Thursday, May 03, 2012

Steve Jobs is World's Favorite Innovator

In an open poll on this blog on Creativity And Innovation Driving Business, people all over the world voted on who is their favorite innovator.

It is indeed amazing that Steve Jobs is voted the King of Innovation, the World's Favorite Innovator! (We miss you Steve!)

The poll:

Which of these ten best innovators have made a huge difference in your lives? Select your favorite innovator today!

Innovators included (by alphabetical order): Mukesh Ambani, Reliance; Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com; Richard Branson, Virgin Group; Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway; Larry Ellison, Oracle; Bill Gates, Microsoft; Steve Jobs, Apple; Barack Obama, U.S.A. President; Larry Page, Google; Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook . Voting is now closed!

Here are the results (poll was closed after 1,000 votes):

Steve Jobs - World's Favorite Innovator

Steve Jobs, Co-Founder, CEO and Chairman of Apple, ran away with 508 votes out of 1,000 votes or slightly more than 50%. Bill Gates, Co-Founder, CEO and Chairman of Microsoft, was second with 111 votes or 11%. The battle for the third position was quite close. However, Larry Page, Co-Founder and CEO of Google, edged out Mark Zuckerberg, Co-Founder, CEO and Chairman of Facebook, with 84 votes or 8% for the third position. Mark Zuckerberg was fourth with 74 votes or 7%. Rounding out the top five was Richard Branson, Chairman of Virgin Group, with 59 votes or 6%. It is interesting to note that Steve Jobs had more votes than the rest of the top nine innovators combined! WOW!!

Share your thoughts and comments about these favorite innovators! All real comments will be published here.

Thank you everyone for voting and participating!!

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