Word: bossed
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Such confidence has always been Hamilton's hallmark. When he first met Ron Dennis, now his Formula One team boss, as a 10-year-old, Hamilton informed him that he wanted to drive for McLaren. Three years later, he joined the team's support program for promising young drivers. But he's also ready to listen and learn. Hamilton has a rare "capacity to question himself - to analyze very clearly after a race," says Frédéric Vasseur, general manager at the ART Grand Prix team behind Hamilton's GP2 championship...
Microsoft boss Bill Gates, the world's richest man with $56 billion, and Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim Helu, who is now No. 2 with $53 billion, have one thing in common besides cool private jets. They owe their fortunes to near monopoly control of their respective markets...
...Wolfowitz got the job in part because he was thought by the Bank's board to enjoy good relations with the Republican Congress - an idea that doesn't look so shrewd now that the Democrats control both chambers. It won't help Wolfowitz with Congress that Riza's first boss at State was none other than Elizabeth Cheney, the daughter of the vice president...
...known for keeping many irons in lots of fires. An aide once told me he had seen Wolfowitz on several occasions conduct multiple telephone conversations simultaneously. His job at the Pentagon was to think the big thoughts and let the others worry about the details. His Pentagon boss, Donald Rumsfeld, once explained their relationship with a modesty that was false but nonetheless telling: "Paul's an academic. I'm a Cook County politician...
Labels such as Zegna, Hugo Boss, Brioni and Ralph Lauren have been serving the upscale-menswear market for years. And überexclusive brands like Kiton, along with London's Savile Row tailors, have long catered to the customer who wants a suit made from scratch--a process that involves a muslin sample, several fittings and lots of cash. Now fashion-forward designers are refitting this service-oriented market...