Are amongst Barack Obamas advisers. While he does not succumb to the special interest and big business lobbyists, he knows that getting the thoughts and ideas of some of the most prominent richest people on the planet is necessary to being a world leader. Check out this list of people Barack speaks with often, pretty impressive.
"He is frequently on the phone with billionaire CEO Warren Buffett ("one of my favorite people," says Obama, "he's just completely down-to-earth and as smart as they come"), a critic of the financial industry and of tax breaks for the rich who also happens to understand capital markets better than just about anyone.
Obama calls on Apple's Steve Jobs to help him "think about how to be successful and nimble in the current global environment."
Advice also comes from Wall Street veterans like J.P. Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon and Centerbridge Partners founder Mark Gallogly - as well as longtime Chicago friends Penny Pritzker of Hyatt (who runs his campaign finances), Ariel Capital's John Rogers, and investor James S. Crown. "
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