Fortune - The 50 Smartest People inTECH
Saturday, July 10, 2010 at 10:41AM | Print Article Fortune have announced their 50 smartest people in tech 2010 and unsurprising Apple CEO Steve Jobs and Apple vice president of industrial design Jonathan Ive topped the charts.
Steve Jobs topped the "Smartest CEO" category -
"When Steve Jobs returned to Apple in 1997 after a 12-year exile, the company was close to bankruptcy. Thirteen years later it has a market cap of $250 billion and is the world's most valuable tech company, transforming whole industries along the way. iTunes reinvented music. Pixar, now part of Disney, elevated animated films. The iPhone changed telecom. And the new iPad has other computer makers scrambling to respond. Rocking one industry could be luck, but upending four? That's smart."
While Jonathan Ive topped the "Smartest Designer" category -
"Ive, 43, is an expert at manufacturing lust. Like his boss, he is a perfectionist who leads a small team working in near secrecy. Most Apple employees aren't allowed in his studio. From the iPod to the iPhone to the iPad, his contributions have set the course not just for Apple but for design more broadly."
Other notable mentions go to the CEO of Amazon, Jeff Bezos as runner-up in the "Smartest CEO" category, and Mark Zuckerberg as "Smartest Founder" for Facebook. To check out the full list head over to Fortune.