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Fortune 2011 Ten Business Leaders In The Business World (Photos)

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2011 is an eventful year.

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The debt crisis of the region, to the Occupy Wall Street campaign and the unemployment crisis in the United States, business leaders in the year have been tested by the Wall.

So this year's business leaders

Selection

In the process, business legends abound.

Facebook doubled its revenue in its 27 year old CEO.

In the face of the rising cost of daily food, Jim Skinner, McDonald's s, still led the company to make profits.

Ralph and Lauren sold their fashion ideas to the Chinese consumers.

Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn of business social networking site

Groupon

Andrew Mason of Groupon succeeded in listing.

But the top of the list is Howard Schulz of Starbucks (Starbucks).

The reason may surprise you.

Howard.D. Schultz, founder and CEO of Starbuck Corp

Schultz, the top of the list of business leaders in fortune 2011, has been trying to revive the iconic company he created since he returned to Starbucks in 2008.

He eventually brought the company to a new height and achieved record revenue.

Schultz's performance in another field is equally remarkable. He actively raised funds to stimulate employment and challenged the US government's omission.

His actions even attracted the attention of the White House.

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Geoff.P. Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon Co

Amazon has gone through a blowout this year and has reached its peak with the release of the Kindle Fire tablet recently.

Bezos is always diligent and very popular with shareholders. He owns 20% of the company but receives only a small salary and no bonus.

He came top in the election.

In view of the fact that more than half of Internet users are in developing countries, Amazon has a bright future in the international market.

The company's cloud computing sector will also continue to grow.

Potential disadvantage: the US government is getting more and more strapped and may force Amazon to pay business tax, which will reduce the company's profits.

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John.J. Watson, Chevron Co chairman and CEO

In the early 2010, Watson, a former financial analyst, became the head of the Chevron Co (Chevron).

Under his leadership, the company has placed most of its future development opportunities in deep-sea drilling operations.

Despite the fact that the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico by BP, the competitor of the company, has made the risk of deep-sea drilling more clear, the strategy is reasonable because the global land reserves are controlled by governments and they are not willing to share the benefits with the giant oil companies.

So far, Watson's strategy has been rewarded: Chevron's share price has increased by 8.1% over last year, which is higher than that of other competitors.

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Red Hoffman, founder and chairman of LinkedIn company, and partner of gray rock company.

Reid Hoffman is the only business leader in this year's list who has no full-time job.

But his series of titles proves that he represents a new kind of real power.

Not only are they building a company, they are committed to promoting the development of the industry as a whole.

Hoffman made the first pot of gold from PayPal, an electronic payment company, and then created LinkedIn.

He currently holds more than 20% of LinkedIn shares.

The business social networking site is currently run by CEO Geoff Weiner.

In addition to LinkedIn, Hoffman is an angel investor and venture capitalist of Greylock Partners, which makes him play an important role in the social networking field.

He currently serves as a consultant, investor or director in social games company Zynga, Moss, Mozilla, news website Digg, Facebook, photo sharing website Flickr and many other Silicon Valley companies.

For Jack, Welch or Al Fred P Sloan fans, Hoffman's leadership style may be strange, but with the inefficient vertical management system gradually replaced by flattening management system, his management style has achieved remarkable results.

You can contact him at any time on LinkedIn.

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James.A. Skinner, vice chairman and CEO of McDonald's Corp

Since Skinner took over McDonald's in 2004, the company's annual business revenue has increased by 5%, and its same store sales have also increased steadily. The stock appreciation ratio has reached 250%.

Moreover, the company has successfully launched healthier menus, such as smoothies and fast food rolls, and the company launched a series of wheat coffee challenges to Starbucks.

Despite the economic downturn, McDonald's continues to provide "McJob", and it recruited 62000 new employees in April alone.

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Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook

The rapid growth of Facebook continues: according to eMarketer, a market research firm, sales of the closed holding company increased rapidly this year to some US $4 billion 300 million, more than double the US $2 billion in 2010.

At present, Zuckerberg is competing with his main rival, Google (Google), to seize control of the social networking field and the rich advertising revenue contained in it.

So far, the winning balance has been biased towards Facebook, but Google's successful social networking site has proved that Google will not easily admit defeat.

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Aileen.B. Rosenfeld, chairman and CEO of Kraft Foods Company

Under the leadership of Rosenfeld, Kaf (Kraft Foods) bought Cadbury Cadbury ($19 billion) for $19 billion.

But only 18 months later, Kaf decided to split the company, announcing that the company would split into two independent listed companies: North American grocery business and global snacks business (which company Rosenfeld has not yet decided which company will be responsible for).

At present, the joint venture is the largest candy company in the world, leading the Mars/Wrigley.

The biggest risk for companies is rising costs. This is a serious problem that all food companies have to face in recent years, and this situation is not expected to change in the near future.

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Tim Cook, Apple Corp CEO

Before October 5th, Tim Cook worked hard in the Apple Corp (Apple) under the shadow of Steve Jobs.

Now that Steve and Jobs have passed away, Cook must show investors that he is not only an excellent manager, but his special talent is not limited to the global high-tech supply chain.

Now, Cook takes over the most valuable technology companies in the world.

Apple Corp has great potential in the smartphone market. The latest iCloud has also made a deep impression on the Internet based data host consumer market.

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Mu Taikang, President and CEO of Coca Cola Co

Coca-Cola (Coca-Cola) is still the most valuable brand in the world, and Mu Taikang has made fruitful efforts in confronting with Pepsi Co, the main rival, PepsiCo.

Mu Taikang was born in the United States and his parents are diplomats from Turkey.

He entered Coca Cola Co in 1978 and became the company's top manager in 2008.

Under his leadership, Coca Cola Co has increased investment in bottling plants and distribution infrastructure in emerging market countries, such as China, India and Mexico, because the rapid urbanization process, population growth and per capita income increase in these countries continue to boost product demand.

Data can tell all: in the third quarter of this year, Coca Cola Co's sales in China increased by 11%, increased by 19% in India, while in the mature North American market, sales increased by only 1%.

Like other companies in the food and beverage industry, Coca Cola Co is facing a high cost of commodity input, which has a certain impact on its profitability.

However, Coca Cola Co's effective management, global distribution network and unmatched brand recognition provide a stable platform for Mu Taikang.

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Peng Mingsheng, chairman and CEO of IBM

A few days ago, IBM announced that Peng Mingsheng would resign at the end of this year and pfer the company's management power to gilnanti, who has long been a company executive.

Peng Mingsheng can be seen as a success: this autumn, IBM's market value exceeded Microsoft Corp (Microsoft) market value, making IBM the world's second most valuable technology company after the Apple Corp.

Since Peng Mingsheng took over IBM from Gerstner in 2001, the company's market value has increased by two times.

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has held a total of 5.5% of IBM shares this year.