CNBC Unveils CNBC First 25: Rebels, Icons & Leaders

Posted on April 30, 2014 by Kerline K. Jules in Business // 0 Comments

ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J., APRIL 29, 2014—CNBC, First in Business Worldwide, today unveiled the final, ranked list of CNBC First 25: Rebels, Icons & Leaders, a definitive list of people who have had the greatest influence, sparked the biggest changes and created the most disruption in business over the past quarter century. Steve Jobs earned the top spot for both transforming the way we think about technology and redefining the style in which we live (full list below).

CNBC revealed the list across CNBC’s multiple platforms and around the world. The network will feature coverage of the CNBC First 25 throughout CNBC’s Business Day programming and on CNBC Digital today. The on-air coverage will culminate with a one-hour special at 7PM ET tonight, “Rebels, Icons & Leaders: The CNBC First 25,” anchored by CNBC’s Tyler Mathisen.

CNBC.com has robust coverage of the list including extensive profiles, in-depth feature stories, slideshows and videos. A roster of all-star journalists contributed to the digital coverage including former Wall Street JournalManaging Editor Paul Steiger, CNBC’s Andrew Ross Sorkin, Co-executive Editor of Re/code Walt Mossberg, Editor-in-Chief of Inc. Eric Schurenberg and CNBC’s Tyler Mathisen.

To track all of the social media coverage around the CNBC First 25, search #CNBC25 on Twitter, Facebook and more of your favorite social platforms. You can follow @CNBC25 on Twitter for the latest #CNBC25 updates as we reveal the top 25 rebels, icons and leaders.

The CNBC First 25 was chosen from an initial group of 200 contenders. Guided in part by our audience, the final list was determined by CNBC top editorial leaders and an elite advisory board comprising former Wall Street Journal Managing Editor Paul Steiger, Yale University’s Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Professor Herminia Ibarra of INSEAD. Paul Maidment, Founding Editor of FT.com and former Executive Editor of Forbes, has served as contributing editor on the project.

Following is the full list:

About CNBC:

With CNBC in the U.S., CNBC in Asia Pacific, CNBC in Europe, Middle East and Africa, CNBC World and CNBC HD, CNBC is the recognized world leader in business news and provides real-time financial market coverage and business information to approximately 371 million homes worldwide, including more than 100 million households in the United States and Canada. CNBC also provides daily business updates to 400 million households across China. The network’s 16 live hours a day of business programming in North America (weekdays from 4:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. ET) is produced at CNBC’s global headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., and includes reports from CNBC News bureaus worldwide. CNBC at night is the all new CNBC Prime featuring a mix of new reality programming, CNBC’s highly successful series produced exclusively for CNBC including “American Greed” and “Crime Inc.” and a number of distinctive in-house documentaries.

CNBC also has a vast portfolio of digital products which deliver real-time financial market news and information across a variety of platforms. These include CNBC.com, the online destination for global business; CNBC PRO, the premium, integrated desktop/mobile service that provides real-time global market data and live access to CNBC global programming; and a suite of CNBC Mobile products including the CNBC Real-Time iPhone and iPad Apps.

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