9. Rachel Whetstone, VP, public policy and communications, Google
Internet giant Google quietly dropped its slightly hippie, West Coast “Don't be Evil” business philosophy last year. Indeed, the mantra looks laughable now when appended to a firm that has decimated the media landscape for established print newspapers and magazines that relied on classified ads. It has such a large share of the search market it has almost achieved the impossible in making people feel sorry for Microsoft – almost.
As head of communications, Rachel Whetstone is helping ...