Cisco CEO John Chambers is listed in 11th place in Fortune Magazine’s Power 25 list of the 25 most powerful people in business.
According to Fortune:
The soft-spoken West Virginian has turned listening into the art of making a sale – and few sell better. Everywhere he goes he makes converts to the Internet. Cisco’s equipment, far more than any other company’s, tells all those digital bits where to go. Without it the world would come to a standstill.
In the list, Chambers is flanked by A. G. Lafley, Procter & Gamble chairman and CEO (No. 10) and Li Ka-shing, chairman of Cheung Kong Holdings and Hutchison Whampoa (No. 12). Chambers beat fellow tech leader Mark Hurd (No. 16), HP chairman and CEO in the list, which is led by the all powerful Style King Steve Jobs.
We’re surprised Chambers is so far down the list, but perhaps we’ve been reading too much Chambers hype. What do you think (of the list, not our reading material)?
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