The 2009 TIME 100 Finalists

Cast your votes for the leaders, artists, entrepreneurs and thinkers who deserve a spot on this year's TIME 100. — By Brian Raftery

Steve Jobs

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AGE: 56
OCCUPATION: Apple chairman and CEO
PREVIOUS APPEARANCES ON THE TIME 100: 4

PRO: The iPhone — with its pronto Web access, pinpoint GPS and countless pointless-but-necessary apps — might just be the niftiest gadget of Jobs' career. It's certainly one of the most popular, with some experts predicting sales of nearly 50 million this year.

CON: In January, he announced a six-month leave from Apple, a move that prompted further concerns about both his health and the company's future.

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