The 25 most powerful people in networking
Network World, 01/04/99
MARY MEEKER MANAGING DIRECTOR, MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER
 Remember the marketing slogan: "When E. F. Hutton talks, people listen."?
That tagline now applies to Mary Meeker, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter's prognosticator of no-lose Internet profit makers. Meeker's penchant for picking high-tech winners has created a windfall for anyone willing to hear her two cents worth.
Meeker made her presence and power felt in a big way when she advised investors to buy AOL, Compaq, Dell and Microsoft when their stocks were a smidgen of what they are today. The rest, as they say, is history.
Meeker is now setting her dollar-sign sights on the Internet and the myriad companies the new electronic medium is spawning. She's written books and published newsletters on up-and-comers in the Internet generation, and her reputation for providing sound, stable investment advice in this most unstable market is golden.
MEEKER'S CHALLENGE: With hundreds of Internet companies born every quarter, Meeker's central job of separating the winners from the losers will become more daunting. However, with her track record and ability to influence the monied masses, you can just about take Meeker's advice to the bank.
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