The British business newspaper Financial Times each year nominated a "Person of the Year" to the person the newspaper has considered has demonstrated considerable influence in a given year.
The complete list of past recipients can be found here
Past Persons of the Year include:
2016 - Donald Trump (US President)
2015 - Angela Merkel (Chancellor, Germany)
2014 - Tim Cook (CEO, Apple Inc)
2013 - Jack Ma (Founder, Alibaba Group)
2012 - Mario Draghi (President, European Central Bank)
2011 - Arab Youth (Arab Spring)
2010 - Steve Jobs (CEO, Apple Inc)
2009 - Lloyd Blankfein (CEO, Goldman Sachs)
2008 - Barack Obama (US President Elect)
2007 - Jean-Claude Trichet (President, European Central Bank)
2006 - Lakshmi Mittal (CEO, ArcelorMittal)
2005 - Sergey Brin and Larry Page (co-founders of Google)
2003 - Jeffrey Immelt (CEO General Electric)
2002 - J. Craig Venter (genomics scientist)
1980 - Lech Wałęsa (Leader of the Polish Solidarity movement)
1975 - Helmut Schmidt
