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The Time 100

Bill Gates has made the Time 100 more times than any man on Earth. He has been listed as a Builder & Titan, a Hero & Icon, and a Leader & Revolutionary

The Time 100 is an annual list of the 100 most influential people on the planet. The list was started with a debate at a symposium at Washington, D.C.'s Kennedy Center on February 1, 1998 (participants: CBS news anchor Dan Rather, historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, former New York governor Mario Cuomo, then-political science professor Condoleezza Rice, neoconservative publisher Irving Kristol and TIME managing editor Walter Isaacson) The list was first published in 1999 when Time magazine named the 100 most influential people of the 20th century. Based on the popularily of the installment, in 2004 Time magazine decided to make it an annual feature in which the 100 people most influencing the world were listed every year. Making the list is frequently mistaken as an honor, however Time makes very clear that the people being recognized are those who are changing the world for better or for worse. Each year only the five most influential groups were included: Leaders & Revolutionaries, Builders & Titans, Artists & Entertainers, Scientists & Thinkers, and, Heroes & Icons. Within each category, only the 20 most influential people (sometimes pairs or small groups) were selected, for a grand total of 100 each year. Although each category is given equal weight during any given year, people from some categories were more likely to make repeat appearances on the list from year to year. Because it's unlikely that any one person to have a large impact on important world events and cultural trends more than once, because of market pressures to keep the list fresh, and because the list is compiled by a different group of editors every year, repeat appearances on the Time 100 are extremely rare. Only the following individuals have appeared more than once.

1 Listed four times
2 Listed three times
3 Listed twice
4 External links

[edit] Listed four times

Bill Gates 2006,2005,2004 & the 20th century
Oprah Winfrey 2006, 2005, 2004, & the 20th century

Time ranks Oprah Winfrey as the only woman to have shaped both the 20th century & the early 21st. She's been dubbed the Queen of All Media and elected the Greatest American woman of all time

[edit] Listed three times

George W. Bush 2006, 2005 & 2004
Bill Clinton 2006, 2005, & 2004
Nelson Mandela 2005, 2004 & the 20th century
Condoleezza Rice 2006, 2005, & 2004

[edit] Listed twice

Abu Mousab al-Zarqawi 2005 & 2004
Bono 2006 & 2004
Hugo Chavez 2006 & 2005
Hillary Rodham Clinton 2006 & 2004
Katie Couric 2006 & 2004
The Dalai Lama 2005 & 2004
The Google Guys 2005 & 2004
Hu Jintao 2005 & 2004
Steve Jobs 2005 & 2004
Kim Jong Il 2005 & 2004
Pope John Paul II 2004 & 20th century
Rupert Murdoch 2005 & 2004
Jeffrey Sachs 2005 & 2004
Lee Scott 2005 & 2004
Ali Husaini Sistani 2005 & 2004
Meg Whitman 2005 & 2004

Note: The order of the above list is based on the number of times each person has appeared on the Time 100. Those who are tied are listed alphabetically. Those list in bold are the select few whose repeat appearances include Time's ranking of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century.