The 2010 TIME 100 Poll

Cast your votes for the leaders, artists, innovators and icons who you think are the most influential people in the world. Though official voting for inclusion on the TIME 100 list has now closed, with Mir-Hossein Mousavi having won the honor, users can continue to vote for their favorites until the list is revealed on Thursday, April 29th

2010 Candidates

Jeff Zucker

By TIME StaffThursday, Apr. 01, 2010
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Age: 44
Occupation: Entertainment executive
Previous TIME 100 Appearances: 0

At this time a year ago, Zucker was preparing to remake NBC by putting Jay Leno in prime time and Conan O'Brien in late night, and now — well, Leno's back in late night and NBC has been remade as a lower-rated network. But Zucker's Leno gamble — like NBC's looming sale to Comcast — shook up the TV business as the networks tried to manage a period of decline, and it gave late-night hosts on every network more material than they could have dreamed of.

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