The Agenda Setters poll revealing the most influential people in tech has been running for eight years. In that time silicon.com has collected a wealth of data charting the changing fortunes of the industry's biggest names.
This year for the first time you can plot the rise or fall of some of the highest profile Agenda Setters against each other. You can pit the performance of Bill Gates against Steve Jobs, for example.
To do so, simply tick any of the boxes next to the individual names below and then click the Compare button to see the results.
Check the boxes to compare Agenda Setters
Take a walk down memory lane - and find out who made the agenda setters poll in years past
"Blogging's definitely got to the point where there're enough mainstream consumers watching it for the top bloggers to be regarded as agenda setters."
Michael Smith,
Agenda Setters panellist
"Open source gets more important rather than being something that will get squeezed out of the enterprise."
Simon Briskman,
Agenda Setters panellist
The world's 50 most innovative companies BusinessWeek
The world's 100 most powerful women Forbes.com
Chron 500 - The San Francisco Bay Area's top public companies San Francisco Chronicle
100 fastest growing tech companies Business 2.0
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