The 2010 TIME 100 Poll

Cast your votes for the leaders, artists, innovators and icons who you think are the most influential people in the world. Though official voting for inclusion on the TIME 100 list has now closed, with Mir-Hossein Mousavi having won the honor, users can continue to vote for their favorites until the list is revealed on Thursday, April 29th

Dan Coudreaut

Daniel Coudreaut

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Age: 44
Occupation: McDonald's director of culinary innovation
Previous TIME 100 Appearances: 0

A former high-end chef with a degree from the Culinary Institute of America, Coudreaut now serves a customer base far larger than that of Mario Batali, José Andrés and all those other top chefs combined. From his elaborate test kitchen at McDonald's headquarters in Oak Brook, Ill., Coudreaut dreams up new menu items for the 14,000 U.S. outlets of the fast-food giant. If you've had a Snack Wrap, an Angus Third Pounder or any of the salads at McDonald's in the past four years, you should know that they started in Coudreaut's kitchen. He's lovin' it.

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