In the fifteenth century, the Medici family of bankers and merchants rose in Templar-like fashion, amassing vast wealth and influence.
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Both of them say a lot about China, the United States and their positions of wealth and influence in the world.
At the same time, the core of the elite liberal constituency--academics, high-tech businesspeople and media figures--has been growing steadily in wealth and influence.
As shocking as this set of choices and values might be to people who envy wealth and influence, Pastor Rick makes his purpose evident.
These corporations and the people who ran them accumulated great wealth and political influence.
While Berezovsky made a good portion of his money from luxury car sales, his wealth and political influence skyrocketed when he bought into Russian media.
Businessmen who came to be known as oligarchs amassed massive wealth and political influence in the 1990s during the privatization of Russia following the fall of the Soviet Union.
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The case raised a public curtain on the world of Russia's oligarchs, those who amassed massive wealth and political influence in the 1990s during the privatization of Russia following the fall of the Soviet Union.
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This is because, although Mr Berezovsky had been away from Russia and in self-imposed exile for 13 years, he had amassed such wealth and political influence here in the 1990s that he will be remembered as one of the key figures in modern Russian history.
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Ms Gandhi and Mr Walton note that all this does not mean that the billionaires acquired wealth through government connections and influence.
Qatar's winning bid reflects the emirate's talent for using its vast gas-fuelled wealth to win friends and influence people.
China is in a state where entrepreneurs' major desire is to gain influence and wealth.
Blankfein himself has committed to use his influence and wealth to better the climate for same sex marriages, a quite incredibly bold decision on his part.
And that influence comes in a variety of ways, including the wealth of experience that we have.
Yet even the critics believe women's influence over wealth is growing, if only because wives outlive their husbands by an average of seven years and usually inherit most of their assets.
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