Warren Buffett
Chairman and CEO, Berkshire Hathaway
--Cultural impact
--Returnee
He began the year devouring H.J. Heinz, the world's largest ketchup maker, for $23 billion, in partnership with Brazil-based 3G Capital. Now Buffett sits on more than $40 billion in cash, thanks in part to his gutsy investments in companies like Goldman Sachs (GS, Fortune 500) and Bank of America (BAC, Fortune 500) when others panicked during the 2008 financial crisis. As Buffett's pile of cash grows, it's ever more likely that Berkshire (BERK) will make another big acquisition. The Oracle of Omaha hit another milestone this year. In May he joined Twitter and already has over 700,000 followers.
--Patricia Sellers
--Cultural impact
--Returnee
He began the year devouring H.J. Heinz, the world's largest ketchup maker, for $23 billion, in partnership with Brazil-based 3G Capital. Now Buffett sits on more than $40 billion in cash, thanks in part to his gutsy investments in companies like Goldman Sachs (GS, Fortune 500) and Bank of America (BAC, Fortune 500) when others panicked during the 2008 financial crisis. As Buffett's pile of cash grows, it's ever more likely that Berkshire (BERK) will make another big acquisition. The Oracle of Omaha hit another milestone this year. In May he joined Twitter and already has over 700,000 followers.
--Patricia Sellers
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