Beyonce might have said that girls run the world, but apparently she was wrong. According to an investigation by The Independent, actually Goldman Sachs does. In the graphic above, in red, the countries with Goldman Sachs executives in strategic positions, including Italy’s new head of State, Mario Monti, one of their international advisors.

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