Chairman and CEO, AT&T (T)
Age: 47
Stephenson is looking to transform a company rooted in yesterday's technology -- telephone landlines -- into a multiplatform provider of telecom services. AT&T's wireless business got a big boost with the news that AT&T would become the exclusive carrier of Apple's iPhone. But Stephenson must also find success with U-verse -- a $6.5 billion Internet-based television system that puts AT&T in direct competition with cable companies. Age: 47
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