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Jeff Bezos Founder and CEO, Amazon.com

 

Steve Case Co-Founder, America Online

Michael Dell Founder & Chairman, Dell Inc.

 

Michael Eisner Entertainment Executive

 

Larry Ellison Founder & CEO, Oracle Corporation

Jeong Kim President of Bell Labs

 

James V. Kimsey Founding Chairman, America Online

 

Henry Kravis Financier and Investor

George Lucas Creator of "Star Wars"

Craig McCaw Pioneer of Telecommunications

 

Pierre Omidyar Founder and Chairman, eBay

Larry Page Founding CEO, Google Inc.

 

Stephen Schwarzman Chairman and CEO, The Blackstone Group

Carlos Slim Financier and Philanthropist

Frederick W. Smith Founder, Federal Express

 

Martha Stewart Multi-Media Lifestyle Entrepreneur

 

Ted Turner Founder, Cable News Network

Sanford Weill Financier and Philanthropist

	Oprah Winfrey Entertainment Executive

Top 25 in business

1. Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft
2. Sam Walton, former CEO of Wal-Mart
3. Jack Welch, former CEO of General Electric
4. Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway
5. Lee Iacocca, former CEO of Chrysler
6. Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple
7. Herb Kelleher, chairman of Southwest Airlines
8. Michael Dell, founder of Dell Computer
9. Alan Greenspan, chairman of the Federal Reserve
10. Carl Icahn, 1980s corporate raider
11. Andy Grove, former CEO of Intel
12. Michael Milken, former junk-bond wizard
13. John Reed, former CEO of Citigroup
14. Ted Turner, founder of CNN
15. Jim Clark, former CEO of Netscape
16. Meg Whitman, CEO of eBay
17. Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon.com
18. Michael Eisner, CEO of Disney
19. Peter Lynch, manager of Fidelity's Magellan Fund
20. Phil Knight, CEO of Nike
21. Katharine Graham, late CEO of Washington Post Co.
22. W. Edwards Deming, influential business consultant
23. Ken Lay, former CEO of Enron
24. Shawn Fanning, founder of Napster
25. Lou Gerstner, former CEO of IBM

Top American software companies

Fastest growing software companies in USA
Rank	Company	Growth
1	Google	455%
2	Omniture	102%
3	Activision Blizzard	73%
4	Attachmate	57%
5	Rosetta Stone	50%
Source: US Software Top 100

Largest software companies in USA
Rank	Company	Revenues
1	Microsoft	49,453
2	IBM	22,089
3	Oracle	17,560
4	HP	11,604
5	Symantec	5,692
Source: US Software Top 100

Popular Baby Names

Top 10 Names for 2008

Rank	Male name	Female name
1	Jacob	Emma
2	Michael	Isabella
3	Ethan	Emily
4	Joshua	Madison
5	Daniel	Ava
6	Alexander	Olivia
7	Anthony	Sophia
8	William	Abigail
9	Christopher	Elizabeth
10	Matthew	Chloe
Note: Rank 1 is the most popular, rank 2 is the next most popular, and so forth.

New! Top American Baby Names

Top Names for Girls

Emma, Isabella, Emily, Madison and Ava are the top 5 names nationwide, but when you break it down state-by-state you can see that there are even more names that made it into the top spots! For example, in Hawaii, we see Chloe, Mia and Sophia in the top 5, and in Kentucky, we see Olivia, Abigail and Addison added. New Mexico has Nevaeh in its top 5 and Wyoming has Taylor as its third most popular girl name.

Other popular girls' names that made it into the nationwide top 100 are Audrey, Ella, Trinity, Riley, Payton, Savannah, Zoe, Kimberly, Bailey, Morgan, Sydney, Lily, Brianna, Katelyn, Ariana, Madeline and Layla.

Top Names for Boys

The most popular names in the United States for boys are Jacob, Michael, Ethan, Joshua and Daniel. But if you visit the state-by-state data, as we did with the girls' names, you can sense more trends on the state level. Like in Alabama, William is the most popular name, along with James, John and Christopher. In Connecticut, Alexander takes the top spot, and shares the spotlight with the name Noah. Jayden is popular in Louisiana, and in Minnesota, Logan is the third most popular boys' name. New Hampshire parents like the name Owen enough to get it into their #2 spot, and New Jersey parents put the name Matthew in theirs!

From the top 100 list for boys, we find: Jack, Carter, Blake, Ayden, Julian, Wyatt, Charles, Luis, Carson, Sean, Cole, Cooper, Dominic, Brody, Colton and Jordan.

Lights, Camera ... Names!

Actors and actresses light up the screen and become part of our lives as we watch them work on the big and small screen. Many of them have names that you might hear in your own hometown (or child's classroom) and many more have unique and interesting names, often being part of a large show-business family that chooses unusual names for their babies. If you want your baby to stand out in a crowd, check out these celebrity names.

Here are the names of some the hottest film and television actresses for inspiration for your baby girl's name:
Angelina (Jolie)

Brea (Grant)

Charlize (Theron)

Dakota (Fanning)

Halle (Berry)

Helena (Bonham Carter)

Keira (Knightley)

Miley (Cyrus)

Reese (Witherspoon)

Thora (Birch)

Uma (Thurman)



And, for your little boy, some of the more popular actors:

Ashton (Kutcher)

Christian (Bale)

Clive (Owen)

Colin (Farrell)

Hugh (Jackmen)

Johnny (Depp)

Jude (Law)

Leonardo (DiCaprio)

Liam (Neeson)

Orlando (Bloom)

Taylor (Lautner)

Zac (Efron)

Check out more Celebrity Baby Name ideas here.
American Sports Stars

In the world of sports, many talented athletes gain recognition from their spectacular feats on the playing field. Here is a list of some of the more popular ones today:

Boys sports names

Alex (Rodriguez)

Andre (Agassi)

Brett (Favre)

Derek (Jeter)

LeBron (James)

Tiger (Woods)



Girls sports names

Anna (Kournikova)

Danica (Patrick)

Maria (Sharapova)

Nastia (Liukin)

Natalie (Gulbis)

Baby Names

American Boy Names
Madison
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Alex
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Ashley
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Tyler
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Landon
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Hayden
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Christopher
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James
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Brayden
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American Girl Names

Kayla
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Alyssa
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Emma
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Madison
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Alex

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Ella
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Ashley
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Savannah
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