Fortune’s inaugural 100 Most Powerful People in Business: Who made the list, and why?

In 1929, when a young publisher named Henry Luce was looking to expand his magazine empire and launch a gloriously high-end magazine about business, he considered several names for his new venture, among them Power. Though that was ultimately rejected (along with Tycoon), the point is that his creation—which was so painstakingly crafted that each issue arrived by mail in a protective box—has been chronicling power at the highest levels