Long article: but interesting will be published on the 27th
(COMTEX) B: The Business Week e.biz 25: Masters of the Web Universe
B: The Business Week e.biz 25: Masters of the Web Universe
NEW YORK, SEP 17, 1999 (BUSINESS WIRE) --
The Most Influential People in Electronic Business
The inaugural Business Week e.biz 25 celebrates Internet innovators
who are doing the most to spark a transformation of society that is as
profound as the Industrial Revolution. From such bona fide captains of
industry as Yahoo!'s Timothy Koogle to relatively unknowns such as Glen
Meakem, founder of FreeMarkets Inc., they represent a wholesale
redistribution of tech leadership. Business Week's e.biz 25 are
profiled in the cover story of the magazine's Sept. 27 issue, to be
published Friday.
As a sign of how much things have changed, the daredevil of the PC
generation is not on Business Week's list: William H. Gates III. It
wasn't so long ago that the honcho of Microsoft Corp. seemed to have
the computer industry in a brainlock. But now, we're seeing the
wholesale redistribution of leadership in the technology industry. Like
the Web itself, the Internet industry has no center of gravity. Now,
someone at Noname.com is just as likely to create the next great
business as is someone at Microsoft. "This is the PC business times 1,
000," Business Week says. "That's because these 25 larger-than-life
characters, and thousands more who are aspiring to be just like them,
are determined to overthrow the old world order."
The 1999 Business Week e.biz 25 are:
Empire Builders
Jeffrey P. Bezos , CEO, Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) Stephen M.
Case, Chairman and CEO, America Online Inc. (NYSE: AOL) Timothy A.
Koogle, Chairman and CEO, Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO)
Innovators
Louis H. Borders, Founder and CEO, Webvan Group Inc. Jay S. Walker,
Founder and vice-chairman, Priceline.com (NASDAQ: PCLN) Margaret C.
Whitman, President and CEO, eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) Glen Meakem,
Co-founder and CEO, FreeMarkets Inc. James H. Clark, Founder and CEO,
Mycfo Inc. Christos M. Cotsakos, Chairman, CEO, E*Trade Group Inc.
(nasdaq: egrp)
Bankrollers
Masayoshi Son, Founder and CEO, SOFTBANK CORP., Japan Robert C.
Kagle, General Partner, BENCHMARK CAPITAL Lawton W. Fitt, Managing
director, GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. L. John Doerr, General Partner, KLEINER
PERKINS CAUFIELD & BYERS Bernard Arnault, Chairman, LMVH MOET HENNESSY
LOUIS VUITTON, France
Visionaries
Mary G. Meeker, Managing Director, MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER (NYSE:
MWD)
John Hagel III, Principal, McKINSEY & CO.
(COMTEX) B: The Business Week e.biz 25: Masters of the Web Universe
B: The Business Week e.biz 25: Masters of the Web Universe
NEW YORK, SEP 17, 1999 (BUSINESS WIRE) --
The Most Influential People in Electronic Business
The inaugural Business Week e.biz 25 celebrates Internet innovators
who are doing the most to spark a transformation of society that is as
profound as the Industrial Revolution. From such bona fide captains of
industry as Yahoo!'s Timothy Koogle to relatively unknowns such as Glen
Meakem, founder of FreeMarkets Inc., they represent a wholesale
redistribution of tech leadership. Business Week's e.biz 25 are
profiled in the cover story of the magazine's Sept. 27 issue, to be
published Friday.
As a sign of how much things have changed, the daredevil of the PC
generation is not on Business Week's list: William H. Gates III. It
wasn't so long ago that the honcho of Microsoft Corp. seemed to have
the computer industry in a brainlock. But now, we're seeing the
wholesale redistribution of leadership in the technology industry. Like
the Web itself, the Internet industry has no center of gravity. Now,
someone at Noname.com is just as likely to create the next great
business as is someone at Microsoft. "This is the PC business times 1,
000," Business Week says. "That's because these 25 larger-than-life
characters, and thousands more who are aspiring to be just like them,
are determined to overthrow the old world order."
The 1999 Business Week e.biz 25 are:
Empire Builders
Jeffrey P. Bezos , CEO, Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) Stephen M.
Case, Chairman and CEO, America Online Inc. (NYSE: AOL) Timothy A.
Koogle, Chairman and CEO, Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO)
Innovators
Louis H. Borders, Founder and CEO, Webvan Group Inc. Jay S. Walker,
Founder and vice-chairman, Priceline.com (NASDAQ: PCLN) Margaret C.
Whitman, President and CEO, eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) Glen Meakem,
Co-founder and CEO, FreeMarkets Inc. James H. Clark, Founder and CEO,
Mycfo Inc. Christos M. Cotsakos, Chairman, CEO, E*Trade Group Inc.
(nasdaq: egrp)
Bankrollers
Masayoshi Son, Founder and CEO, SOFTBANK CORP., Japan Robert C.
Kagle, General Partner, BENCHMARK CAPITAL Lawton W. Fitt, Managing
director, GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. L. John Doerr, General Partner, KLEINER
PERKINS CAUFIELD & BYERS Bernard Arnault, Chairman, LMVH MOET HENNESSY
LOUIS VUITTON, France
Visionaries
Mary G. Meeker, Managing Director, MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER (NYSE:
MWD)
John Hagel III, Principal, McKINSEY & CO.
William Joy, Co-founder and chief scientist, SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC.
(NASDAQ: SUNW)
Architects
Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., Chairman and CEO, IBM CORP. (NYSE: IBM)
Pehong Chen, Chairman and CEO, BROADVISION INC. (NASDAQ: BVSN) David
Peterschmidt, President and CEO, INKTOMI INC. (NASDAQ: INKT) Kevin J.
O'Connor, Co-founder and CEO, DOUBLECLICK (NASDAQ: DCLK) Ellen M
Hancock, CEO, EXODUS COMMUNICATIONS (NASDAQ: EXDS)
Pacesetters
David S. Pottruck, President and co-CEO, CHARLES SCHWAB CORP. (NYSE:
SCH)
John T. Chambers, CEO, CISCO SYSTEMS INC. (NASDAQ: CSCO) Michael S.
Dell, Founder and CEO, DELL COMPUTER CORP. (NASDAQ: DELL)
Note: The Business Week e.biz 25 will be posted in Business Week Online
on Thursday evening, Sept. 16 (http://ebiz.businessweek.com) and on
America Online (Keyword: BW).
(Launched in March, 1999, as a quarterly print feature with daily
online updates, Business Week e.biz covers trends, developments and
critical issues in the emerging world of electronic business. In 2000,
Business Week e.biz will more than double the frequency of its print
edition, appearing at least nine times in the coming year.)
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