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Chris Anderson

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Chris Anderson (born July 9, 1961) is an English-American author and entrepreneur. He was with The Economist for seven years before joining Wired magazine in 2001, where he was the editor-in-chief until 2012. He is known for his 2004 article entitled "The Long Tail", which he later expanded into the 2006 book, The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business Is Selling Less of More. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chris Anderson has received more than 53,513 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Chris Anderson is the 564th most popular businessperson (down from 438th in 2019), the 4,563rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,622nd in 2019) and the 40th most popular British Businessperson.

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  • 54k

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  • 42.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Chris Anderson ranks 564 out of 601Before him are Billy Beane, Robert Mercer, Peter Hill-Wood, Hiro Matsushita, Masaji Kiyokawa, and Paul Stoddart. After him are Niklas Zennström, Donald Trump Jr., Shuntaro Furukawa, Eric Yuan, Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe, and Ton Roosendaal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Chris Anderson ranks 366Before him are Hiro Matsushita, Keiko Matsui, Jurga Ivanauskaitė, Yury Onufriyenko, John Hillcoat, and Matt Ghaffari. After him are Hannelore Kraft, Kim Delaney, Luigi De Agostini, Randy Spears, Yelena Davydova, and Serena Scott Thomas.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Chris Anderson ranks 4,563 out of 7,765Before him are John Masefield (1878), Robert Smirke (1780), Thomas Baines (1820), Charles Walter De Vis (1829), Marina Diamandis (1985), and David Brabham (1965). After him are Tammy Abraham (1997), Freya Allan (2001), Dukinfield Henry Scott (1854), Anna of East Anglia (null), Jhumpa Lahiri (1967), and The Proclaimers (1962).

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United Kingdom

Among businesspeople born in United Kingdom, Chris Anderson ranks 40Before him are Christopher O'Neill (1974), Benjamin Vulliamy (1747), Allan Williams (1930), Steve Jackson (1951), Martin Whitmarsh (1958), and Peter Hill-Wood (1936). After him are Henry Tate (1819), Daniel Levy (1962), Ian Livingstone (1949), Alan Sugar (1947), Claire Williams (1976), and Heather Mills (1968).

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