Power List

Power List 2014: Power principals
In an evolving comms landscape, these 50 power players have the blueprint for effective global strategies as companies expand into new markets to increase growth and agencies promote their integrated business models. PRWeek enlisted mentors, colleagues, and friends to best describe what puts these influential PR pros in a class by themselves.
Powerful contributors shed new light on PR's top communicators
The 2014 Power List differs from previous years in that we enlisted various powerful people to write the profiles of some of the most influential people in communications.
Power players set the bar even higher for PR's next generation
Seven years may not seem like a long time, but in terms of what is being accomplished by those at the leading edge of the industry, it is light years.
Fast facts
Number ones:
2014: Martin Sorrell, WPP
2013: Richard Edelman, Edelman
2012: Jon Iwata, IBM
2011: Leslie Dach, Walmart
2010: Katie Cotton and Steve Jobs, Apple
2009: Harris Diamond, Weber Shandwick
2008: Richard Edelman
2007: Richard Edelman
Power List veterans:
Richard Edelman and Jon Iwata have made it on every list since 2007.
Power List first-timers:
Caryn Marooney, Facebook
Charlene Wheeless, Bechtel
Corey duBrowa, Starbucks
Fred Cook, Golin
James Mahoney, Bank of America
Jim Wilkinson, Alibaba
Kelli Parsons, Fannie Mae
Marian Salzman, Havas PR
Martin Sorrell, WPP
Oscar Zhao, BlueFocus
Tony Cervone, GM