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Chris Anderson

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Chris Anderson (born July 9, 1961) is an English-American author and entrepreneur. He was with The Economist for seven years before joining Wired magazine in 2001, where he was the editor-in-chief until 2012. He is known for his 2004 article entitled "The Long Tail", which he later expanded into the 2006 book, The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business Is Selling Less of More. He is the cofounder and current CEO of 3D Robotics, a drone manufacturing company. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2024). Chris Anderson is the 666th most popular businessperson (up from 675th in 2024), the 5,152nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,324th in 2019) and the 49th most popular British Businessperson.

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Among businesspeople, Chris Anderson ranks 666 out of 847. Before him are Herman Cain, Gwynne Shotwell, Ton Roosendaal, Eliphalet Remington, Daniel Ek, and Christian von Koenigsegg. After him are Leonid Fedun, Trip Hawkins, Isabel dos Santos, Allan Williams, Andy Jassy, and Philippe Kahn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Chris Anderson ranks 448. Before him are Stjepan Deverić, Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo, Luis Herrera, Tak Matsumoto, Dan Marino, and K.d. lang. After him are Niels Arden Oplev, Kent Nielsen, Randy Spears, Werner Kogler, Mercedes Aráoz, and Maggie Wheeler.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Chris Anderson ranks 5,154 out of 8,785. Before him are William Dod (1867), Emilia Lanier (1569), Mina Loy (1882), Juliet Stevenson (1956), Terence Rattigan (1911), and David Pegg (1935). After him are Emile Heskey (1978), Davey Boy Smith (1962), John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon (1873), Paul Banks (1978), Dave Gibbons (1949), and Nicholas Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford (1946).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United Kingdom

Among businesspeople born in United Kingdom, Chris Anderson ranks 49. Before him are William McGregor (1846), Mike Lynch (1965), Alan Sugar (1947), Benjamin Vulliamy (1747), John Henry Davies (1864), and Herbert Austin, 1st Baron Austin (1866). After him are Allan Williams (1930), Martin Whitmarsh (1958), Peter Hill-Wood (1936), Henry Tate (1819), Heather Mills (1968), and Ian Livingstone (1949).

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