In the year 2025

Meet the marketing guru who got his start at age 12 building websites in his parent’s garage, the woman who created a trademark method that granted her the nickname “the Idea Whisperer”, the guy who has helped Coca-Cola and other ‘Globrands’ solve complex marketing and business problems, an NYU professor, eight acclaimed authors, and successful Start-up mentors, as they share their vision about where the marketing industry is headed in the near future.

In this must-read article, 20 marketing masterminds reveal what makes them tick and has granted them a rightful place in the pantheon of marketing influencers - all followed by thousands of people online, several keynote speakers at some of the industry’s largest events and some major publications contributors.
We label these influencers as disruptive because each one of them has made an impact or holds a unique point of view on how businesses can tell their stories so customers will listen. Being disruptive isn’t always about breaking all the rules, but rather being able to distill a clear path to the emotional triggers that move the marketing process along. No groundbreaking technology or marketing tool can replace the proven heuristics these influencers preach.

We at Mayple are proud to call all of these influencers like-minded friends. Much like them, we too recognize the business leverage obtained by combining the best technology has to offer with irreplaceable human insight.

So here is our rundown of the 20 most disruptive influencers.