2008 GLOBAL PERE AWARDS – Global awards

More than 10,000 votes were cast for the third annual PERE Awards and here – over the next dozen pages – we present the winners and runners-up of the global awards. By Robin Marriott, Jonathan Brasse and Zoe Hughes. PERE March 2009

Global Industry Figure of the Year

1. Neel Kashkari, US Troubled Asset Relief Program
2. John Grayken, Lone Star Funds
3. John Gray, The Blackstone Group

As a 35-year-old, just six years out of business school, Neel Kashkari was not an obvious choice to lead the US government's

Neel Kashkari

$700 billion bailout programme.