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Springbok who changed the way South Africa nation saw the game
US financial pioneer was one of the most feared dealmakers of his day
President for three decades who squandered high hopes and left his country in crisis
Tetra Pak billionaire, who gave away an estimated £1bn, cultivated a frugal and private image
One of the most senior women on Wall Street and highly respected China expert
Thatcher’s spin-doctor could turn on the charm when he needed to
Former chairman transformed struggling car group into a global empire
A polymath in thrall to the big philosophical questions
Nobel Prize-winning writer who broke the silence over black America
A Holocaust survivor and life-long fighter for freedom
India’s ‘coffee king’ offered tea-loving nation a taste of global café culture
Designer who created some of the world’s most distinctive towers
Politician was leader most associated with suppression of Tiananmen Square protests
He became the scourge of the Mob and white-collar crime in New York
Creator of the Inspector Montalbano detective series was a lifelong anti-fascist
The Dubliner who built Primark’s fast fashion empire
His 19% in 1992 was best result for independent presidential candidate in 80 years
A pioneering businessman who drove Kenya’s mobile money revolution
An industry superstar known for the Ford Mustang and his time at Chrysler
Former FT man who became an influential shareholder advocate and policymaker
A rare talent at the World Bank who never took stability for granted
Heiress who made her own success as the ‘Queen of Jeans’
Former president’s swift rise to power and crashing fall exposed the nation’s faultlines
Anglophile Italian who brought panache-with-naturalism to stage and screen
Malcolm J ‘Mac’ Rebennack was a prodigy who became the voice of his home city
