Riding high on the back of strong sales for the latest iPhone and the iPad tablet, judges commented that the 55-year old Californian “embodies Apple, propelling the company forward as the instigator and first true genius of the tech lifestyle age.”
Created annually, the T3 Tech 100 list is named by a panel of leading technology experts, with journalists from the BBC, Daily Telegraph, Evening Standard, Financial Times and The Times among those having their say on the tech world’s most influential men and women.
The T3 Tech 100 – top 10
1) Steve Jobs (CEO – Apple; Director – Walt Disney Corp)
2) Steve Ballmer (CEO – Microsoft)
3) Eric Schmidt, Larry Page & Sergey Brin (CEO & Co-founders, Google)
4) Terry Gou (Chairman & President – Foxconn)
5) Paul Otellini (CEO – Intel)
6) Mark Zuckerberg (Founder & CEO – Facebook)
7) Lee Yoon-Woo (CEO – Samsung Electronics)
8) Andy Rubin (Vice President, Engineering – Google)
9) Yong Nam (Vice Chairman & CEO – LG Electronics)
10) Satoru Iwata (President & CEO, Nintendo)
Other industry-changing tech giants in the top ten include Microsoft boss Steve Balmer in second place, and the Google trio of CEO Eric Schmidt with Co-founders & Presidents Larry Page and Sergey Brin in third. The heads of Facebook, Foxconn, Intel, LG, Samsung and Nintendo also make the top 10.
Luke Peters, Editor of T3, said: “The T3 Tech 100 is our measure of those who have shaped the UK consumer technology market over the last year. The team has spent twelve months designing the list, working with a selection of the UK’s best technology journalists to refine the final placements. Apple may have had a horror story with ‘Antennagate’ but, in our mind, there’s no doubt how Steve Jobs’ continued vision is shaping the mainstream’s outlook regarding how consumer technology looks, works and how it defines them.”
The full T3 Tech 100 features in the November issue of T3, and the special T3 Tech 100 microsite.
