One of my favorite things about what I do is the opportunity to meet some brilliant people. It seems that every week I meet someone who I’d consider a genius. If you ever have the opportunity for a meeting with them, I highly recommend making the time.

These are all people I’ve met in person. In all but a couple of cases, I’ve met the many times.

I meet so many people that I’ve undoubtedly left some people off the list. My apologies if I left you off.

I recognize that women are underrepresented in this list. This is a function of:

• Overall shortage of women in tech.
• The fields I focus on — finance, VC, payments and media. These fields have even smaller percentages of women than tech overall.
• Who will take meetings with me.

Emily White, COO of Snapchat, is incredible. One of the smartest people I’ve met. (And a dear friend to boot.)

Note that the only order here is alphabetical. These people are so talented that it would be hard to rank them.

• Rakesh Agrawal, SnapStream, @rakeshagrawal (He is one of four Rakesh Agrawals I know of.)
• Dave Ambrose, Steadfast Capital, @daveambrose
• Adam Bain, Twitter, @adambain
• Allen Beasley, Redpoint Ventures
• Peter Berg, Visa, @peter
• Leslie Berland, American Express, @leslieberland
• Kashyap Deorah, Entrepreneur and investor in redesign | mobile, @righthalf
• Marc Bodnick, Quora,  @marcbodnick
• Abdur Chowdhury, Entrepreneur, @abdur
• Stan Chudnovsky, Facebook, @stan_chudnovsky
• Angus Davis, Swipley, @angusdav
• Raja Doddala, 7-11 Ventures, @rdoddala 
• Walt Doyle, Awesome guy, @waltdoyle
• Mike Dudas, Button, @mdudas
• Adam Elman, Intel, @aelman
• Josh Elman, Greylock, @joshelman
• Jon Fortt, CNBC Squawk Alley, jonfortt
• Gus Fuldner, Uber, @gusfuldner
• Dan Gilmartin, BlueConic, @dan_gilmartin
• Bill Gurley, Benchmark Captial, @bgurley
• Matt Harris, Bain, @matttharris
• Ben Hatten, stealth, @benhatten
• James Hritz, announcement soon, @jameshritz
• Cory Johnson, Bloomberg TV, @corytv
• Paul Kedrosky, Investor and contributor to Bloomberg TV, @pkedrosky
• Adam Lasnik, Google, @thatadamguy
• Michael Levinson, Facebook, @mdlevinson
• Peggy Mangot, Google and investor in redesign | mobile, @peggymangot
• Victor Marks, redesign | mobile, @vmarks
• Chuck Marshall, redesign | mobile, @cdm57_2000
• Emil Michael, Uber, @emilmichael
• Ravi Narasimhan, Google, @ravi
• Brian Norgard, announcement soon, @briannorgard
• David Pakman, Venrock, @pakman
• Rob Pegoraro, Writer, @robpegoraro
• Keith Rabois, Investor, @rabois
• Nick Rellas, Drizly, @nrellas
• Alex Rampell, Visa, @arampell
• Bryce Roberts, OATV Ventures, @bryce
• Brian Roemmele, Payments, @brianroemmele
• Mark Rogowsky, look for an announcement soon!, @maxrogo
• David Sacks, Entrepreneur, @davidsacks
• Felix Salmon, fusion, @felixsalmon
• Ohad Samet, TrueAccord, @ohadsamet
• Ryan Sarver, Redpoint Ventures, @rsarver
• Conor Sen, Money manager, @conorsen
• Naveen, Expa, @naveen
• Jon Stull, Flipboard, @jonstull
• Rick Summer, Morningstar, @rsummer
• Sam Shank, Hotel Tonight, @samshank
• Tim Schulz, BigCommerce, @timschulz
• Jay Virdy, Entrepreneur, @jayvirdy
• Hunter Walk, Homebrew, @hunterwalk
• Alber Wenger, Union Square Ventures, @albertwenger
• Emily White, Snapchat, @emilyclarkwhite
• George Zachary, Charles River Ventures, @georgezachary