安德魯?梅森

? 目前頭銜：音樂家

? 上榜時(shí)間（排名）：2010年（第25位），2011年（第27位）

可以說，梅森創(chuàng)辦的團(tuán)購(gòu)網(wǎng)站Groupon改變了在線零售行業(yè)，然而由于強(qiáng)勢(shì)的個(gè)性和平庸的盈利記錄，他最終被驅(qū)逐出自己一手創(chuàng)辦的公司。這個(gè)團(tuán)購(gòu)公司每天售出超過1.5億張電子優(yōu)惠券，可以為用戶提供相當(dāng)大的折扣，涉及的商品更是琳瑯滿目，從激光矯視手術(shù)到Gap牛仔褲，甚至還有印度美食，幾乎無所不包。

Groupon在2011年進(jìn)行了IPO，規(guī)模在互聯(lián)網(wǎng)公司歷史上排名第二，公司估值高達(dá)127億美元，而且催生了大量山寨網(wǎng)站。但自從上市之后，這家公司卻日漸沒落。今年2月份，梅森(他有各種怪癖，比如穿著三角褲練瑜伽等)遭到公司驅(qū)逐。六個(gè)月后，西北音樂學(xué)院畢業(yè)的梅森發(fā)行了一張“勵(lì)志商業(yè)音樂”專輯“Hardly Workin”。專輯的目的是向年輕一代傳播商業(yè)智慧，其中包括“My Door is Always Open”和“Risin' Above the Pack”等歌曲。

Andrew Mason

? Current title: Musician

? Year on list (rank): 2010 (No. 25), 2011 (No. 27)

Before being summarily booted from the company he founded for an overwhelming personality and an underwhelming earnings record, Mason changed the online retail landscape with his startup Groupon. The daily deals company sold more than 150 million digital coupons for steep discounts at business offering everything from Lasik eye surgery, to Gap jeans, to Indian food.

At its 2011 IPO, the second-largest in history for an internet company, Groupon had a $12.7 billion valuation and legions of imitators. But after going public the business foundered and Mason, known for stunts such as doing yoga in tighty-whities, was fired in February. Six months later, the Northwestern music school graduate released an album of "motivational business music," called "Hardly Workin'." Intended to spread business wisdom to a younger generation, it includes songs called "My Door is Always Open" and "Risin' Above the Pack."??