Lux Alptraum
Lux Alptraum’s lifelong obsession with sex found its ideal mate on the Internet, and for the past 10 years she has taken the come-one-come-all approach to educating the masses about her favorite subject. Alptraum serves as associate editor at Gawker Media’s
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June Cohen
As director of TED Media, June Cohen gave the organization its most public face. Although entry to the TED annual conference is limited to invited guests from the worlds of Technology, Entertainment & Design (hence the acronym TED), thanks to Cohen’s
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Ben Kaufman
Before even setting off for college, Ben Kaufman was well on his way to making it big, riding on the tails of the iPod with a line of accessories. But just when it seemed like he was at the top of his game, Kaufman did an about-face, sold the company and
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Ben Lerer
Need to know the edgiest trend in titanium bike frames, the next bull-riding invitational near you or the best made-for-men makeup? Look no further. In 2005, Ben Lerer hijacked the DailyCandy business model of a trendy, online lifestyle, fashion and beauty
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Jenni Miller
After the demise of Premiere Magazine in early 2007, Jenni Miller was bumped from her post as web production monkey to that of senior editor at Premiere.com, where she’s now responsible for shepherding the movie site into a brave new (media) world. In the few
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Shmarya Rosenberg
Shmarya Rosenberg’s FailedMessiah.com has set a new standard for blogging in the Jewish world. His research and advocacy helped bring a U.S. raid on the Agriprocessors plant (Rubashkin’s): The world’s largest kosher meat producer was allegedly employing
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Jeremy Stoppelman
Although Jeremy Stoppelman founded Yelp.com with the help of his old PayPal boss (and 2007 Heeb Hundred heavy) Max Levchin, he deserves credit for being the brains behind the user-generated review site. Hugely popular in its home town of San Francisco, Yelp is
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Jessy Tolkan
In November 2007, as Executive Director of Programs for the Energy Action Coalition, Jessy Tolkan organized 6,000 young people in a march on Capitol Hill to fight for a clean-energy future. Later that day, Tolkan got to play Hardball with Chris Matthews, where
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Gary Vaynerchuk
In 2006, 33-year-old Belarusian transplant Gary Vaynerchuk made a splash in barrels worldwide, taking wine criticism to the wilds of online media. His daily video podcast, “Wine Library TV,” pioneered an extreme and irreverent approach to wine tasting. Since
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Randi Zuckerberg
Facebook can be creepy, what with all the strangers who “friend” you when their libidos get a boost. But the social networking site’s innovator, Mark Zuckerberg, knows that when it comes to business, it really should be personal. That’s why he enlisted
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