組圖:40位40歲以下的商界精英

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24. 大衛?卡普 ?年齡:27 ?職務:創始人兼CEO ?任職公司:輕博客Tumblr ????卡魯15歲從中學輟學。當時,他制定了多個人生規則:“我想要驅動軟件,我還想開發在線產品,”他回憶道。過去已成為歷史。后來,他創建了輕博客Tumblr,共有1.36億個博客。今年年初,Tumblr以11億美元的價格出售給了雅虎公司。據稱,在新東家和CEO瑪麗莎?梅耶爾(見排名第1位)的領導下,Tumblr的目標是今年廣告銷售收入達到1億美元,而它去年的廣告銷售收入約為1,300萬美元。 |
24. David Karp ?? Age:27 ?? Title:Founder and CEO ?? Company:Tumblr ????When Karp dropped out of high school at age 15, it wasn't without a life plan: "I wanted to drive software, and I wanted to build stuff on the Internet," he recalls. The rest is history: He built Tumblr, which hosts over 136 million blogs, and sold it to Yahoo earlier this year for $1.1 billion. Under its new parent—and CEO Marissa Mayer (see No. 1)—Tumblr is reportedly aiming for $100 million in sales this year from advertising, up from an estimated $13 million generated last year. |

