The TIME 100 — Are They Worthy?

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AGE: 53
OCCUPATION: CEO of Temasek Holdings
NUMBER OF TIME COVERS: 0
PREVIOUS APPEARANCES ON THE TIME 100: 1

PRO: Runs Singapore's state-owned holding corporation that has $50 billion in assets. Married to the Prime Minister, she is one of the most powerful women in Asia.

CON: She stumbled when she greenlighted the acquisition of a telecommunications company from the former Thai prime minister — a $4 billion tax-free transaction that caused a furor in Thailand and ultimately led to a coup there.

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