25 Most Influential People on Web, 2008 – Businessweek

Businessweek just released The 25 Most Influential People on the Web for 2008. This list is generated every year when businessweek asks its readers and staff members to contribute to the survey by naming the people who they think are most influential on the web.

Here goes the list…

1. The Seeker: Steve Ballmer, microsoft.com
2. The Marshall: Mitchell Baker, mozilla.org
3. The Innovator: Jeff Bezos, amazon.com
4. The Searchers: Sergey Brin, Larry Page, and Eric Schmidt
5. The Investor: Jeff Clavier, softtechvc.com
6. The Papa Bear: Paul Graham, ycombinator.com
7. The Muckracker: Arianna Huffington , huffingtonpost.com
8. The Adviser: Joi Ito, joi.ito.com
9. The Mastermind: Steve Jobs, apple.com
10. The Filmer: Jonathan Kaplan, theflip.com
11. The Communicator: Loic Le Meur, leweb3.com, seismic.com
12. The Trader: Jack Ma, alibaba.com
13. The Publisher: Matt Mullenweg, Wordpress.org
14. The Mogul: Rupert Murdoch, myspace.com
15. The community Organizer: Craig Newmark, craigslist.com
16. The Traffic Driver: Gabe Rivera, techmeme.com
17. The Poster Boy: Kevin Rose, Digg.com
18. The Adult: Sheryl Sandberg, facebook.com
19. The Edutainer: Jon Stewart, thedailyshow.com
20. The Money Man: Peter Thiel, Clariumcapital.com
21. The Crafter: Maria Thomas, etsy.com
22. The Advocate: Anssi Vanjoki, nokia.com
23. The Crowd Sourcer: Jimmy Wales, Wikia-inc.com/wiki/wikia
24. The Blogger: Evan Williams, Twitter.com
25. The Fighter: Jerry Yang, Yahoo.com

Surprisingly a few names like Michael Arlington, Mark Zuckerberg, etc are missing on the list! Not Influntial anymore?

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