Name: Martin Wolf
Title: Associate editor and chief economics commentator at the Financial Times Age: 63
Career: In 1971, he joined the World Bank’s young professionals programme and became a senior economist in 1974. He joined the Financial Times in 1987; he has been associate editor since 1990 and chief economics commentator since 1996
Education: He has a master of philosophy degree in economics from Oxford University
Interests: Literature
(This story appears in the 17 July, 2009 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)