First 25: Rebels, Icons & Leaders is a top made by the famous American television CNBC, he positioning Steve Jobs as the most influential businessman of the last 25 years. Everything is part of a campaign run by CNBC on the occasion of the celebration of 25 years of existence, but to choose the personalities of this top, experts from various fields of activity were used. The entire list counted 200 important personalities of the last 25 years, but in the end 25 of them were chosen.
Steve Jobs earned the top spot for both transforming the way we think about technology and redefining the style in which we live. More than any other member of our group of extraordinary entrepreneurs and executives—all outstanding leaders—his vision spurred changes far beyond his industry and put an indelible stamp on the wider culture.
Steve Jobs was declared the winner thanks to the way it transformed the way we look at technology, but also because it managed to change the way we live and use our mobile terminals. Below is the entire list of those from CNBC.
- Steve Jobs
- Bill Gates
- Alan Greenspan & Ben Bernanke
- Sergey Brin, Larry Page & Eric Schmidt
- Jeff Bezos
- Warren Buffett
- Oprah Winfrey
- Mark Zuckerberg
- Jack Bogle
- Larry Ellison
- Rupert Murdoch
- Jack Welch
- NR Narayana Murthy
- Howard Schultz
- Bernard Arnault
- Li Ka-shing
- Carl Icahn
- Meg Whitman
- Amancio Ortega
- Michael Bloomberg
- Sandy Weill
- Cher Wang
- Aliko Dangote
- Martha Stewart
- Carlos Slim
