The most influential people in American IT

September 26th, 2006 · No Comments

It’s interesting as the old guard from Microsoft, Sun and Dell are gone, a new generation is taking over the leading IT firms. Steve Jobs is still there of course but the list is peppered with the new guys; and just as interesting the free information/software guys like Jimmy Wales.

Times are a changing.

Ray Ozzie is the first ever winner from Microsoft – the closest Bill Gates came was a number 2 spot in 2003.
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A panel of experts decided the annual poll by voting on three factors – global influence, decision-making prowess and longevity. Past winners include Ashley Highfield (2004), Steve Jobs (2003), Rupert Murdoch (2002), Steve Case (2001) and Sir Christopher Gent (2000).

Not just a collection of the usual big names, the top 50 includes several individuals who were chosen for creating innovative websites and user-generated content such as: Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales (7), YouTube co-founders Chad Hurley and Steven Chen (9), Flickr co-founders Stewart Butterfield and Caterina Fake (27), Craigslist founder Craig Newmark (37) and Digg founder Kevin Rose (49).

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