Who do you think the most influential person in past 150 years of technology was the most influential? If you said one of the Wright brothers, you’d be dead wrong according to a panel of experts assembled by Intel. In fact, you won’t even find those guys in the top 45.

As Doug at WebProNews notes, “Mind you, the list covers the last 150 years, and that’s where we see some objections coming in; Google’s only about ten years old, and has yet to help defeat Nazis, for example.”

You will however find names like Larry Ellison and Michael Dell. You’ll find Bill Gates in the 31st spot.

You’ll find Sergey Brin and Larry Page a 2 and 3 respectively. So who gets the honor? Tim-Berners-Lee. I’m sure Wilbur and Orville just missed the list at 46 an 47.

You can find the entire list here.

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