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Age 55
For the past decade, Flanagan has run Atlanta-based money management firm Invesco. With more than 6,000 employees, Flanagan’s operation last year oversaw nearly $800 billion in assets for clients in more than 150 different countries. But to gauge the CEO’s local influence, look no further than his chairmanship of the Atlanta Committee for Progress, a group of Atlanta leaders that advises the city on key policy issues and has the ear of Mayor Kasim Reed.
Invest in Atlanta Flanagan cites Atlanta’s cluster of top colleges—many graduates of which are eventually hired as Invesco employees—as a key reason for the company’s location.
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This article originally appeared in our October 2015 issue.
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