They're the deal-makers, the power-brokers, the men and women whose IT and new economy clout makes them VIPs. They're what silicon.com calls Agenda Setters.

Welcome to the definitive Top 50 list of those individuals judged to hold the reins of power in high-tech by dint of their decision-making prowess, their European influence and their ability to come up with the goods again and again.

Check the full 50, the top technologists, the top entrepreneurs and more. Read our analysis and watch our expert panel pass judgement on some of the Agenda Setters of 2001.