SILICON ALLEY 100 - ranking of the most influential figures in the IT industry

Source: Samantha Lee / Business Insider

Every day we learn about the next investment rounds, about mergers and acquisitions, about new high-tech projects that are rapidly breaking into the global IT scene. But who is behind all this? Who determines the direction of development of the IT industry? Who is investing in this?

Business Insider offers its own version of the answers to these questions. The publication offers a rating of 100 most influential and successful IT entrepreneurs and investors according to the results of 2015 - Silicon Alley 100. For whom and how successful this year was, you can evaluate it right now.

In ratingincluded individuals who made the maximum contribution to the development of the high-tech industry or in some way changed the course of its development. Preference in the ranking is given to the founders and CEO of companies, rather than investors. According to Business Insider, launching and developing a project is more difficult than successfully investing, getting a decent “exhaust”.

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Chad Dickerson
CEO, Etsy

Dickerson founded the Etsy online art marketplace for handmade artworks. This is the only successful hand-made product marketplace in the world.

In April, the company entered an IPO with a valuation of $ 3.7 billion.
The company will invest the proceeds from the IPO in the further development of the business. In addition, Dickerson is going to invest $ 300 thousand in the nonprofit site Etsy.org, launched last year, as well as in the construction of a new headquarters. At the end of 2014, Etsy's revenue increased by 56.4% - from $ 125.02 to $ 195.6 year on year.

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Tim Armstrong
CEO, AOL

In May, Verizon announced its intention to acquire the AOL media conglomerate for $ 4.4 billion. Moreover, Verizon offered Armstrong to remain as CEO.

After much deliberation, he agreed to a deal. Armstrong realized that selling the company and using Verizon resources would take AOL's business to the next level. As a result of the transaction, Armstrong owns 1.48 million shares of AOL, which is about $ 74 million in monetary terms.

A complete list of Silicon Alley 100 is available here .

Business Insider also published a list of outstanding IT entrepreneurs and managers inalphabetical order.