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      The 25 Smartest People of the Decade

      Who are the greatest minds of the past 10  years? The Daily Beast convened a panel of moguls, academics—and more than 40 credentialed geniuses—to settle the matter once and for all.

      Updated Jul. 14, 2017 8:01PM ET / Published Nov. 27, 2009 1:58AM ET 

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      #25 Roger Ailes

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      #24, David Chase

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      #23, Ayman al-Zawahiri

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      #22, Michael Bloomberg

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      #21, Karl Rove

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      #20, Will Wright

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      #19, Lawrence Lessig

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      #18, General David Petraeus

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      #17, Nouriel Roubini

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      #16, Malcolm Gladwell

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      #15, Manmohan Singh

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      #14, Arianna Huffington

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      #13, Kwame Anthony Appiah

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      #12, Jeff Bezos

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      #11, Jimmy Wales

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      #10, Elizabeth Warren

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      #9, Jacqueline Novogratz

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      #8, David Plouffe

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      #7, Elizabeth Blackburn

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      #6, Harold Varmus

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      #5, Muhammad Yunus

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      #4, Hillary Clinton

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      #3, Steven Chu

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      #2, Steve Jobs

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      #1, Larry Page and Sergey Brin

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