Fortune's Businessperson of the Year Award - Winner Announced

The title of Fortune’s Businessperson of the Year for 2010 can now proudly claimed by Netflix’s CEO, Reed Hastings.

The rising success and expansion of Netflix has not gone unnoticed by the world. Every major player in the electronics industry is trying cash on the Netflix sensation by integrating the technology in their products (ex. Nintendo Wii, Sony PlayStation, etc.). Stock in Netflix has risen more than 200% since January of this year and Netflix is one major contributor as to why Blockbuser declared bankruptcy *. These are just some of the reasons why Fortune has named Reed Hastings Business Person of the Year.

While Hastings won the official title, he only ranked 3rd in the Reader’s Choice portion of the competition. Alan Mulally placed first from the reader’s votes and placed second overall from Fortune.

One thing is clear, Alan Mulally has made a huge impact on Ford over the past year and the people have noticed.

For the official word on the standings, follow the article from Fortune below.

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Alan Mulally- Reader's Choice Winner of Fortune's Busniessperson of the Year

Today, Fortune will announce their official Businessperson of the Year. As mentioned in one of our previous posts, Mulally made it to the final round of the competition where he was matched up against Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs. With an astounding 94% of the reader’s votes, Mulally is named the winner of the Reader’s Choice. This is only one factor that Fortune will use to determine who will win the coveted title of Businessperson of the Year.

Stay tuned to hear who wins the official title.

For Fortune’s full article on this victory please follow the link below.

bit.ly/bLW4VH

Vote Ford's CEO Alan Mulally Businessperson of the Year!

Ford's CEO Alan Mulally has made it to the final round in Fortune's contest which awards one exceptional business leader the title, Businessperson of the Year 2010. Mulally faces off against Apple's CEO Steve Jobs. While Steve Jobs represents a company that thrives on innovation, Mulally has proven that Ford is a company that cannot be stopped.

In the first round of the contest Mulally beat out Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Facebook, with 64% of the votes compared to Zuckerberg's 36%.

In the second round, Mulally beat Michael Duke, the CEO of Wal-Mart, with an astounding 94% of the votes while Duke only held 6%.

In the third round, Mulally was up against Ellen Kullman. Kullman is the CEO of DuPont and she only received 25% of the votes while Mulally held 75%.

In the fourth round, Mulally blew Warren Buffett out of the water with 94% of the votes.

Other notable industry leaders that were featured in the competition were Bob Igler (CEO,Disney), Jeff Bezeo (CEO,Amazon), Reed Hastings (CEO,Netflix), Eric Schmidt (CEO,Google), and Lloyd Blankfein (CEO,Goldman Sachs).

The contest will conclude on Thursday November 18th. Please be sure to visit the link below and vote!

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/businessperson_year/2010/poll/index.html