Kenyatta hails from an influential political family in the east African nation.

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She had grown up in an influential and affluent family in New York.

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Muhammad started his workshop with the help of a schoolmate, Achmad Kalla, a member of an influential Sulawesi business family that today owns a major share in Bukaka.

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Margaret Thatcher had been such an influential Prime Minster, much revered by my family and an inspiration to many of my generation.

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Colette Neuville, an influential French advocate of shareholder rights, has called on the AMF to block the family's move, arguing that it would put non-family minority shareholders at a disadvantage because the value of their shares would be reduced if a majority of the shares were locked up.

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