Ho Ching world. In 2007, Ho was picked as one of the "100 most influential men and women" who shaped the world by TIME Magazine. Also in 2007, Forbes magazine ranked her third in its annual list of the world's most powerful women, behind German Chancellor Angela Merkel and China's Vice-Premier Wu Yi. Ho had climbed 33 spots from 36th place in the previous year’s list. In 2011, Ho was included in the ‘50 Most Influential’ ranking by Bloomberg Markets magazine. In 2013, Ho was ranked ninth on the Public Investor 100 ranking compiled by the Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute. As of
Radio Times's Most Powerful People named the actress Julie Walters as their choice for the most powerful person in drama. In January 2005, "Radio Times" published the third Most Powerful People in TV Comedy list, which was topped by the comedy duo Matt Lucas and David Walliams for their sketch show "Little Britain", which the magazine called "inspired". That June, "Radio Times" published their final Most Powerful People list, which named the most influential people in radio in the UK. Restricted only to current broadcasters, the poll was won by the DJ and TV host Jonathan Ross, who was praised as "one of the wittiest