Mario Draghi was the first man to top the FN100 list three years in a row, with his pivotal role in trying to counter the European sovereign debt crisis winning him the award in 2011, 2012 and 2013.

We noted in 2011 that his ability would be "tested to its limit", and when he assumed presidency of the European Central Bank in November of that year the eurozone was facing an existential threat to its survival.