The Top 3 Deal Makers in the news, based on Roger James Hamilton’s Talent Dynamics System, follow on within this series highlighting each of the Top 3 newsmakers in each category. We are seeing industries that have reached a saturation in their market increasingly turn to the Deal Makers to bring together old value to create something new, so we see this play out most prominently in the media industry, and in countries with emerging domestic markets, like India and China. Here are the Top 3.
Rupert Murdoch (USA) – Several years ago Roger Hamilton predicted that traditional print media would become increasingly sensationalist to try and retain readers, and when it fell, it would do so by going to far, creating news and scandal. Murdoch has been on the receiving end of that this year with the News International phone hacking scandal. Even so, he remains up in Forbes’ and Times’ list of the most influential people in the world.
Simon Cowell (UK) – A product of the shift in power of media to the Deal Makers, Cowell has built a reality TV platform with the likes of American Idol, the X-Factor and Britain’s Got Talent. Originally a deal maker for pop bands, he has used this platform to attract talent, and he then makes the money by signing the best talent to his agencies after the public vote them in. He is now worth over £200 million.
Anil Ambani (INDIA) – Reflecting the boom in consumer industries in India, Ambani has made it big in finance and media, recently doing a $825 million deal to bring Steven Spielberg’s studio to India. He is now the fourth richest man in India with $8.8 billion, behind Azim Premi, Laksmi Mittal and his brother, Mukesh Ambani.
“What we can expect to see in the coming years is a shift of the deal makers to the new industries that are moving from summer to autumn. That means expect to hear of venture capitalists making it big in China and India, and brand name deal makers behind deals in media, communications, and public offerings in emerging countries.” – Roger James Hamilton
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