Not well known but very relevant persons/companies

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-02-24/the-unlikely-tale-of-how-arm-came-to-rule-the-world#r=hp-ls#!1,3381221643

What about Bram Cohen? The guy developed a protocol that accounts for like more than 30%(wikipedia says 40-70%) of all internet traffic! Who ever heard of him? I bet not that many.

Full disclosure: I didn’t read the rest of the article(as of right now)