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1) internet giants . entrepreneurs . publishers . advertisers . video gaming . bloggers . designers 2) The pace of technological change is getting faster in the economic slowdown, as companies and entrepreneurs are forced to focus ever more sharply on innovation. London is one of the greatest digital hotspots outside Californias Silicon Valley and these are the people leading the way3) THE ONE THOUSAND
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Nikesh Arora, 40 GOOGLE (UK), EUROPEAN VP Born in Delhi to a father who was a financial planner for the Indian Air Force and a mother with a masters degree in mathematics,Arora left India at 21 to study for an MBA in the United States.After time as a telecoms analyst and with T-Mobile,Arora landed the Google job after 17 interviews, including one wandering around the British Museum with the founders.He drives a Porsche, lives in Knightsbridge and plays golf at Wentworth.
See also TV & RadioJonathan Ive, 41 APPLE, DESIGN GURU Raised in Chingford and educated at Northumbria University (Newcastle Polytechnic at the time), Ive is now probably the worlds most influential product designer.With the second generation iPhone having been well received and two D&AD awards secured, Ive is tipped as a possible successor to Apple boss Steve Jobs. Based in California with his historian wife Heather and twin sons, he is set to return to his British roots with the purchase of a [pounds]2.5m eco-retreat in Milverton, Somerset. Famously low-key, Iv...See the full content of this document
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