0 The 25 Smartest People of the DecadeWho are the greatest minds of the past 10 years? The Daily Beast convened a panel of moguls, academics—and more than 40 credentialed geniuses—to settle the matter once and for all.Updated Jul. 14, 2017 8:01PM EDT / Published Nov. 27, 2009 1:58AM EST Reed Saxon / AP Photo #25 Roger AilesReed Saxon / AP Photo #24, David ChaseScott Gries / Getty Images #23, Ayman al-ZawahiriVisual News / Getty Images #22, Michael BloombergGiacinta Pace / AP Photo #21, Karl RoveFrederick M. Brown / Getty Images #20, Will WrightKevin Winter / Getty Images #19, Lawrence LessigNeilson Barnard / Getty Images #18, General David PetraeusAlex Brandon / AP Photo #17, Nouriel RoubiniMark Lennihan / AP Photo #16, Malcolm GladwellNeilson Barnard / Getty Images #15, Manmohan SinghPablo Martinez Monsivais / AP Photo #14, Arianna HuffingtonKristian Dowling / Getty Images #13, Kwame Anthony AppiahBeowulf Sheehan / Newscom #12, Jeff BezosBen Margot / AP Photo #11, Jimmy WalesMichael Probst / AP Photo #10, Elizabeth WarrenCharles Dharapak / AP Photo #9, Jacqueline NovogratzEric Thayer, Reuters / Landov #8, David PlouffeChip Somodevilla / Getty Images #7, Elizabeth BlackburnPaul Sakuma / AP Photo #6, Harold VarmusKeith Srakocic / AP Photo #5, Muhammad YunusCarlos Alvarez / Getty Images #4, Hillary ClintonWong Maye-E / AP Photo #3, Steven ChuEthan Miller / Getty Images #2, Steve JobsJeff Chiu / AP Photo #1, Larry Page and Sergey BrinJustin Sullivan / Getty Images
#25 Roger AilesReed Saxon / AP Photo #24, David ChaseScott Gries / Getty Images #23, Ayman al-ZawahiriVisual News / Getty Images #22, Michael BloombergGiacinta Pace / AP Photo #21, Karl RoveFrederick M. Brown / Getty Images #20, Will WrightKevin Winter / Getty Images #19, Lawrence LessigNeilson Barnard / Getty Images #18, General David PetraeusAlex Brandon / AP Photo #17, Nouriel RoubiniMark Lennihan / AP Photo #16, Malcolm GladwellNeilson Barnard / Getty Images #15, Manmohan SinghPablo Martinez Monsivais / AP Photo #14, Arianna HuffingtonKristian Dowling / Getty Images #13, Kwame Anthony AppiahBeowulf Sheehan / Newscom #12, Jeff BezosBen Margot / AP Photo #11, Jimmy WalesMichael Probst / AP Photo #10, Elizabeth WarrenCharles Dharapak / AP Photo #9, Jacqueline NovogratzEric Thayer, Reuters / Landov #8, David PlouffeChip Somodevilla / Getty Images #7, Elizabeth BlackburnPaul Sakuma / AP Photo #6, Harold VarmusKeith Srakocic / AP Photo #5, Muhammad YunusCarlos Alvarez / Getty Images #4, Hillary ClintonWong Maye-E / AP Photo #3, Steven ChuEthan Miller / Getty Images #2, Steve JobsJeff Chiu / AP Photo #1, Larry Page and Sergey BrinJustin Sullivan / Getty Images