Google's employee No. 1—search and create: "If there ever was an employee who carried the water for Google, it's Craig Silverstein, employee No. 1, technology director and loyal chanter of the search company's 'don't be evil' mantra."

"Silverstein has long been a champion of working hard and whistling while you do it. As Google's director of technology, he balances pie-in-the-sky visions for search—in other words, artificially intelligent search pets—and churning out products that improve people's access to information."