Nick Saban has a commanding presence on the football field, but his influence stretches beyond the gridiron.
On Thursday, Fortune magazine announced its third annual top-50 list of “World’s Greatest Leaders” and ranked the Alabama football coach the No. 11 leader in the world. The decision puts him ahead of U2 frontman Bono (No. 14), Blackrock CEO Larry Fink (No. 21), Argentine president Maurizio Macri (No. 26) and Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau (No. 48), among others.
Saban has won four national championships in the last seven years at Alabama and five in his coaching career after claiming the title at LSU in 2003, making him the first coach in college football history to win a national championship with two different FBS schools.