Mukesh, Anil among world's most powerful people list

London, Sep 4 (PTI) After making their way into the
league of richest persons, India's warring billionaire
brothers -- Mukesh and Anil Ambani-- have been named together
among the world's 100 most influential and powerful people by
British fashion magazine Vanity Fair.

Ambani brothers are ranked at the 67th place in the 100
list which is topped by Russian Prime Minister Vladmir Putin
while media baron Rupert Murdoch is in the second spot.

"The economy may be in shambles, but the moguls of the
100 list are still moving, shaking, merging and acquiring, the
magazine said in an accompanying report.

The founders of search engine major Google -- Sergey
Brin, Larry Page --and its CEO Eric Schmidt have been ranked
at the third spot.

Apple's chief executive and the brain behind iPods and
iPhones -- Steve Jobs has cornered fourth rank followed by
legendary American investor Warren Buffet in the fifth place.

India-origin venture capitalist Vinod Khosla of Khosla
Ventures is ranked at the 92nd position.

Both Mukesh and Anil together have a combined net worth
of 85 billion dollars and they inherited their father's
sprawling industrial conglomerate in 2002, "but never figured
how to play together nicely".

Later in 2005, the business was split with Mukesh getting
the oil, gas, and petrochemical business while Anil got the
telecom and banking operations.

"Already a big player in Bollywood, Anil is on the cusp
of buying into DreamWorks with a USD 500-million-plus capital
investment. He also plans to finance films for the production
companies of George Clooney, Tom Hanks, and Brad Pitt," Vanity
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