I don’t know how Steve Jobs feels about lists, but I sure know how lists feel about Steve Jobs. PC World called him the second most important person on the web; Fortune pegged him as the 132nd richest person in the world; and Blender called him the #1 music powergeek.
But how does he stack up in a list of influential business leaders? Well, Steve-o took the bronze in USA Today’s top twenty-five; not too shabby, considering he fell only underneath Alan Greenspan at number two and Bill Gates at numero uno. Really? Gates beat out Greenspan for top dog? Maybe the ranking system was running on Windows.
Anyway, Stevie’s little profile hits the high points:
Co-founder of Apple, Jobs was ousted in a boardroom coup in 1985. But he prospered in exile, buying Pixar, the company that redefined animation. He returned to Apple in 1997, and the rest is history: iMac, iPod, iTunes, iPhone.But they say nothing of his winning smile. What’s up with that? Jobserino beats out Brin and Page of Google, Andy Grove of Intel, Jeff Bezos of Amazon, Rupert Murdoch, and even Warren Buffett. August company, to be sure. Nice job, Steve.
