Smartest guy

Jim O'Neill faces red card from Goldman Sachs | Business | guardian.co.uk

Jim O'Neill, Goldman Sachs' chief economist, is part of a group seeking to wrest control of Manchester United from the Glazer family Photograph: PR handout

Today, O'Neill is regarded as one of the world's leading commentators on global economics, having devised the acronym Bric in 2001 to underline the shift of economic power from the west to Brazil, Russia, India and China – a trend that defines modern, international economics.

Clearly a genius, then.