AGENDA SETTERS - WHO ARE THE DRIVING FORCES IN THE TECH INDUSTRY?

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Agenda Setters 2006
TOP 50
Meg Whitman

No. 13 Meg Whitman, CEO, eBay

Last year's position: 26

Why? Extending eBay's reach

After slipping down the Agenda Setters list to number 26 last year, Meg Whitman has made a comeback.

One of Whitman's key achievements this year has been to broker a deal with Google in which the two companies will develop 'click to call' ads that use VoIP to connect consumers to advertisers - a breakthrough in online advertising.

Whitman has also taken a lead in the net neutrality debate, lobbying against the telcos who want to create a two-tier internet, and she is one of 12 of the world's leading business people - along with Bill Gates - who advise the UK government on globalisation.

On top of this, eBay continues to be one of the web's great successes and the means for millions to make a living via online trading - more proof Whitman is a major influencer in the online world who shows no signs of slowing down.

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Agenda Setters Past

Take a walk down memory lane - and find out who made the Agenda Setters poll over the years:

QUOTATION

"Ray Ozzie is a radical change force for Microsoft. He is moving them in a very different direction."
--Richard Sykes, Agenda Setters panellist

"My observation is that [kids today] are far more networked and open than any other generation we have ever seen."
--Peter Cochrane, Agenda Setters panellist


AGENDA SETTERS .EXTRA

The world's most powerful women Forbes.com

Smart 50 - Asia's best users of IT ZDNet Asia

Chron 500 - The San Francisco Bay Area's top public companies San Francisco Chronicle

The 50 people who matter now Business 2.0


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