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Article: "Becoming the Best"

Chart: 25 Years in the Market (PDF)

Judging Criteria

NBR Executive Editor's Note

NBR Trivia Questions

In celebration of its 25th year on television, Nightly Business Report presented a special program: The 25 Most Influential Business Persons of the Past 25 Years. The legends of business and finance profiled in the program were selected by a panel of judges at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Explore the program here and look for a new, 30th Anniversary Special to air in January 2009.

Excerpt 1: Burke, Dell, & Drucker

This section of the program examines the contributions of James Burke, Michael Dell, and Peter Drucker.
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Excerpt 2: Grove

This section of the program examines the achievements of Andy Grove, Co-Founder of Intel.
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The Wharton School judges explain how they selected the 25 Most Influential.

Raphael (Raffi) Amit

Robert B. Goergen Professor of Entrepreneurship / Professor of Management

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Barbara E. Kahn

Dorothy Silberberg Professor / Professor of Marketing

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Robert E. Mittelstaedt, Jr.

Adjunct Associate Professor of Management / Vice Dean and Director, Aresty Institute of Executive Educationl
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Mukul Pandya

Editor and Director, Knowledge@Wharton


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Michael Useem

The William and Jacalyn Egan Professor / Professor of Management

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*Judge Peter Capelli, Wharton's George W. Taylor Professor of Management, was not interviewed. Review his bio.