Last update: 25 people of power in the world web in 2008
19. “The education and entertainment” Jon Stewart (Thedailyshow.com)
Can tell the influence on the world’s online network Jon Stewart increased the number of level ratio with the heat of the election’s America. Main disputes with YouTube about this website to upload a video copyright infringement of their Comedy Central has decided to provide free and allows users to comfortably share their video content through a website of its own store – The Daily Show website. And now, The Daily Show has become an address at which Internet users will have a look at all the best on the election’s in the United States.
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Jon Stewart (birth name is Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz; born on 28/11/1962) is the people active in the field of entertainment and a political position firmly. He is a double play, actors, writers and producers known film with The Daily Show.
20. “The money men” Peter Thiel (Clariumcapital.com, thefoundersfund.com)
Not only is a member sáng price in the staff of the service provider online payment PayPal, Peter Thiel is an investor reputation. Through the Founders Fund, Thiel has invested in a series of new company are best known in Silicon Valley as Facebook, Slide or Yammer.
Besides the man is standing outside of a fund investment management professionals to help private entrepreneurs in the field of Web 2.0, especially those who do not have too much capital can change their ideas into reality and do not want to double support resources invested by a number of shares in the enterprises of their owner. Once sold PayPal to eBay, Thiel left standing and the establishment of fund management investment Clarium Capital Management. Does this company manage a capital investment of up to 7 billion USD.
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Peter Andreas Thiel (born 1967) is a trader to earn the American venture capital. Along with Max Levchin, Thiel founding PayPal and should become the CEO of this company. He is one of the investors to put money and Facebook are now located in the management of this company. Forbes magazine ranked him in the position 377 in the list of richest world with assets worth 1.3 billion USD.
21. “Craftsman” Maria Thomas (etsy.com)
Etsy.com is only a small company but with great potential. Is an address that allows Internet users can buy or sell products, craft sales in 2007 of the website is only 3 years old this life up to 27 million USD. It is said here is Etsy earn revenue accounts so that must be invested for very little promotion (marketing).
Secret of success What is Etsy? It is the center bored for the usual and often repeated by too many consumers. Duties by Maria Thomas is how do consumers know about Etsy and know a solution to replace all that has become too familiar with them. Can say Thomas is very experienced in the work like this – building a new model based on old habits.
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Before you join Etsy in 5 / 2008 to increase the accountability of companies to reach a new high in the world, Maria Thomas and 6 ½ years as Deputy Director of Advanced cum CEO of NPR Digital Media. She used to be the personal cốt officials at Amazon.com as part of the management level.
22. Anssi Vanjoki (nokia.com)
Anssi Vanjoki is strong support for Nokia strategy changes from a manufacturer of a hardware service provider Mobile Internet. At the positions of vice president in charge of market development, mission Vanjoki is how convincing customers and business partners of Nokia products that Nokia is not only to make calls or normal just to take pictures.
“Computer Multimedia” – the term used to Vanjoki product called “smart phone” Nokia – are now gradually becoming a port connected to the Internet, online services, virtual social network, download music, global positioning …
All that Nokia need is the determination to pursue to the end of what was outlined Vanjoki, determination “propaganda war” with the old competitor such as Research in Motion, and have as Apple, Google.
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Anssi Vanjoki joined Nokia Corporation in 1991. Only 7 years later, she became Deputy Chairman of the Board, members of senior directors of this company. Vanjoki is simultaneously the Chairman of the Board Group Amer Group plc.
23. “The community’s” Jimmy Wales (wikia-inc.com/wiki/wikia)
Jimmy Wales is known to most as “father tongue” Wikipedia. 2001 if Wikipedia is just a small website almost not known, it has now become a book’s Dictionary Encyclopedia Online provides Internet users all information related to cultural features common. Wikipedia is Alexa ranking of 10 on a popular website in the world.
But now, Wales also known as “the leader of the anti gã search giant Google.” Wales have established a Wikia Inc aims to develop a search engine open source Wikia Search. At the project received U.S. $ 4 million capital investment from Bessemer Venture Partners and Omidyar Network.
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Jimmy Donal Wales (brand name is Jimbo, and in 8 / 1966) is the founder and chairman Support Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit institutions operating Encyclopedia Wikipedia and open issues project wiki.
24. Blogger Evan Williams (Twitter.com)
Evan Williams has in the school discovered the method of touch preferred by us – even before all is when we know about it. 1999 Williams launched the Blogger service to allow users comfortable expressing personal thoughts on the Internet. Blogger has helped turn anyone equipped with a PC connected to the Internet to become a publisher.
After a franchise for Blogger to Google, Williams continued founders services provided content and music videos online Odeo. But the service not very successful as Williams expected. However, this time Jack Dorsey – a member of staff in the company of Williams – had the idea arose of twitter. Only two years after that twitter has a strong explosion and becomes a method of touch new online.
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Evan Williams (born on 31/3/1972 in Nebraska) is an American entrepreneur founding a lot of Internet companies. Williams and a friend has named Meg Hourihan co-founded Pyra Labs – a software project management that was developed under the name of Blogger, the web application first to create and manage blogs . 17 2 2003, Google has bought Pyra. After 1 year working at Google, Williams decided separation from this company and founding a number of other Internet companies like Odeo, podcasting professional; obvious Corp. and twitter. PC Magazine has selected Evan Williams is the Person of 2004.
25. “Combatant winning hospitality” Jerry Yang (Yahoo.com)
Although suggestions are bought with USD 47.5 billion has been withdrawn but may campaign “against Microsoft” in the Yahoo still can not terminate. Duties of Jerry Yang – Co-founder cum CEO of Yahoo – is to find how to restore growth to the “tree of the Internet acceptance.” At Yang bet all the new services such as ad system to show.
At the party front, Carl Icahn and the other two co-leaders in the Yahoo and many other shareholders are still led to the expected merger agreement with Microsoft. At the same time, the American management is also considered the cooperation between Yahoo ads and Google. In terms of degradation of the U.S. economy has affected at least to the ad revenue with Yahoo, the efforts to maintain the independence of Jang Yahoo will face many challenges.
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Jerry Yang (madhouse, born on 6/11/1968) is a trading U.S. citizenship. Jerry Yang is a Chinese born in 1968 in Taipei, the capital of Taiwan. To 10 years old, Jerry Yang and migrant families belonging to San Jose California USA. He is the co-founder cum CEO of Yahoo! Inc. Although the new 30 years old, Jerry Yang is the owner of search engine reputation and has in hand a huge asset to USD 2.3 billion (in 2008) makes his lot to the list of rich people the world by Forbes magazine ranking.
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