Sergey Brin and Larry Page, the young  famous duo Google founders, were ranked a collective second in a list of 50 People Who Matter compiled by Business 2.0 magazine. The number one spot in the list was ‘You - The consumer as creator’. ..Brin and Page earned their place at number two for creating a company that has become a huge example of demonstrating innovation and success.. well thats what happens when like-minded and creative people come toghther.

 

They are also accliamed to be down to earth. “Success has not really changed the Google guys all that much. They’re still Stanford computer geeks to the core,” quoted Business 2.0 magazine. Rupert Murdoch was on fourth place for his savvy purchases of social site MySpace and entertainment network IGN, and on to the third spot by Qualcomm chief executive Paul Jacobs.

Fifth place was awarded to Apple chief executive Steve Jobs for being “easily the greatest marketer since P T Barnum”.Bill Gates only made it to number 21 in the list, mainly due to his decision to stand down from Microsoft and devote more time to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. His replacement, Ray Ozzie, was placed on number 10 spot.
 

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