Tyto Tech 500: Global Top 50 Technology Influencers

The Tech 500 is Tyto’s proprietary data-driven ranking B2B technology influencers shaping Europe’s ecosystem based on in-depth analysis and multiple data points.

2025 Tyto Tech 500: Global Highlights

For the first time, the Tyto Tech 500 includes an international ranking of global figures whose ideas and opinions are shaping Europe’s technology ecosystem.

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  • 78% of international figures hold US citizenship, reflecting the dominance of American technology companies and the role their spokespeople play in Europe’s technology agenda.
  • 50% of international influencers run a blog, newsletter, podcast or YouTube channel, and 10% are active across two or more digital platforms.
  • Business leaders and entrepreneurs are influential voices in the global ranking, with 14.5% publishing newsletters and 9.6% hosting podcasts.
  • AI and Emerging Technology (20%), Cybersecurity, Risk & Digital Trust (14%), and Cloud, Infrastructure & Platform Services (11%) lead the global ranking, while General Tech (20%) captures ‘multi-hyphenate’ voices who spans multiple sectors.
  • Business leaders (46%) and Entrepreneurs (40%) are the largest groups of international technology influencers shaping Europe’s technology discourse.
Global Top 50
1
Elon Musk
Entrepeneur
SpaceX, Tesla, X, etc.

2
Satya Nadella
Business Leader
Microsoft

3
Sam Altman
Entrepreneur
OpenAI

4
Mark Zuckerberg
Entrepreneur
Meta

5
Jensen Huang
Entrepreneur
Nvidia

6
Sundar Pichai
Business Leader
Google and Alphabet

7
Marc Benioff
Entrepreneur
Salesforce

8
Bill Gates
Entrepreneur
Microsoft

9
Tim Cook
Business Leader
Apple

10
Jeff Bezos
Entrepreneur
Amazon

11
Andy Jassy
Business Leader
Amazon

12
Lisa Su
Business Leader 
AMD

13
Neil Patel
Entrepreneur
NP Digital

14
Michael Dell
Entrepreneur
Dell

15
Chuck Robbins
Business Leader 
Cisco

16
David Sacks
Government
White House

17
Matthew Prince
Entrepreneur
Cloudflare

18
Antonio Neri
Business Leader
HP

19
Nikesh Arora
Business Leader
Palo Alto Networks

20
Dario Amodei
Entrepreneur
Anthropic

21
Larry Ellison
Entrepreneur
Oracle

22
Peter Thiel
Entrepreneur
The Founders Fund & Ex-PayPal

23
Alexandr Wang
Entrepreneur
Scale AI

24
Jack Zhang
Entrepreneur
Airwallex

25
Sebastian Siemiatkowski
Entrepreneur
Klarna

26
Larry Page
Entrepreneur
Google

27
Chamath Palihapitiya
Venture Capitalist
Social Capital

28
Eric Lefkofsky
Entrepreneur
Tempus AI

29
Rami Rahim
Business Leader 
HPE Networking

30
Mike Cannon-Brookes
Entrepreneur
Atlassian

31
Todd McKinnon
Entrepreneur
Okta

32
Pekka Lundmark
Business Leader
Nokia

33
Shyam Sankar
Business Leader
Palantir

34
Dylan Field
Entrepreneur
Figma

35
Bipul Sinha
Entrepreneur
Rubrik

36
Christina Cacioppo
Entrepreneur
Vanta

37
Sridhar Ramaswamy
Entrepreneur
Snowflake

38
Jay Chaudhry
Entrepreneur
Zscaler

39
Greg Brockman
Entrepreneur
OpenAI

40
Börje Ekholm
Business Leader
Eriksson

41
Aidan Gomez
Business Leader
Cohere

42
Steve Ballmer
Entrepreneur
Microsoft

43
Taylor Lorenz
Journalist
User Magazine

44
Assaf Rappaport
Entrepreneur
Wiz

45
Jonathan Levin
Business Leader 
Chainalysis

46
Sharon Goldman
Journalist
Fortune

47
Daniela Amodei
Business Leader
Anthropic

48
Rene Haas
Business Leader
Arm

49
Sanjay Mehrotra
Entrepreneur
Micron Technology

50
Marcelo Lebre
Entrepreneur
Remote

Actionable insights to drive impactful PR strategies in Europe

Launched in 2017, the Tyto Tech 500 is still the only data-driven ranking of B2B technology influencers in Europe based on in-depth analysis and multiple data points.

It recognises those who demonstrate high levels of influence across the media, social media, and digital channels, regardless of their origin or location.

More than a list, the Tyto Tech 500 is a practical resource for senior PR and communications leaders at fast-growing B2B technology companies.