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40 Under 40

Who are 2012's young business stars? We’ve got the CEO of a blue-chip beer brand, an airline CEO who just placed the largest order in commercial aviation history, and Warren Buffett’s new prodigy, among the Silicon Valley hotshots and others.
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  1. 1
    Larry Page
  2. 2
    Mark Zuckerberg
  3. 3
    Marissa Mayer
  4. 4
    Sergey Brin
  5. 4
    Jack Dorsey
  6. 5
    Greg Jensen
  7. 6
    Brian Deese
  8. 7
    Rob Goldstein
  9. 8
    Dolf van den Brink
  10. 9
    Cesar Conde
  11. 9
    David Rhodes
  12. 10
    Chase Coleman
  13. 11
    Kevin Feige
  14. 12
    Boaz Weinstein
  15. 13
    Jeff George
  16. 14
    Libby Wadle
  17. 15
    Salar Kamangar
  18. 16
    Colin Fan
  19. 17
    Brian Chesky
  20. 18
    Ben Silbermann
  21. 18
    Kevin Systrom
  22. 19
    Victoria Ransom
  23. 19
    Michael Lazerow
  24. 20
    Yoshikazu Tanaka
  25. 20
    Daniel Ek
  26. 21
    Perry Chen, Charles Adler & Yancey Strickler
  27. 22
    Michael Hasenstab
  28. 22
    Spencer Rascoff
  29. 23
    Clara Shih
  30. 24
    Hosain Rahman
  31. 25
    Ashley & Mary-Kate Olsen
  32. 26
    Sachin Bansal, Binny Bansal
  33. 26
    Qiangdong Richard Liu
  34. 26
    Maile Gavet
  35. 27
    Aditya Ghosh
  36. 28
    Eric Ryan & Adam Lowry
  37. 29
    Jennifer Hyman & Jennifer Carter Fleiss
  38. 30
    Mauro Porcini
  39. 31
    David Chang
  40. 32
    Jess Lee
  41. 33
    Tracy Britt
  42. 34
    Ben Rattray
  43. 35
    John Hering
  44. 35
    Binta Niambi Brown
  45. 36
    Salman Khan
  46. 37
    Benjamin Jealous
  47. 38
    Adrian Cheng
  48. 39
    Jed York
  49. 40
    Matt Cohler
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