It does not just lie with the technologists who create it, or the venture capitalists commercialising it. But all their contributions are imperative. At the same time it would be foolish to think we might know who the really important people are. While discriminating lists provide a good guide, they ultimately fall short because by the time a person makes the cut, they are usually no longer doing all the spade work that got them there in the first place. Moreover, the market for technology titans, like Internet stocks, isn't perfect.
Some people are surely over-hyped.
The Internet economy makes it easier than ever to come creeping up from behind to challenge the people in the Power 300. And you can be sure that there are more lying in wait plotting their overthrow.