No. 49 Bob Young, founder and CEO, Lulu
Last year's position: Not placed
Bob Young, best known for the years when he was CEO of Linux distribution leader Red Hat, squeaks on to this year's list. He wasn't one of last year’s 50 but has been in the past.Post-Red Hat, he is still considered a mover and shaker - this time a venture that looks like it might shake up the world of book publishing gets him noticed. Lulu, although founded in 2002, is gaining traction as a technology company that allows authors to bypass traditional publishing routes, making it cost-effective to print up small numbers of books on demand.
This great idea may or may not change the world but it highlights Young's essential Agenda Setting qualities - take him out of one company, one industry, place him in another and can he produce the goods? You bet he can. And don't discount future repeats, maybe for something else again.
Take a walk down memory lane - and find out who made the Agenda Setters poll over the years:
"China clearly has many dimensions and many are setting an agenda. It's at the political level, it's at the investment level, it's at the contract manufacturing level and it's at the software level - it's all over."
--Peter Rowell, Regent Associates executive chairman and Agenda Setters panellist
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