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Steve Jobs #1 in CNBC’s Top 25 Most Influential Leaders of The Past 25 Years List

Steve Jobs #1 in CNBC’s Top 25 Most Influential Leaders of The Past 25 Years List

Steve Jobs has been named the #1 top influential leader in the past 25 years in CNBC’s First 25: Rebels, Icons & Leaders list. The list includes the top 25 people who have “had the greatest influence, sparked the biggest changes and created the most disruption in business over the past quarter century.”

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CNBC, via 9to5Mac:

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 … 

CNBC created the list as part of its 25th anniversary celebration. The full one-hour special will be broadcast at 7PM Eastern time tonight.

The final list of 25 was chosen by CNBC from an initial group of 200 contenders, using a combination of editorial leaders, outside experts and CNBC viewers.

The full top 25 are as follows:

  1. Steve Jobs
  2. Bill Gates
  3. Alan Greenspan & Ben Bernanke
  4. Sergey Brin, Larry Page & Eric Schmidt
  5. Jeff Bezos
  6. Warren Buffett
  7. Oprah Winfrey
  8. Mark Zuckerberg
  9. Jack Bogle
  10. Larry Ellison
  11. Rupert Murdoch
  12. Jack Welch
  13. NR Narayana Murthy
  14. Howard Schultz
  15. Bernard Arnault
  16. Li Ka-shing
  17. Carl Icahn
  18. Meg Whitman
  19. Amancio Ortega
  20. Michael Bloomberg
  21. Sandy Weill
  22. Cher Wang
  23. Aliko Dangote
  24. Martha Stewart
  25. Carlos Slim