Original sentence: Tagare was selected by Wired magazine as one of the "Wired 25"  in 1999 (25 people trying to achieve the impossible and change the world) and was a finalist as the Entrepreneur of the Year at the World Communications Awards event in Geneva
Edited sentence: Tagare was selected by Wired magazine as one of the "Wired 25" in 1999 (25 people trying to achieve the impossible and change the world) and was a finalist as the Entrepreneur of the Year at the World Communications Awards event in Geneva