The 50 Who Matter Now

In our second annual ranking, Business 2.0 has compiled an unabashedly subjective list of people, products, trends, and ideas that are transforming the world of business.

By Business 2.0 staff
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Jay Adelson
Chairman and CEO, Digg and Revision3

Rank: 50

Why he matters: Kevin Rose may be the camera-ready face of news aggregator Digg and online video network Revision3, but Adelson is the quiet guy in the background who builds them into successful businesses.

Rose fronted the initial cash for Digg, but Adelson is widely credited with using his business savvy to transform Rose's brainchild into an influential new way to compile the news. Adelson also runs the show at Revision3, which is racing to create TV-style online video programs. Without Adelson, the people-powered content revolution wouldn't be quite so powerful.

Adelson
Calacanis
Bianchini
Iacobucci, Raburn
Graham
You
Williams
Musk
Melton
O'Reilly
Edmond
Zell
Huffington
Fake Steve Jobs
Walsh
Draft
Zuckerberg
Branson
Nooyi
Ambani bros.
Phillips
Negroponte
Hundt
Friis, Zennstrom
Cogan
Rosedale
Fadell
Kao
Arrington
Stephenson
Miyamoto
Eberhard
Agile software
Li
Diller
Chizen
Hurd
Wales
Bezos
McAndrews
Watanabe
Chambers
Schwarzenegger
Decker
Murdoch
Jacobs
Moritz
Private equity
Jobs
Google trio
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