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BRITAIN'S TOP 100 ENTREPRENEURS 2007
The British business magazine, Management Today, recently published its list of the top 100 entrepreneurs for 2007. At the head of the list is Peter Cruddas, who rose from a modest background to launch his financial trading operation, CMC.
The complete feature, in PDF format, which includes an article on Family Fortunes, can be found at
http://offlinehbpl.hbpl.co.uk/misc/TM/specialissues/MT%20Top%20100%20Entrepreneurs.pdf
or you can browse through the sections separately. See the full list, in a table format, at
http://offlinehbpl.hbpl.co.uk/misc/TM/specialissues/Entrepreneurs%20Table.pdf
or focus on the top five at
According to a related article entitled Money Talks, at
four of the five people at the top of the rankings are in the financial services sector. The biggest sector, with 17 representatives, includes computer, software, internet and telecom businesses. Real estate didn't make the cut.
There are a record 24 women on the list, including Jane Cavanagh of SCi, the UK's largest computer games publisher. Read about these entrepreneurial women at
The Web site also offers a host of articles and profiles in the areas of Finance, Entrepreneurship, Governance, Human Capital, Leadership, Marketing and Sales, Strategy and Operations and Technology and Innovation.
Just one request to the designers -- have a little compassion for your readers, and make the type a bit bigger and bolder next time, okay? The text on the page was quite invisible to my ancient eyes.
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) recognizes individuals in the field with several awards, including a Distinguished Service Award, a Doctoral Dissertation Award, an Outstanding Contribution to ACM Award and others.
Some of the Web pages list the winners' names only; others, such as the A.M. Turing Award, show a brief profile.
http://awards.acm.org/listing.cfm
THE 50 MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE ON THE WEB
Note to PC World: A name search would come in handy. But we do appreciate this collection of the top 62 names in the Web biz.
If you are interested in finding out who is shaping your online experience and don't mind some serendipitous scrolling, look for the drop-down box in the middle of the page and choose a range (Important People 1 through 5, 6 through 10, and so on). Profiles are brief and most include photos.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,129301-page,1/article.html
Pam Patton
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