 2016
Time Magazine has considered Indian wrestler Sakshi Malik as an influential personality in the list of icons. Sakshi had launched a campaign against sexual exploitation in wrestling against Brijbhushan Singh. This fight of Sakshi has been mentioned in Time magazine. It has been told in the magazine that Sakshi left wrestling, but fought very bravely against the people who harassed women.
Sakshi started learning wrestling at the age of 12. However, her mother did not want her daughter to become a wrestler. Mother said- Girls used to wear small costumes while wrestling. That's why I didn't like wrestling. I tried a lot to explain to Sakshi that girls who are wrestlers do not get married. Sakshi's father Sukhbir Malik is a bus conductor in DTC.
Microsoft Chairman Satya Nadella born in Hyderabad, net worth 2,527 billion dollars
54 year old Satya Nadella is the chairman of the world's leading tech company Microsoft. Satya Nadella, born on 19 August 1967 in Hyderabad, became the CEO of Microsoft in February 2014. He has done engineering from Manipal Institute of Technology. Nadella started at Microsoft in 1992 as a Windows NT operating system developer. Satya Nadella's net worth is $2,527 billion.
It has been said about him in Time magazine that Nadella has a major contribution in making Microsoft the largest company in the world. Nadella can also be praised for Microsoft's huge investment in Open AI and its partnership with Mistral AI.
Dev Patel got Slumdog Millionaire at the age of 18, later became a director
Dev Patel became famous in the world with Danny Boyle's film Slumdog Millionaire in 2008. This film won 8 Oscar Awards. Apart from Dev, Freida Pinto and Anil Kapoor were also in this film. Dev received an Oscar nomination for the 2016 film Lion.
In this film, he played the character of an Indian child who was adopted by an Australian family. Apart from this, films like The Last Airbender made Dev popular in the world as well as in India.
Dev Patel has made his directorial debut with the film 'Monkey Man'. The film was released worldwide on 5 April. However, it could not be released in India. This film of his has been mentioned in Time magazine. In the magazine, Hollywood actor Daniel Kaluuya said about Dev that his acting level in Monkey Man is very high.
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