50 Most Influential: Bob Bowman

President & CEO

MLB Advanced Media

CHANGE FROM 2012: +4

Bowman led MLBAM to further dominance on mobile in 2013, with MLB.com At Bat surpassing 10 million downloads and app starts on the product running roughly equal to the prior five years combined. But Bowman’s influence is now strongly being felt in the ballpark, where he’s working with the likes of Apple, T-Mobile, Qualcomm and others on major ticketing, data connectivity, content, commerce and instant replay innovations.