Americas Best Leader's 2009

US News and World Report listed these men as the top 5 leaders in America.

Ben Bernanke

Federal Reserve ChairmanCory Booker

MayorJohn Chambers

CEOYvon Chouinard

Environmentalist and CEOJohn Doerr

Venture Capitalist
As I read through the list of America's best leaders I tried to figure out what these people had in common. One thing I did notice is that the top five people listed are men. As I read further through the list though, I saw that three out of the top 10 leaders were women. I was not surprised to see that a majority of the leaders were men. I was actually surprised to see how many were women. It seems that today's corporate and political world is working to always promote equality between men and women. The next thing I found in common among these leaders is that they have done something that has affected the lives of others. Cory Booker has reduced the murder rate in New Jersey.

Yvon Chouindard donated 1% of profits to environmental groups. John Doerr is working towards to tackling global warming. These are all issues that affect large groups of people and have in impact on their everyday lives. Another thing I noticed was that theses leaders have in common is they took a risk. Some took a financial risk such as an investment and some took a personal risk such as running in an election. Obviously these people were successful in their risk taking otherwise they would not have been so successful. Although all these people are very different, they all have some similarities that have contributed to their success.

By George Vauter