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Top 10 Most Inspirational CEOs of Tech World

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• published: 08 Jun 2015
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10. Pete Cashmore: Cashmore is the founder of Mashable. This blog has been able to establish itself as the go to place to finding trends in the digital world. With millions of unique users reading his publication, Cashmore has a channel to speak his opinion and influence millions around the world. 9. Tim Cook: Cook is the CEO of Apple. He is the decision maker in a company that has revolutionized the way humans see and use technology. Cook has filled the seat of one of the biggest visionaries of our time, Steve Jobs. 8. Virginia Rometty: Rometty is the Chairwoman and CEO of IBM. She is the first woman to ever lead the company. Rometty is someone who has been able to find the way up, as she started working at IBM in 1991 and since then she has skyrocketed to the top. She also serves on the committee of the most powerful schools in the country like Columbia Business School and Northwestern University. 7. Tim Armstrong: Armstrong is the CEO and Chairman of AOL. His biggest move was buying The Huffington Post and putting Arianna Huffington in charge of AOL’s content. Prior to joining AOL, Armstrong was responsible for Google’s operations in the United States. 6. Jack Dorsey: Dorsey is the creator of Twitter, the biggest micro blogging site on the Internet, with millions of users using its application every month and with over 1.6 billion search queries per day. Dorsey is also the founder and CEO of Square, a mobile payments company that has made a lot of noise during 2012 after raising one of the biggest rounds of funding from the Venture Capital industry. 5. Larry Page: Page is one of the co-founders and CEO of the most powerful company on the Internet today. As of 2012, his personal wealth is estimated to be $20.3 billion, ranking him #13 on the Forbes 400 list of richest Americans. 4. Steve Ballmer: Ballmer is the CEO of Microsoft, where he joined in June 1980, becoming Microsoft’s 30th employee. Ballmer was the second person to become a billionaire in U.S. dollars based on stock options received as an employee of a corporation. 3. Jeff Bezos: Bezos is the founder and CEO of Amazon. He had left his New York City hedge fund job when he learned about the rapid growth in Internet use and drove to Seattle, writing his business plan along the way. He initially set up the company in his garage. In 2011 alone, Amazon’s shares have jumped 55% and added $6.5 billion to his net worth. 2. Jeff Weiner: Weiner is the CEO of Linkedin, the largest social network for professionals in the world. As of June 2012, LinkedIn reports more than 175 million registered users in more than 200 countries and territories. Before joining LinkedIn, Weiner worked as an Executive-in-Residence for leading Venture Capital firms Accel Partners and Greylock Partners and also served as an executive at Yahoo! 1. Sheryl Sandberg: Sandberg is the CEO of Facebook, the biggest and most well known social network in the world. With over 200 million people using their service on a monthly basis, the company has one of the most important voices in tech. Sandberg is known to be a powerhouse driving the most successful company in Silicon Valley, and arguably in the world. IMAGE SOURCE: "GOOGLE SEARCH" SOURCE: http://www.wonderslist.com/10-most-inspirational-ceos-of-tech-world/