The young and the powerful of 2012
Twelve people under 50 find a spot in the list of most powerful people released by Forbes. Leading the pack is Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg. Google's Sergey Brin and Larry Page are ranked third.
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The young and the powerful of 2012Twelve people under 50 find a spot in the list of most powerful people released by Forbes. Leading the pack is Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg. Google's Sergey Brin and Larry Page are ranked third. Here's the list:
Mark Zuckerberg, 28
Zuckerberg is the co-founder, chairman and chief executive of social networking site Facebook. The company began trading on the Nasdaq in May this year. -
The young and the powerful of 2012Larry Page and Sergey Brin, 39
They are the founders of search engine giant Google, a company they set up while attending Stanford University. Page (left) is now the chief executive of the company, while Brin handles special projects. -
The young and the powerful of 2012Elon Musk, 41
Musk is a South African-American entrepreneur and inventor best known for founding SpaceX, and co-founding Tesla Motors and PayPal. Cash-strapped NASA has retired its Space Shuttle fleet and will use SpaceX vehicles to haul cargo to and from the International Space Station. -
The young and the powerful of 2012Reid Hoffman, 45
Hoffman is an American entrepreneur, venture capitalist and author. He is best known as the co-founder of LinkedIn. The world's most powerful venture capitalist and the most-connected man in Silicon Valley can make or break a start-up, writes Forbes. -
The young and the powerful of 2012David Cameron, 46
Cameron is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Two years into office, he has gone from being called the second coming of Margaret Thatcher to standing in the shadow of Europe's new Iron Lady, Angela Merkel, writes Forbes.
