Too Sexy

We think we've skirted around the issue long enough. Everyone knows it's true, and yet we never talk about it-like it's taboo or something. Being from the generation in which nothing is taboo, however, we think it's time we got honest. There are some damn sexy entrepreneurs out there. So sexy, in fact, that we're writing about 11 of them right here in Start-Ups. Say hello to this year's sexiest entrepreneurs.

The 11 Sexy Entrepreneurs

Craig Nabat, 30
Eric C. Sorensen, 35
Rebecca Pflueger, 34
Omar Wasou, 29
Wendy Niad, 31
Cheryl M. Woodard, 29
Kimberly Williams, 33
Donna Childs, 33
Cho Phillips, 29
Carlo Terrano, 28 & Sean Francis, 28

If you must know, here's how we went about picking our fabulous contestants. OK, they're not really contestants, because they didn't win anything but a much-coveted spot in the middle of our magazine. It all started back in February, when I asked for nominations for sexy entrepreneurs. The criteria I laid out were that the entrepreneur must:

• Be intelligent.
• Be successful in business--and not necessarily in terms of dollars.
• Be involved in some type of philanthropic activity.
• Be charismatic and charming.
• Be good to employees and clients.
• Be attractive. (Duh.)

This article was originally published in the October 2000 print edition of Entrepreneur with the headline: Too Sexy.