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Modi, Paytm founder among Time’s 100 most influential people of 2017

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This year Margot Robbie has been featured in Time’s 100 Most Influential People Of 2017.Margot Robbie is an Australian actress. She started her career in his late 2000s.

Important Highlights:

  • She was honoured by The Wolf of Wall Street director Martin Scorsese.
  • He applauded Margot Robbie and said ‘Margot is stunning in all she is and all she does, and she will astonish us forever.’
  • This year’s 14th annual issue features five worldwide covers.
  • President Donald Trump and Pope Francis join the likes of singer Demi Lovato and actress Viola Davis on Time magazine’s list of the 100 Most Influential People.100 most influential people of 2017
  • The Australian actress was joined on the list by fellow Hollywood stars Emma Stone, Ryan Reynolds and James Corden.
  • In Time’s 100 two Indians are on the list Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma.
  • Vijay Shekhar Sharma, Paytm founder is selected for his huge venture growth of Paytm with 177 million users, compared with 122 million at the beginning of the year.
  • Modi is described as a maestro of the art of political seduction, playing on the existential fears and cultural insecurities of people facing downward or blocked mobility.
  • Each featuring a member of the TIME 100: singer John Legend, actress Viola Davis, Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos, philanthropist Melinda Gates, and British actor Riz Ahmed.
  • The latest edition of the magazine’s annual list also includes Chance the Rapper, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Olympic gymnast Simone Biles and FBI Director James Comey.
  • This is the second time when Donald trump has made the list.
  • He’s joined by daughter Ivanka and son-in-law Jared Kushner.
  • Other names which are included are Russian President Vladimir Putin; Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, basketball superstar LeBron James, actress Emma Stone and singers John Legend and Ed Sheeran.

About Time 100

  • Time 100 (often written in all-caps as TIME 100) is an annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world created by the American news magazine Time.
  • It was first published in 1999 as the result of a debate among American academics, politicians, and journalists; the list is now an annual event.