The Top 100 Most Connected People on LinkedIn

 

LinkedIn 225 Million StatisticsI’ve compiled a list of the top 100 most connected people on LinkedIn, who represent the top .000044% of LinkedIn’s reported 225 million+ registered users.

Here are a few interesting facts:

  • There are only 5 women in the top 100, but 2 are in the top 10, and a total of 4 are in the top 20
  • The U.S. accounts for more than half of the top 100 (55)
  • The other 45 members represent the following 15 countries: U.K. (11), India (6), Netherlands (5), Canada (5), Brazil (5), Australia (3), U.A.E. (2), Turkey (1), Spain (1), South Africa (1), Israel (1), Singapore (1), Venezuela (1), Monacao (1), and France (1)
  • As might be suspected, a solid percentage of the top 100 are in staffing/recruiting/HR (28%). Other highly represented industries include I.T., Management Consulting, Financial Services, and Marketing and Advertising.
  • Beyond those top 5, the industry diversity in the top 100 is quite broad, including Logistics and Supply Chain, Telecommunications, Wine and Spirits, Construction, Transportation, Internet, Online Media, Think Tanks, Venture Capital, Utilities, Aviation and Aerospace, Computer and Network Security, Research, Translation and Localization, Photography, Mining and Metals, Real Estate, Security and Investigations, Public Policy, Accounting, Pharmaceuticals, and Non-Profit.

You might be surprised to know that it takes at least 36,000 1st degree connections to crack the top 10.

If you try to send invitations to connect with these folks, don’t be upset if they aren’t accepted – some of them simply can’t be.

Once you hit the 30,000 1st degree connection mark, LinkedIn won’t allow you to accept invitations to connect – so any connections added past that point must be invitations sent out to others to accept.

And so, without further ado, here is the list of the top 100 most connected people on LinkedIn:

 

LinkedIn Top 100 Most Connected People "Allan Jones" "Amir Zuker" "Andrew 'Flip' Filipowski" "Andrew W. Cox" "Andy Waroma" "Anjali Samuel" "Arne Salkin" "Ashok Sachan" "Bernard Burney" "Bruce Hurwitz" "Bruce Kane" "Bruno Larvol" "BÜLENT AKYILDIZ" "Charles P. Garcia" "Chris Pardoe" "Dan Park" "Dave Fehr" "Dave W." "David Alan Taylor" "David Karp" "David Reingold" "David Solana" "Dennis Livings" "Doc Farmer" "Dr. Mark D. Yates" "Eric Grenier" "Gary Smith" "Gerald "Solutionman" Haman" "Glen Cathey" "Gord Theo" "Ian Moyse" "Iggy Pintado" "Ivor Kellock" "J.C.M. (Hans) Zoun" "James Evangelidis" "James P. Devlin" "Jan Karel Kleijn" "Jan Mulder" "Jay Rao" "Jayesh Sampat" "Jeff Slavin" "Jim Rutherford" "Joe Compton" "John L. Evans" "John MacAskill" "John Nicholson" "Jonathan Spatt" "Jordan Belfort" "Justino Mora" "Kenneth Warner Weinberg" "Kevin Wright" "Lester Ingber" "Frank Zipperer" "Marc Freedman" "Maria Fragiskos" "Marjan Bolmeijer" "Mark J "Tim" Douty" "Mary Leeds" "Mathieu Marechal" "Mike Cullison" "Mike O'Neil" "Nelson Rosamilha" "Octavio Pitaluga Neto" "Pardeep Kour" "Paulo Eduardo Dias Garcia" "Peter R. Luiks " "Pier Paolo Mucelli" "Praveen Bellur" "Peter Hines" "RAWLEY MARTOS" "Rich Fiene" "Richard Atkind" "Richard Doran" "Rob Navarette" "Robert Brown" "Ron Bates" "Ryan Reynolds" "Scott Buchholz" "Scott Simon" "Stacy Donovan Zapar" "Stan Orlowski" "Steve Stern" "Steve Wickens" "Steven Bonacorsi" "Steven Burda" "Sukhbir Singh" "Thomas Power" "Thubten Comerford" "Timothy A Dunn" "Todd Herschberg" "Tom DeBourcy" "Toon Kerssemakers" "Troy D. White" "Wayne Sadin" "Wei Guan" "William (Bill) Howell" "William R (Bob) Norris"

LinkedIn Top 100 Most Connected People "Allan Jones" "Amir Zuker" "Andrew 'Flip' Filipowski" "Andrew W. Cox" "Andy Waroma" "Anjali Samuel" "Arne Salkin" "Ashok Sachan" "Bernard Burney" "Bruce Hurwitz" "Bruce Kane" "Bruno Larvol" "BÜLENT AKYILDIZ" "Charles P. Garcia" "Chris Pardoe" "Dan Park" "Dave Fehr" "Dave W." "David Alan Taylor" "David Karp" "David Reingold" "David Solana" "Dennis Livings" "Doc Farmer" "Dr. Mark D. Yates" "Eric Grenier" "Gary Smith" "Gerald "Solutionman" Haman" "Glen Cathey" "Gord Theo" "Ian Moyse" "Iggy Pintado" "Ivor Kellock" "J.C.M. (Hans) Zoun" "James Evangelidis" "James P. Devlin" "Jan Karel Kleijn" "Jan Mulder" "Jay Rao" "Jayesh Sampat" "Jeff Slavin" "Jim Rutherford" "Joe Compton" "John L. Evans" "John MacAskill" "John Nicholson" "Jonathan Spatt" "Jordan Belfort" "Justino Mora" "Kenneth Warner Weinberg" "Kevin Wright" "Lester Ingber" "Frank Zipperer" "Marc Freedman" "Maria Fragiskos" "Marjan Bolmeijer" "Mark J "Tim" Douty" "Mary Leeds" "Mathieu Marechal" "Mike Cullison" "Mike O'Neil" "Nelson Rosamilha" "Octavio Pitaluga Neto" "Pardeep Kour" "Paulo Eduardo Dias Garcia" "Peter R. Luiks " "Pier Paolo Mucelli" "Praveen Bellur" "Peter Hines" "RAWLEY MARTOS" "Rich Fiene" "Richard Atkind" "Richard Doran" "Rob Navarette" "Robert Brown" "Ron Bates" "Ryan Reynolds" "Scott Buchholz" "Scott Simon" "Stacy Donovan Zapar" "Stan Orlowski" "Steve Stern" "Steve Wickens" "Steven Bonacorsi" "Steven Burda" "Sukhbir Singh" "Thomas Power" "Thubten Comerford" "Timothy A Dunn" "Todd Herschberg" "Tom DeBourcy" "Toon Kerssemakers" "Troy D. White" "Wayne Sadin" "Wei Guan" "William (Bill) Howell" "William R (Bob) Norris"

LinkedIn Top 100 Most Connected People "Allan Jones" "Amir Zuker" "Andrew 'Flip' Filipowski" "Andrew W. Cox" "Andy Waroma" "Anjali Samuel" "Arne Salkin" "Ashok Sachan" "Bernard Burney" "Bruce Hurwitz" "Bruce Kane" "Bruno Larvol" "BÜLENT AKYILDIZ" "Charles P. Garcia" "Chris Pardoe" "Dan Park" "Dave Fehr" "Dave W." "David Alan Taylor" "David Karp" "David Reingold" "David Solana" "Dennis Livings" "Doc Farmer" "Dr. Mark D. Yates" "Eric Grenier" "Gary Smith" "Gerald "Solutionman" Haman" "Glen Cathey" "Gord Theo" "Ian Moyse" "Iggy Pintado" "Ivor Kellock" "J.C.M. (Hans) Zoun" "James Evangelidis" "James P. Devlin" "Jan Karel Kleijn" "Jan Mulder" "Jay Rao" "Jayesh Sampat" "Jeff Slavin" "Jim Rutherford" "Joe Compton" "John L. Evans" "John MacAskill" "John Nicholson" "Jonathan Spatt" "Jordan Belfort" "Justino Mora" "Kenneth Warner Weinberg" "Kevin Wright" "Lester Ingber" "Frank Zipperer" "Marc Freedman" "Maria Fragiskos" "Marjan Bolmeijer" "Mark J "Tim" Douty" "Mary Leeds" "Mathieu Marechal" "Mike Cullison" "Mike O'Neil" "Nelson Rosamilha" "Octavio Pitaluga Neto" "Pardeep Kour" "Paulo Eduardo Dias Garcia" "Peter R. Luiks " "Pier Paolo Mucelli" "Praveen Bellur" "Peter Hines" "RAWLEY MARTOS" "Rich Fiene" "Richard Atkind" "Richard Doran" "Rob Navarette" "Robert Brown" "Ron Bates" "Ryan Reynolds" "Scott Buchholz" "Scott Simon" "Stacy Donovan Zapar" "Stan Orlowski" "Steve Stern" "Steve Wickens" "Steven Bonacorsi" "Steven Burda" "Sukhbir Singh" "Thomas Power" "Thubten Comerford" "Timothy A Dunn" "Todd Herschberg" "Tom DeBourcy" "Toon Kerssemakers" "Troy D. White" "Wayne Sadin" "Wei Guan" "William (Bill) Howell" "William R (Bob) Norris"

LinkedIn Top 100 Most Connected People "Allan Jones" "Amir Zuker" "Andrew 'Flip' Filipowski" "Andrew W. Cox" "Andy Waroma" "Anjali Samuel" "Arne Salkin" "Ashok Sachan" "Bernard Burney" "Bruce Hurwitz" "Bruce Kane" "Bruno Larvol" "BÜLENT AKYILDIZ" "Charles P. Garcia" "Chris Pardoe" "Dan Park" "Dave Fehr" "Dave W." "David Alan Taylor" "David Karp" "David Reingold" "David Solana" "Dennis Livings" "Doc Farmer" "Dr. Mark D. Yates" "Eric Grenier" "Gary Smith" "Gerald "Solutionman" Haman" "Glen Cathey" "Gord Theo" "Ian Moyse" "Iggy Pintado" "Ivor Kellock" "J.C.M. (Hans) Zoun" "James Evangelidis" "James P. Devlin" "Jan Karel Kleijn" "Jan Mulder" "Jay Rao" "Jayesh Sampat" "Jeff Slavin" "Jim Rutherford" "Joe Compton" "John L. Evans" "John MacAskill" "John Nicholson" "Jonathan Spatt" "Jordan Belfort" "Justino Mora" "Kenneth Warner Weinberg" "Kevin Wright" "Lester Ingber" "Frank Zipperer" "Marc Freedman" "Maria Fragiskos" "Marjan Bolmeijer" "Mark J "Tim" Douty" "Mary Leeds" "Mathieu Marechal" "Mike Cullison" "Mike O'Neil" "Nelson Rosamilha" "Octavio Pitaluga Neto" "Pardeep Kour" "Paulo Eduardo Dias Garcia" "Peter R. Luiks " "Pier Paolo Mucelli" "Praveen Bellur" "Peter Hines" "RAWLEY MARTOS" "Rich Fiene" "Richard Atkind" "Richard Doran" "Rob Navarette" "Robert Brown" "Ron Bates" "Ryan Reynolds" "Scott Buchholz" "Scott Simon" "Stacy Donovan Zapar" "Stan Orlowski" "Steve Stern" "Steve Wickens" "Steven Bonacorsi" "Steven Burda" "Sukhbir Singh" "Thomas Power" "Thubten Comerford" "Timothy A Dunn" "Todd Herschberg" "Tom DeBourcy" "Toon Kerssemakers" "Troy D. White" "Wayne Sadin" "Wei Guan" "William (Bill) Howell" "William R (Bob) Norris"