- The Superclass List
"The Superclass List" is a creation of
David Rothkopf which his book "" is based upon. There are four key elements of success that unite the ones, the Superclass, that possess the unparalleled power over world affairs. These elements are: "geography", "pedigree", "networking" and "luck".cite web|url=http://www.globalpolitician.com/24830-business|title=The New 'Superclass' – Hype -vs- Reality|last=Latif|first=Iqbal|date=2008-01-06|work=Global Politician|accessdate=2008-09-24]The verified list
In the book Rothkopf tells us that the list exists and contains 6000 individuals, but is not to be shown in public as there will be so much discussions about who does or does not qualify to be on the list. However, in lots of interviews he mention individuals that are on the list. This list contain names that he has verified to be on the list.
Argentina
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Cristina Fernández de Kirchner Australia
Brazil
Chile
China
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Hu Jintao
#Fu Chengyu
#Ding Lei
#Lou Jiwei
#Yang Huiyan
#Zhou Xiaochuan
#Richard Li Tzar Kai Colombia
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Luis Alberto Moreno
#Shakira
#Julio Mario Santo Domingo Egypt
Denmark
France
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Nicolas Sarkozy
#Pascal Lamy
#Michèle Alliot-Marie
#Baudouin Prot
#Jean-Claude Trichet Germany
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Angela Merkel
#Josef Ackerman
#Josef Joffe
#Rene Obermann
#Reinhard Mohn India
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Lakshmi Mittal
#Sonia Gandhi
#Ratan Naval Tata
#Kalanidhi Maran
#Rana Talwar
#Kushal Pal Singh
#Mukesh Ambani
#Indra Nooyi
#Tenzin Gyatso Iran
Ireland
Italy
Netherlands
Japan
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Hiroshi Mikitani
#Osamu Suzuki
#Akira Mori Kenya
Kuwait
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Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Lebanon
Liberia
Libya
Mexico
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Mario Molina
#Genaro Larrea Mota Velasco
#Guillermo Ortiz Martinez
#Carlos Slim Helú Nigeria
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Aliko Dangote
#Odein Ajumogobia
#Francis Arinze North Korea
Qatar
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Sheikh Hamad bin Thamer al-Thani Russia
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Alexei Miller
#Vladimir Putin
#Vladimir Popovkin
#Andrey Likhachev
#Oleg Deripaska audi Arabia
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Bandar bin Sultan
#Al-Waleed bin Talal ingapore
outh Africa
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Nelson Mandela
#Patrice Motsepe outh Korea
pain
weden
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Carl Bildt cite web | url=http://www.dagensps.se/artiklar/2008/09/24/46089368/index.xml | title=Svenskarna som ingår i den globala makteliten| work=Dagensps.se| accessdate=2008-09-24 | format=In Swedish]
#Marcus Wallenberg
#Ingvar Kamprad
#Fredrik Reinfeldt
#Carl-Henric Svanberg cite web | url=http://di.se/Nyheter/?page=/Avdelningar/Artikel.aspx%3Fstat%3D0%26ArticleID%3D2008%255C09%255C23%255C302437%26SectionId%3DEttan%26menusection%3DStartsidan%3BHuvudnyheter| title=Finanskrisen: Han pekar ut de skyldiga| work=di.se| accessdate=2008-09-24 | format=In Swedish]"About 20-30 Swedes are on the list".cite web | url=http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=3130&a=832004 | title=Han har koll på makten | accessdate=2008-09-24 | format=In Swedish | work=DN.se]
witzerland
Turkey
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
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Gordon Brown
#Mike Turner
#Richard Branson
#Bernie Ecclestone
#Lakshmi Mittal
#John Silvester Varley
#Mark Thompson United States of America
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George W. Bush cite web | url=http://www.newsweek.com/id/130932/output/print | title=Who Is the Superclass? | last=Rothkopf | first=David | date=2008-04-07 | accessdate=2008-09-24]
#Arnold Schwarzenegger
#Ronald Sugar
#Jeffrey Immelt
#James Dimon
#Robert Zoellick
#Oprah Winfrey
#Indra Nooyi
#Al Gore
#Lee Scott
#Michael Mullen
#Mark Zuckerberg
#Pierre Omidyar
#Steve Case
#Sumner Redstone
#Michael Bloomberg
#Jeffrey Immelt
#Rex Tillerson
#Ben Bernanke
#Ken Lewis
#Stephen Green (banker)
#Jamie Dimon
#Lloyd Blankfein
#Sergey Brin
#Larry Page
#Bill Gates
#Warren Buffett
#Jerry Yang
#Henry "Hank" Paulson
#Joshua Bolten
#Robert Zoellik Vatican
Venezuela
#Lorenzo Mendoza Gimenez
#Gustavo Cisneros External links
* [http://www.globalpolitician.com/24830-business Global Politician - about the Superclass]
* [http://www.newsweek.com/id/130932?tid=relatedcl Newsweek - Who is the Superclass?]References
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