1.
Larry Page
Company:
Google
Today is the big day
for Google co-founder Larry Page, as he becomes the company’s chief executive
officer, taking the reins from Eric Schmidt. Though the 38-year-old Page has
never acted as the CEO of a public company, Schmidt is confident that his protégée
is “ready” to oversee Google and its 24,000 employees.
2.
Mark Zuckerberg
Company:
Facebook
In case you haven’t
heard, Zuckerberg’s little social networking website has taken off over the
past few years. The Harvard dropout has taken the world by storm and even got a
movie made about his online venture. He’s currently worth $13.4 billion. Not
too shabby for your mid-20s, Mark. Not too shabby at all.
3.
Edward Rosenfeld
Company:
Steve Madden
Rosenfeld was named the
chairman and CEO of Steven Madden Ltd. in 2008 at the ripe old age of 31. He
joined the company in ’05 as its EVP of strategic planning and finance, but
don’t think this is your regular high-strung CEO. The company’s namesake, Steve
Madden, once compared Rosenfeld’s demeanor to a “warm bath.”
4.
Matthew McCauley
Company:
Gymboree
No kidding around here!
McCauley (shown with NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg) is CEO of Gymboree, a
children’s clothing chain. In 2010, the company was acquired by Bain Capital
for $1.8 billion in cash. Sounds like McCauley is doing something right.
5.
Lil Wayne
Company:
Young Money Entertainment
The rapper heads up
Young Money Entertainment, which is part of Cash Money Records. Artists on the
label include the popular Drake and the always-colorful Nicki Minaj. Despite
his CEO status, Lil Wayne still performs and has a new album coming out in May.
6.
Michael Reger
Company:
Northern Oil & Gas
The man’s got oil in
his blood! Reger’s great-grandfather, grandfather and father all worked in the
oil business at various companies. Reger himself became the CEO (and chairman
of the board) of Northern Oil & Gas in 2007.
7.
Elon Musk
Company:
Tesla Motors
Musk, far left, makes
our list by a couple of months (he turns 40 in June this year) but he founded
the company in 2003 when he was just 32. The CEO has a history of making
profitable business decisions. He first sold Zip2 for more than $300 million to
AltaVista at 28. From there he developed a company that became PayPal; that
sold to eBay in 2002 for $1.5 billion.
8.
James Murdoch
Company:
News Corp International
Rupert just promoted
his son James to chairman and chief executive of News Corps’s international
operations. The new gig will have the younger Murdoch relocating from London to
New York. Sounds like a worthy move to us!
9.
Kevin Plank
Company:
Under Armour
Plank founded Under
Armour Performance Apparel in 2000 from his grandma’s D.C. townhouse. Formerly
a college football player for the University of Maryland, Plank disliked how
cotton T-shirts felt so he started making his own “from stretchy women’s lingerie
fabric.” Although it sounds a little weird, apparently he was on to something. At
left, New York Jets football team owner Woody Johnson talks with Kevin Plank
(right) during their appearance on the Fox Business show “America’s Nightly
Scoreboard.”
10.
Jack Dorsey
Company:
Once for Twitter, now for Square
Originally Twitter’s
CEO (and co-founder), Dorsey moved on to create Square, an e-commerce company.
As if being a CEO of a start-up company doesn’t keep one busy enough, this tech
go-getter is taking on another gig and returning to Twitter as its executive
chairman.
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