Fast Company has placed Scott Forstall as second in their 2011 ‘Most Creative People in Business’ awards. Forstall, who is VP of iPhone software, received the award for leading the development on iOS, with Fast Company noting that “the popularity of that tap, pinch, and swipe interface has sent Cupertino’s earnings rocketing”.
Jonathan Ive’s slick designs may grab the headlines whenever Steve Jobs introduces a new product, but it’s Scott Forstall’s smart software that fills Apple’s coffers.
Meanwhile, Wadah Khanfar took out top honors for his work as Director General of the Al Jazeera network – which has seen recent surge in popularity for its extensive coverage of the uprisings in the Arab world, notably for its coverage in Egypt and more recently, Syria. In its entirety, the list featured a variety of people that exhibited creativity in business from Arianna Huffington of the Huffington Post (10th) to Oprah Winfrey (12th) to the singer Bruno Mars (58th).
However of most interest to us at MacStories are those which have heavily utilized iOS as part of their business strategy – in some cases even dedicating their entire business to the success of iOS. Jack Dorsey of Square and Twitter made the list at number 4, whilst Marcos Weskamp of Flipboard made the list at number 42. Others included Aaron Levie of Box.net (59), Kevin Systrom of Instagram (66), Dong Minghzhu of Gree (71) and Mikael Hed of Rovio, who rounded out the list at number 100. [via Setteb.it]
