Michael Arrington | TechCrunch

image source: Joi/FlickrMichael Arrington was born on March 13, 1970. Arrington is the founder and co-editor of TechCrunch a blog covering start-up and  technology news. TechCrunch is one of the biggest and most successful tech, and web 2.0 start-up blogs in the world. Arrington along with Jason Calacanis organize the TechCrunch50 (TC50) Conference. The purpose of TC50 is to find the best Web 2.0 start-ups and give them the opportunity to launch in front of venture capitalists and the press.

 

   

Nathan Myhrvold | Microsoft Research

image credit: Pierre Omidyar/Wikimedia CommonsNathan Myhrvold was born in Seattle, Washington in 1959. He is the co-founder of Intellectual Ventures, a privately held company with the goal of developing a large patent portfolio. Myhrvold personally holds 18 patents and has applied for more than 100. He was the Chief Technology Officer at Microsoft and founded Microsoft Research. Myhrvold also founded Dynamical Systems Research Inc., which was purchased by Microsoft in 1986.

Paul Buchheit | FriendFeed

image credit: Thomas Hawk/FlickrPaul Buchheit was the founder of FriendFeed, which was acquired by Facebook in August 2009. Buchheit was the creator and lead developer of Gmail and suggested the company's now-famous motto "Don't be evil". he is currently an angel investor.

Paul Graham | Y Combinator

image source: pragdave/FlickrPaul Graham was born in 1965 in Weymouth, England. He is known for his work on the Lisp computer programming language and Arc - a dialect of Lisp. He is the creator of the venture capital firm Y Combinator which has successfully helped to launch many of today's most succesful internet start-ups.

Pete Cashmore | Mashable

image credit: Richard Moross/FlickrPete Cashmore was born on September 18, 1985. Cashmore is the founder of the social network and Web 2.0 news site Mashable.