Ask HN: Who are these tech executives sitting with Obama?
Ask HN: Who are these tech executives sitting with Obama?
Seated at table (http://pasteboard.co/26orWkfn.jpg; clockwise, starting at Obama):
1. Obama
2. Steve Jobs :-)
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9. Larry Ellison
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15. Mark Zuckerberg
Here is the list of confirmed attendees (12 of the 15 at table):
_Carol Bartz, president and CEO, Yahoo
_John Chambers, CEO and chairman, Cisco Systems
_Dick Costolo, CEO, Twitter
_John Doerr, partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Larry Ellison, co-founder and CEO, Oracle
_Reed Hastings, CEO, Netflix
_John Hennessy, president, Stanford University
Steve Jobs, chairman and CEO, Apple
_Art Levinson, chairman and former CEO, Genentech
_Eric Schmidt, chairman and CEO, Google
_Steve Westly, managing partner and founder, The Westly Group
Mark Zuckerberg, founder, president, and CEO, Facebook
Source: 2010 Mercury News article (http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_17415024) Quick Google image search shows the full breakdown including bios http://www.businessinsider.com/people-at-obamas-tech-dinner-... Well done - thank you! 4. I'd bet on Meg Whitman. Carol Bartz is on the other end of the table, and the only other women tech CEOs are Marissa Mayer and Ginni Rometty, both of whom didn't become CEO until 2012. 5. Eric Schmidt 6. Probably Art Levinson 7. John Chambers 10. Reed Hastings 12. Carol Bartz