US News and World Report has issued their list of the top 25 people who will affect your finances in 2009, and making the list are some obvious names, including President Obama, and Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, but also some familiar faces from the world of television business news.

Coming in at number 14 is the hyperactive former hedge-fund manager - come - tv presenter, Jim Cramer.  A little further down the list are some, calmer, names from television news, at 22 is CNBC's Maria Bartiromo, being branded as the "first face of financial news during the downturn", and at 23, is Fox's Neil Cavuto.

Not far behind in 24th place, is CNBC's Lawrence Kidlow.

See the list here.

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