I have a confession to make. After I started my current job, I started to look for the important people in eCommerce to follow. You know the type, the individuals who play an important role in shaping the market/ environment thorough their expertise. When they speak at conferences or are featured in magazine articles the information become gospel. If they speak then the market listens. I have looked high and low and have found nothing, nada that is helpful. So I decided to make a list.

The people I respect due to their work and thoughts are the following (in the coming weeks, each one will get a post with further explanation as to why they are here)

• Jeff Bezos – Founder, president, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), and chairman of the board of Amazon.com.
• Sam Walton –  Founder  Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club
• Jack Abraham – Director of Local @ eBay & Founder of Milo.com.
• Romero Rodrigues – Founder and president of BuscaPé
• Tara Hunt – CEO, Buyosphere
• Tony Hsieh – CEO, Zappos.com
• Jack Ma – CEO, Alibaba

This list is not in any rank or order as that would complicate the matter even further..

Update: I forgot to add Jack Ma from Alibaba to the list