This year’s New Establishment list identifies the top 50 of an innovative new breed of buccaneering visionaries, engineering prodigies, and entrepreneurs—“The Age of Information gives way to a burgeoning Age of Technology,” as Graydon Carter puts it. Mark Zuckerberg, founder of the inescapable social-networking site Facebook, maintains his perch at the top of the 17th annual New Establishment List for the second year in a row. With a possible I.P.O. on the horizon by 2012, which could value the company anywhere between $50 and $100 billion, Facebook has enough clout to worry even the unshakable Google. Zuckerberg is still the youngest person ever to top the list.
Sergey Brin and Larry Page, co-founders—of Google are in the No. 2 spot, closing in on Zuckerberg as they jump up one spot, from No. 3 in 2010. Eric Schmidt, who appeared on the list last year with the duo, has since been pushed out of the C.E.O’s office, replaced by Page.
Rounding out the top five are Jeff Bezos, of Amazon, at No. 3, Tim Cook and Jonathan Ive, of Apple, at No. 4, and Twitter and Square founder Jack Dorsey, at No. 5.
Lady Gaga makes an appearance for the second year in a row. Coming in at No. 9, she is the highest-ranking woman on the list, in front of J. K. Rowling at No. 16, Sheryl Sandberg, of Facebook, at No. 26, Angela Ahrendts with Christopher Bailey, of Burberry, at No. 30, Natalie Massenet at No. 32, and Kara Swisher with Walt Mossberg at No. 40. At 25 years old, Gaga is also the youngest person on the list—not a surprise for someone whose fans managed to crash Amazon’s servers in their desperation to download her third album.
Youthful energy is spread throughout this year’s list with 15 members under the age of 40, including Zuckerberg, Brin and Page, Dorsey, Lady Gaga, Andrew Mason, Sean Parker, Ryan Kavanaugh, Jeremy Stoppelman, Ashton Kutcher, Dennis Crowley, Daniel Ek, Mikael Hed and Niklas Hed, and Justin Timberlake.
There are 14 billionaires on the list: Zuckerberg, Brin and Page, Bezos, Mark Pincus, Michael Moritz, J. K. Rowling, Jim Breyer, Reid Hoffman, Herbert Allen III, Yuri Milner, Robin Li, Parker, and Peter Thiel.
Five member of the New Establishment are actively involved in space exploration, including Brin, Elon Musk, Bezos, Thiel, and Dennis Crowley. Eight of the New Establishment nominees can count themselves members of the ever growing Stanford Mafia; they include Brin, Page, Reed Hastings, Jim Breyer, Hoffman, Musk, Thiel, and John Hennessy.
And now, the big reveal—check back next week for more exclusive New Establishment features!
Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook
Sergey Brin and Larry Page, Google
Jeff Bezos, Amazon
Tim Cook and Jonathan Ive, Apple
Jack Dorsey, Square, Twitter
Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, Andreessen Horowitz
Reed Hastings, Netflix
John Lasseter, Pixar, Walt Disney Animation Studios
Lady Gaga, singer
Dan Doctoroff, Bloomberg L.P.
Dick Costolo, Twitter
Mark Pincus, Zynga
Jim Breyer, Accel Partners
Tim Burton, Johnny Depp, and Graham King, Movies
Michael Moritz, Sequoia Capital
J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter
Trey Parker and Matt Stone, South Park
Reid Hoffman, Greylock Partners, LinkedIn
Herb Allen III, Allen & Co.
Judd Apatow, Apatow Productions
Jay-Z, Roc Nation
Todd Phillips, Green Hat Films
Yuri Milner, DST Global
J. J. Abrams, writer, director, producer
Robin Li, Baidu
Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook
Andrew Mason, Groupon
Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, television
Mark Wahlberg and Stephen Levinson, Leverage
Angela Ahrendts and Christopher Bailey, Burberry
Elon Musk, Tesla Motors, Space X
Natalie Massenet, Net-a-Porter Group
Paul Graham, Y Combinator
Sean Parker, entrepreneur
Fred Wilson, Union Square Ventures, Flatiron Partners
Peter Thiel, Founders Fund, Clarium Capital Management
Peter Jackson, Wingnut Films
Ryan Kavanaugh, Relativity Media
Mike Allen, Politico
Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher, All Things D
John Hennessy, Stanford University
Jeremy Stoppelman, Yelp
Ashton Kutcher, actor, investor
Tyler Perry, director, producer, writer, actor
Dennis Crowley, Foursquare
Kevin Ryan, Gilt Groupe
Daniel Ek, Spotify
Henry Blodget, Business Insider
Mikael Hed, Niklas Hed, and Peter Vesterbacka, Rovio
Justin Timberlake, singer, actor
