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Business's hottest rising stars
2009
Full List
Highest paid
Youngest
Stars to watch
Full list
Rank
Name
Age
Company
1
Sergey Brin
36
Google
1
Larry Page
36
Google
2
Mark Zuckerberg
25
Facebook
3
James Murdoch
36
News Corp.
4
Aditya Mittal
33
ArcelorMittal
5
Biz Stone
35
Twitter
5
Evan Williams
37
Twitter
6
Tiger Woods
33
7
Jonathan Gray
39
Blackstone
8
Jason Kilar
38
Hulu
9
John Arnold
35
Centaurus Advisors
10
Marc Andreessen
38
Netscape, Opsware, Ning, Andreessen Horowitz
11
Lorenzo Simonelli
36
GE Transportation
12
Tim Armstrong
38
AOL
13
Cesar Conde
35
Univision Networks
14
Raul Vazquez
38
Walmart.com
15
Kevin Plank
37
Under Armour
16
Jay-Z
39
Translation Advertising
16
Steve Stoute
39
Translation Advertising
17
Meredith Whitney
39
Meredith Whitney Advisory Group
18
"Pony" Ma Huateng
38
Tencent
19
Seth MacFarlane
36
Family Guy
20
Kevin Warsh
39
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
21
Marissa Mayer
34
Google
22
Paul Touradji
38
Touradji Capital
23
Xiaofeng Peng
34
LDK Solar
24
Alex Rigopulos
39
Harmonix Music Systems
24
Eran Egozy
38
Harmonix Music Systems
25
Max Levchin
34
Paypal , Slide
26
Josh James
36
Omniture
27
Tony Hsieh
35
Zappos.com
28
Brian Sack
39
New York Fed
29
Aaron Patzer
28
Mint.com
30
Danny Rimer
39
Index Ventures
31
Premal Shah
34
Kiva.org
31
Matthew Flannery
32
Kiva.org
32
Rio Caraeff
34
Vevo
33
Erin Burnett
33
CNBC
34
Ralph Gilles
39
Dodge, Chrysler
35
Charles Best
34
DonorsChoose.org
36
Gina Bianchini
37
Ning
37
Keith Meister
36
Icahn Capital
38
Wendy Clark
38
Coca-Cola
39
Casey Wasserman
35
Wasserman Media Group
40
Ben Silverman
39
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From the Nov. 9, 2009 issue
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HIGHEST PAID
YOUNGEST
8 OVER 80
Name
2008 total compensation
Matt Maddox
$17,664,126
James R. Murdoch
$10,149,601
George L. "Mike" Mikan III
$6,728,856
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Age
Mark Zuckerberg
25
Aaron Patzer
29
Matthew Flannery
32
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86
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80
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81
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