Whether you’re a would-be CEO or have spent decades being one. You could be worse-off than to read the short biographies of chief executive officers who’ve been through the journey before.

So we’ve compiled a list from top CEOs. It’s a list of influential executives at being pro-active. If you’re a business person, it is critical that you follow and connect with these CEOs and expand your professional network.

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Here’s what some of the top CEOs said about this list:

@RichtopiaCom Thanks very much! Exciting news to start the day. — Brian Tracy (@BrianTracy) March 17, 2016

Honoured but more important to keep us all focussed on delivering results. Reputation build by what we do not say. https://t.co/8YSz3rlKvZ — Paul Polman (@PaulPolman) 17 March 2016

The 500 Most Influential CEOs

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Here’s some more comments:

Oh I doubt that. https://t.co/labajIYO9f — Downtown Josh Brown (@ReformedBroker) January 13, 2016

God damn it! 251st is just not good enough. Nobody remembers the 251st best golfer in the world. #MustTryHarder https://t.co/O32lHlvZ7K — Niall McGarry (@MrNiallMcGarry) January 13, 2016