the Verge 50

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without further ado, meet the dreamers, the informers, the noisemakers, the entertainers, the world changers, the old guard, and (yes) the next wave that make up the Verge 50.

1. 1. ELON MUSK
2. 2. JEFF BEZOS
3. 3. MARISSA MAYER
4. 4. DANIEL EK
5. 5. GLENN GREENWALD
6. 6. ZAHA HADID
7. 7. NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON
8. 8. MARKUS “NOTCH” PERSSON
9. 9. ANNE WOJCICKI
10. 10. TAVI GEVINSON
11. 11. JACK DORSEY
12. 12. JONATHAN IVE
13. 13. SATOSHI NAKAMOTO
14. 14. EDWARD SNOWDEN
15. 15. KANYE WEST
16. 16. SHERYL SANDBERG
17. 17. REED HASTINGS
18. 18. JOSS WHEDON
19. 19. BOBBY MURPHY AND EVAN SPIEGEL
20. 20. DR. LUKE
21. 21. ASTRO TELLER
22. 22. BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH
23. 23. PUSSY RIOT
24. 24. ALEXA O’BRIEN
25. 25. PALMER LUCKEY

1. 26. BRIAN K. VAUGHAN
2. 27. DAVID KARP
3. 28. SUNDAR PICHAI
4. 29. PAUL RIECKHOFF
5. 30. DAVID CHANG
6. 31. JIMMY FALLON
7. 32. EMILY NUSSBAUM
8. 33. MIA LUNDSTRÖM
9. 34. BRYAN CRANSTON
10. 35. CHET KANOJIA
11. 36. CHARLES BOLDEN
12. 37. STEVEN MOFFAT
13. 38. NATE SILVER
14. 39. WENDY DAVIS
15. 40. RIAN JOHNSON
16. 41. ADRIAN CHEN
17. 42. JANELLE MONÁE
18. 43. TEJU COLE
19. 44. REGINA DUGAN
20. 45. JULIANA ROTICH
21. 46. RICHARD TURLEY
22. 47. LENA DUNHAM
23. 48. LAURA POITRAS
24. 49. TIG NOTARO
25. 50. PENDLETON WARD

THE WORLD CHANGERS

1. JEFF BEZOS
2. REED HASTINGS
3. DR. LUKE
4. ELON MUSK
5. EDWARD SNOWDEN

THE OLD GUARD

1. REGINA DUGAN
2. JONATHAN IVE
3. MARISSA MAYER
4. SUNDAR PICHAI
5. SHERYL SANDBERG

THE NOISEMAKERS

1. WENDY DAVIS
2. PAUL RIECKHOFF
3. PUSSY RIOT
4. JULIANA ROTICH
5. NATE SILVER
6. NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON

THE NEXT WAVE

1. JACK DORSEY
2. DANIEL EK
3. TAVI GEVINSON
4. CHET KANOJIA
5. DAVID KARP
6. PALMER LUCKEY
7. SATOSHI NAKAMOTO
8. BOBBY MURPHY AND EVAN SPIEGEL

THE INFORMERS

1. ALEXA O’BRIEN
2. ADRIAN CHEN
3. TEJU COLE
4. GLENN GREENWALD
5. MIA LUNDSTRÖM
6. EMILY NUSSBAUM
7. LAURA POITRAS

THE ENTERTAINERS

1. BRYAN CRANSTON
2. BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH
3. LENA DUNHAM
4. JIMMY FALLON
5. RIAN JOHNSON
6. STEVEN MOFFAT
7. JANELLE MONÁE
8. TIG NOTARO
9. PENDLETON WARD
10. KANYE WEST
11. JOSS WHEDON

THE DREAMERS

1. CHARLES BOLDEN
2. DAVID CHANG
3. ZAHA HADID
4. MARKUS “NOTCH” PERSSON
5. ASTRO TELLER
6. RICHARD TURLEY
7. BRIAN K. VAUGHAN
8. ANNE WOJCICKI