April 1, 2016 / Fortune Asia / Volume 173 / Number 5 / THE WORLD’S 50 GREATEST LEADERS

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The World’s 50 Greatest Leaders

27 This election year has given us a taste of what leadership is, mostly through its absence. Demagoguery, pandering, even populism aren’t leadership. Here’s what is.
By Geoff Colvin

30 Bezos Prime
Amazon’s CEO has driven his company to all-consuming growth (and even, believe it or not, profits). Today, though, as he deepens his involvement in media and space ventures, Jeff Bezos is becoming a power beyond Amazon. That has forced him to become an even better leader.
By Adam Lashinsky

40 The List
By Jonathan Chew, Claire Groden, and the Fortune staff

52 I Will Follow
Irish rock icon Bono leads a widely acclaimed, data-driven, global organization that rallies governments and C-suites, raising millions for people in poverty. What’s his secret? An ability to convince others that they are the true leaders of change. Here’s what business can learn from a music legend.
By Ellen McGirt

62 Book Excerpt: My Year in Startup Hell
Hear the one about the unemployed middle-aged guy who tripped and fell into the new economy? An exclusive sneak peek at the book Disrupted.
By Dan Lyons

departments

MACRO

8 Closer Look
The IRS and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad decade.
By Jen Wieczner

11 In Memoriam
A tribute to Andy Grove, Silicon Valley pioneer.
By Adam Lashinsky

12 Underdogs
How a small English soccer team is storming the big leagues.
By Geoffrey Smith

13 Keeping Up With the Kremlin
A new bus tour spotlights homes of the London kleptocracy.
By Linda Kinstler

14 Chasing Utopia
Inside the debate over the U.S. productivity slump.
By Erika Fry

16 World’s Most Admired Companies
Netflix is on a growth streak, but the stock has been volatile. Here’s why.
By Lauren Silva Laughlin

VENTURE

17 Bouncing Back
The unexpected payoff of entrepreneurial failure.
By Jennifer Alsever

PURSUITS

19 Smart Travel
The best apps for summer trips.
By Christopher Tkaczyk

20 Black Book
An insider’s guide to S縊 Paulo.
By Adam Erace

TECH

21 Person of Interest
McDonald’s chief digital officer, Atif Rafiq.
By Michal Lev-Ram

22 Business in the Cloud
Machine learning is turning commercial satellite imagery into an omnipresent source of business intelligence.
By Clay Dillow

INVEST

24 Restaurant Stocks
Not every company on the menu is an equally good deal.
By Chris Taylor

68 BING!

CORRECTION

In the intro to an excerpt from Bob Benmosche’s posthumous memoir, Good for the Money (March 15), we misstated the date of the author’s death. Benmosche died Feb. 27, 2015. Fortune regrets the error.

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