A power ranking of LinkedIn’s most audacious posters.
The most coveted recognition in business commentary. The Thought Leaderboard’s Audacity Index™ scores ten measurable behaviors — post velocity, carriage return artistry, humble-brag density — and ranks the field accordingly. Inclusion is, of course, an honor.
Top of the leaderboard
The Audacity Index™
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Allie K. Miller
AI evangelist · former AWS, IBM · Fortune 500 AI advisor
The prompt evangelist
02
Codie Sanchez
Founder, Contrarian Thinking · NYT bestselling author · Main Street investor
The engagement farmer
03
Sahil Bloom
NYT bestselling author, The 5 Types of Wealth · Managing Partner, SRB Ventures
The framework pastor
04
Hala Taha
Founder & CEO, YAP Media · host, Young & Profiting
The engagement farmer
05
Richard Branson
Founder, Virgin Group · Founder, Virgin Unite · adventurer · philanthropist
The recovery founder
06
Adam Robinson
Founder, RB2B & Retention.com · bootstrapped, $22M ARR
The build-in-public maker
07
Jesse Itzler
Co-founder, Marquis Jet · endurance athlete · host, Adventure Club
The recovery founder
08
Jasmin Alić
Copywriter · LinkedIn coach
The engagement farmer
09
Steven Bartlett
Host, Diary of a CEO · Dragons’ Den investor
The vulnerability performance artist
10
Adam Grant
Wharton organizational psychologist · host, Re:Thinking · author, Think Again
The framework pastor
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Editor’s note
The standings are not a judgment. They are a measurement of who, right now, is the most audacious.
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