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Borat Creator, Sacha Baron Cohen, Named Among British Elite
Sacha Baron Cohen, the man who introduced the world to characters such as Ali G and Borat in an Andy Kaufamn-esque style, has entered the list of Britain’s most powerful men according to GQ magazine.
The 35-year-old Golden Globe winning actor made his debut on the list at number 19, ahead of such figures as Prince Charles and footballer John Terry.
While Cohen has been plying his trade for some time he didn’t achieve his level of fame until “Borat: Cultural Learnings Of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan” hit the big screen. Since that moment Cohen has become one of the most recognizable faces in entertainment.
The impact the movie had led the men’s fashion magazine to say “Not since John Lennon has an English entertainer had such an effect on the world: George Bush was briefed on him, the Kazakh government briefed against him and the film Borat ... hit the No. 1 spot in America last autumn.”
GQ Magazines Top 20 Most Powerful Men
1 Gordon Brown
2 Tony Blair
3 Mervyn King (Governor of the Bank of England)
4 Sir Terry Leahy (chief executive, Tesco)
5 Rupert Murdoch (chief executive, News Corporation)
6 Mark Thompson (director-general, BBC)
7 Sir Philip Green (owner, Arcadia Group)
8 Viscount Rothermere (owner, Daily Mail and General Trust)
9 Ed Balls (Economic Secretary to the Treasury)
10 Home Secretary John Reid
11 Paul Dacre (editor-in-chief, Associated Newspapers)
12 David Miliband (Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
13 Sir Martin Sorrell (chief executive, WPP )
14 Michael Grade (executive chairman, ITV)
15 Jamie Oliver
16 Roman Abramovich
17 David Cameron
18 Prince William
19 Sacha Baron Cohen/Borat
20 James Murdoch (chief executive, BSkyB)
