“Nerds run the world,” Clover Hope writes for GQ. “But with their notoriously horrid fashion choices, some dotcom entrepreneurs could use a style IQ boost. While their tech innovations deserve kudos, their outfits are one giant leap back for mankind. Here, we present the 15 worst offenders.”
15 Worst-Dressed Men Of Silicon Valley:
15. Chris Sacca, Founder and Principal of Lowercase Capital
14. Craig Newmark, Founder of Craigslist
13. Ron Conway, Early Investor in Google, PayPal, Facebook, Digg
12. Peter Chou, Co-Founder and CEO of HTC
11. Blake Krikorian, Co-Founder and Former CEO of Sling Media
10. Ben Huh, CEO of ICanHasCheezburger.com
9. Howard Stringer, Chairman, President and CEO of Sony Corp.
8. Seth Priebatsch, Founder and CEO of Smartphone app SCVNGR
7. Tom Anderson, Co-Founder of MySpace
6. Reid Hoffman, Co-Founder and Chairman of LinkedIn; Investor in Digg, Flickr
5. Dennis Crowley, Co-Founder and CEO of Foursquare; Co-Founder Of Dodgeball
4. Shantanu Narayen, President and CEO of Adobe Systems, Inc.
3. Bill Gates, Co-Founder and CEO of Microsoft: “Curious how Harry Potter will age post-Hogwarts?”
2. Steve Jobs, Co-Founder and CEO of Apple: “Apple releases an iPhone every 0.5 seconds. Steve Jobs never gets an upgrade. The Svengali’s self-inflicted uniform (black turtleneck, dad jeans, Seinfeld kicks) rival Superman’s in its homogeneity—a style blunder no AutoCorrect can fix.”
1. Mark Zuckerberg, Co-Founder, President and CEO of Facebook: “Oblivious to the fact that jeans and ties come in skinny sizes—or that suits exist—the father of Facebook (and we do mean father) loves to recycle the fresh-from-Stats-class look. Zuck’s style is so poor, it even inspired a mock fashion line, Mark By Mark Zuckerberg, which thankfully doesn’t sell any actual clothing.”
Read more in the full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Lynn Weiler” for the heads up.]
Apple’s next acquisition: GQ Ragazine. Wholesale bloodbath.
I can’t respect the fashion opinion of a writer that does not know the difference between a turtleneck and a MOCK turtleneck. Steve does not wear turtlenecks.
… admire the clothing choices of the men on their list, I strongly suspect that the men on their list do not admire the shallow clothes-horses that are considered “best-dressed”. There are those who “dress for success” and those who “have succeeded” – and don’t need to PRETEND to be successful.
Apple *could* buy it, but what would be the point? To destroy it, and waste the money spent? Not Apple’s way.
“Nerds run the world”…how original. I think that was a funny saying a couple of decades ago.
Steve’s just too cool for these jags.
Leave the poor guy alone, he only earns $1 a year so no wonder he wears the same clothes.
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There is no hope this guy Clover …he is a philistine and a moron ! Steve Jobs does not need any upgrade because the way he dress up is near perfect. That is why millions look up to Steve!!!
Proof that you don’t need to follow GQ’s rules of style to command respect. 😉
Being a fantastic marketing genius like Steve is no reason not to at least change the uniform once in a while. Break it up a little Steve. Wear a grey mock turtleneck then maybe a blue one or even be so bold as to go for a red some day! Hey fanboys, quit trying to defend someone who can’t be defended. He does look silly wearing the “uniform” constantly. What would you say if dopey Ballmer did that? Huh? I’m sorry I didn’t hear you. Genius has nothing to do with his clothes. He’d be just as smart if he dressed like a grownup. C’mon, it’s silly as hell.
I’m sure it just eats Steve up inside that he’s not a big enough wuss to capitulate to all the “grown-ups” demanding that he dress in different clothes. How can he sleep at night?
You get extra Clueless Points for calling him a marketing genius, by the way.
Oh. OK dopey. Truth really hurts you fanboys. Doesn’t it dopey?
The truth is, Steve, like Apple, doesn’t “toe the line” like others with mediocre mentalities do. Your weak troll attempt and fanboy meme is so typical of this type of mentality. Way to bolster that simple-minded stereotype!
I’m pretty sure steve jobs has more important things to worry about.
You’re right in fact I recently read on another website that he was quoted years ago “I don’t give a shit how I look” there you have it. That’s one secure guy!
Actually, I think he does care how he looks, but doesn’t see a need to reinvent the wheel every morning. Some things you only need to figure out once.
So do we all.
Recession-/depression-proof bullshit: Fashion and entertainment.
They’re all guys and have more important things to do than worry about something as trivial as fashion.
Zuckerstain isn’t even worthy of a mention in this crowd…
GQ: Have you heard that beauty is in the eye of the beholder?
I, for one, am glad to see that Steve Ballmer made it to the top 15 best dressed list by default of not being on the worst dressed list. Way to go sweaty armpits!!!
Glad to have Ballmer CEO of Microsoft last ten years!
How does a pink cowboy hat not qualify you for this list?
I agree. Jobs look like a teen that never made it out of puberty. Looks like a hobo
GQ, nothing but a bunch of homo’s. Jobs is a leader, not a fashion follower.
Ha. That’s funny. You made fun of gay people and that was poignant. You’re witty. Wish I could be like you.
How is using the word homo making fun of “gay” people? My point is that since GQ is run by homo’s for homo’s, if you are not homo then GQ’s opinion on anything is irrelevant.
I like pussy, you like dick, to each his own.
Your girlfriend’s name is pussy?
Even if you’re a homo, I’m pretty sure GQ’s opinion on anything is still irrelevent.
Suits are not only completely over-rated but are our ultimate fathers or dad-wear. How many of you see a guy in a suit and immediately suspicions or a wariness arise no matter what the situation? A guy in t-shirt and jeans doesn’t look like a bad guy but down to earth like the rest of us mortals. It’s a master stroke NOT to wear a suit. Of course I’ve yet to see Steve Ballmer look good in anything and his idea of casual clothes are hideous in the extreme. Who makes those choices for him? Another equally clueless soul like Bill Gates?
Steve Jobs is a man with priorities figured out. His outfits states: I’m too busy revolutionizing the way all people work and communicate in the digital age to think about how I look.
is there a Worst Magazine List?
Meh, to hell with fashion and formalities. If the clothes keeps one warm, and protects them from getting busted for indecent exposure, and is not tattered and grimy, who really should care?
2nd this.
some people have too much free time on their hands.
and the overwhelming urge to change/mock someone else.
Exactly tz.
Clothing is a form of expression. And its about the look, not which gender the clothing is MADE for.
Fashion is something so intolerable that they have to change it every 6 months!
ICanHasCheezburger.com has a “CEO”?!? jeezus…
I can’t believe they put him on the list, the ignorants don’t even know the two memes that are behind that shirt!
Play them off, Keyboard Cat!
Albert Einstein would have made this list, too. Excepting that Silicon Valley part, that is.
Yours is perhaps the most succinct comment here. The fashion columnist at a newspaper where I worked once wrote a column on the fashion habits of U.S. first ladies, wherein she described Eleanor Roosevelt as dowdy. The comment drew a shitstorm of bipartisan criticism from me and others. She was among the most admired public figures of the 20th century for her work in the advancement of civil rights. Nothing could be less important than what she wore. GQ wants us to smell like an angel’s asshole and look like a fashion model; people like Eleanor Roosevelt and Laura Bush want us to care about the conditions of the less fortunate. You choose.
I couldn’t agree more… Love them or hate them, this is a list of 15 very intelligent and powerful people.
I think there is a point on the intelligence scale where one views a tie for what it actually is. An odd piece of fabric wrapped tightly around your neck.
I always notice people rolling up sleeves, taking off jackets, loosening ties, etc.. It’s because they are uncomfortable in various ways.
Lose the suits and turn the A/C off.
Steve wore a tux at the 82 Academy Awards (Google for image), which means his “We don’t own suits” philosophy is typical Liberal ‘Hot Air’ of say one thing, do another! He doesn’t think different when he tows the Hollywood line it would seem. I guess he cares how he looks TO THEM but could give a shit to the Apple masses regarding looking nice… Why is that Steve? Why dress up for a Hollywood occassion and not us? You looked super sharp in that tux… Bet a nice suit or sharp looking casualwear would do wonders! As would a shave. This gruff thing… not working… Noticed you shaved for Hollywood too! Flaming in 3, 2, 1…
you’re an idiot.
No, dick face, you’re the idiot. He’s just making the point that Steve is capable of sartorial elegance if he wants to. And being in a tuxedo or business suit makes him look good.
and you’re even more idiotic than he is, Mr Jackass Analogy.
Why am I listening to your asinine drivel, ass hammer?
Gentlemen: The fact that each of you has invented a term of endearment for the other–each containing the substring “ass”–indicates significant common ground, although I must say that of the two nicknames “ass hammer” is by far the most evocative.
Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
@why…,
Don’t be such an ass clown. Jobs dresses by what he feels most comfortable in. At a formal event, he’ll wear a tux. When working, dressing in a suit is counter productive.
lol “Steve Jobs/Mike Tyson”…your finest hour, Dipshit.
That wasn’t my take on Mr Why’s comment.
Steve Jobs adopts a version of the Silicon Valley Casual look that became the custom during the early days of Apple et al. This was and remains in no way a political statement, as any of us who have worked in Silicon Valley will attest.
When Mr Jobs goes to the Academy Awards, he dresses as someone attending the Academy Awards. This leads Mr Why to conclude that Mr Jobs is a hypocrite, and thus a liberal.
Mr Why: Have I misread your remarks?
Errr, no, he’s not, and you’re only defending him because he made painfully obvious that he’s a conservative…
Why should he give a shit about the opinion of a nonentity like you? And the ‘we don’t own suits’ quote still holds as he probably hired the tux like everybody else there. If you were half as intelligent as you’d like the rest of us to believe, you’d realise that such events have a thing called ‘dress code’. I’ll explain that for you, just in case you haven’t heard of it; it means if you’re not dressed exactly as per their instructions, you don’t get in. Steve’s wearing a tux isn’t hypocrisy, it’s following the rules.
*shakes head, mutters ‘fuckwit’ under breath*
In 80s, he wore suit to PC shows. Today, no matter what he is wearing, people will listen when he talks. Would be interesting to see, if he attends an Academy Award today. I assume he will show up in his standard attire.
1989 Introduction of NeXT Cube
http://www.vectronicsappleworld.com/2006/0611.html
who gives a flip what GQ thinks
Successful creative people like Steve Jobs, who change the world, have priorities they attend to.
They don’t have a need to spend time looking for rags.
Right on nor in the mirror!
Suit? What’s a suit?
Magazines such as GQ attempt to promote the alleged importance of fashion purely as a means of self-protection. They survive on the advertising supporting the hideous notion that clothes, perfumes and cosmetics — for men, women and everyone in between — are somehow necessary to be attractive and successful. Bullshit. CQ thinks that a $1,500 suit is bargain-basement cheap, and heartily recommends colognes with 1000 percent markups. Yes, if you spend $10,000 on all your outfits and they are consistently eye-poking awful, then you deserve to be on a worst-dressed list. But Steve Jobs’s style is simple and repetitive, but also neat, clean and emulated by at least some of his millions of admirers. Good for him. While CQ is fussing about which tie goes with that shirt, Strve Jobs dreams up ideas to help Apple earn its next billion dollars.
I agree with your comments 100%, well said!
hear, hear
Great!
It’s also a BRAND — which this maroon obviously has no clue about. Like Jamie on Mythbusters. Every day, white shirt, beret, same pants.
Ever notice the constant complaint that Apple is always releasing a new iPhone? “every 0.5 seconds”.
The thing is, Apple releases a new model each year. Apple’s adopted the car manufacturer update cycle.
Which is notably SLOWER than other companies. Other smartphone venders release a half dozen new phones every quarter and you can’t tell any of them apart to know what to buy.
Apple has one model (and last years model) and they update it once a year. Yet people complain? WTF?
I think it is just that Apple’s phones are significant and so are noticed by the mainstream, while androids are undifferentiated background noise, unnoticed.
Screw the fashion and their sick industry, especially fashion journalists. Congrats, Steve, it is an honor to be on the worst dressed list. Not that you care…
hear, hear…
Who does Steve need to impress?
At least he changes his hair and beard style occasionally, unlike some aging rock stars who are too insecure to change their looks.
(on the other hand, they may be snazzy dressers….)