Is Yoshimi Ogawa (pictured) the most powerful woman in mobile content? Yes she is, if Mobile Entertainment magazine's eagerly awaited Top 50 execs list is any guide...
The president of Index Japan, one of only a handful of women on the leaderboard, is present as a result of her company’s pioneering work domestically and rapid expansion into the US, Europe and elsewhere.She lines up alongside an array of content business execs, including suits from Hollywood, the music biz, search engines and more (see list below - full details of why each exec merits Top 50 status can be found in the December edition of ME magazine).
Nothing we print ever gets as much industry feedback as our Top 50. To explain: we wanted the list to comprise both visionary thinkers and execs whose day to day decisions affect the evolution of the business.
We had our own ideas, but we also polled dozens of industry figures to make it democratic. Many suggested themselves or their bosses. Some even got their colleagues to nominate them. The nerve.
So if you got left out, try not to get too upset or sue us. It’s just opinion, and you’ll have to tell that to your shareholders. Feel free to mail your delight and/or outrage to tim.green@intentmedia.co.uk
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The Top 50, in alphabetical order:
Ian Aaron
CEO, Twistbox Entertainment
Philip Alvelda
CEO, MobiTV
Ray Anderson
CEO, Bango
Willms Buhse
Head of products and marketing, Coremedia
Michael Bornhausser
CEO, SDC
Simon Buckingham
CEO, Mobile Streams
Andrew Bud
Executive chairman, Mblox
Markus Berger de Leon
MD, Jamba
Ted Cohen
Managing partner, TAG Strategic
Julia Dimambro
MD, Cherrysauce
Vishal Gondal
CEO, Indiagames
David Gosen
CEO, I-play
Gerard Grech
Director of content strategy, France Telecom
Michel Guillemot
CEO, Gameloft
Sven Halling
CEO, Terraplay
Trip Hawkins
CEO, Digital Chocolate
Thomas Hesse
President, Sony BMG’s Global Digital Business
Lucy Hood
President, Fox Mobile Entertainment
Barry Houlihan
MD, Mobile Interactive Group
Paul Jacobs
CEO, Qualcomm
Jay Kim
Senior VP APAC, WiderThan
Mitch Lasky
SVP, EA Mobile
Paul Maglione
President, VUG Mobile
Takeshi Natsuno
Senior VP, NTT DoCoMo
Deep Nishar
Director of wireless products, Google
Yoshimi Ogawa
President, Index Japan
Dan Olschwang
CEO, Jumptap
Graeme Oxby
Marketing director, 3UK
Patrick Parodi
Chief sales and marketing officer, Amobee/Chairman, MEF
Tony Pearce
CEO, Player X
Javier Pérez Dolset
CEO, LaNetro Zed
Paul Reddick
VP of business development and planning, Sprint Nextel
Neeraj Roy
CEO, Hungama
Stefan Rust
Director of corporate development, Sun
Jim Ryan
VP of consumer data services, Cingular Wireless
Rikko Sakaguchi
Senior VP, head of product and application planning, Sony Ericsson
Jonathan Sacks
CEO, Hands-On
Jean-Paul Sanchez
VP of mobile Europe, Fox Interactive
Kristian Segerstrale
MD EMEA, Glu Mobile
Ralph Simon
Chairman Emeritus, MEF Americas
Howie Singer
VP of technology, Warner Music Group
John Stratton
VP and chief marketing officer, Verizon Wireless
Makoto Takahashi
VP of the content division, KDDI
Anssi Vanjoki
Executive VP and general manager of multimedia, Nokia
Jim Voelker
CEO, Infospace
Lincoln Wallen
CTO, EA Mobile
Rob Wells
VP of digital, Universal Music
Barney Wragg
Head of digital, EMI Music
Matti Zinder
CEO, Spin3
Dirk Wierzbitzki
Group director of terminals/services, Vodafone
