Zuckerberg was elected the best CEO in the US technology industry

On the morning of February 9, the 9th Crunchies Awards Ceremony hosted by TechCrunch, a well-known American technology media, was held in San Francisco, USA. At this awards ceremony known as the "Oscars of the American Technology Industry", Uber was elected as the Best Startup of the Year, and Facebook co-founder and CEO Zuckerberg was elected as the Best CEO of the Year.

Samsung Gear VR was selected as the best hardware of the year, Space X's recycled rocket was selected as the best technical achievement of the year, and Facebook Messenger was selected as the best mobile application of the year. The best new startup of the year went to the home care company Honor; the best VC of the year was awarded to Benchmark partner Bill Gurley, the best angel investor of the year was awarded to the Bannister couple (Scott and Cyan Banister), the best founder of the year was awarded to Slack co-founder Stewart Butterfield, and the fastest growing startup was awarded to Slack.

Elon Musk won the top two awards for the Best Technology Achievement of the Year with Space X launch vehicles and Tesla's autonomous driving technology. Also nominated for this award were Apple's 3D Touch pressure sensing technology and Microsoft's HoloLens. Because of the outstanding performance of Musk's companies in the past year, the audience thought that he would undoubtedly win the "Best CEO of the Year" award.

But it was somewhat surprising that when Mary Meeker, the "Queen of the Internet" and partner of KPCB, finally announced the award, the winner of the CEO of the Year was Zuckerberg. Although Zuckerberg also performed well in 2015, it was still a pity that Musk did not win. When Musk was announced as the second place, I clearly heard a sigh from the audience. Neither Zuckerberg nor Musk came to the scene to receive the award.

This year's award ceremony was held at the War Memorial Opera House in downtown San Francisco, and Sina Technology was invited to participate in the event. The opening music was the majestic soundtrack from Stanley Kubrick's film 2001: A Space Odyssey - Richard Strauss's symphonic poem Thus Spoke Zarathustra, and the award design was also the classic scene in the movie where a monkey holds a bone high, symbolizing that technology has changed the fate of mankind.

Another episode at the awards ceremony was a bit surprising. A video mocking Twitter was played, calling on institutional investors to buy Twitter shares to boost the stock price in a serious tone. However, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey was selected as one of the five finalists for the best CEO of the year. When Dorsey's photo was announced, there was even mocking laughter at the scene.

Xiaomi Technology was the only Chinese element at this year's awards ceremony. It was selected as one of the final five companies for the best startups of the year, along with code container management company Docker, open source collaboration company Slack, instant messaging app Snapchat and Uber.

TechCrunch's nominations and winners are selected by a 100-member selection committee, including TechCrunch editors, Silicon Valley investors, entrepreneurs, and important figures in the technology industry. Black Girls Code won the trophy in this year's new award for promoting diversity in the technology industry.

Attached: Complete list of nominees

Best New Startups: Home care company Honor (selected), marijuana delivery company Eaze, e-commerce startup Jet, personal shopping assistant Operator, and free stock trading company Robinhood.

Best startups: Uber (selected), Docker (code container management company), Slack (open source collaboration company), Snapchat (instant messaging app), and Xiaomi Technology (China).

Fastest-rising startups: open source collaboration company Slack (selected), same-day delivery company Postmates, multinational currency exchange company TransferWise, live streaming company YouNow, and HR startup Benefits.

Best Technological Achievements: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket recovery (selected), Tesla's autonomous driving technology, Apple's 3D Touch pressure-sensing technology, Microsoft HoloLens, Transatomic Power, a nuclear waste power generation technology,

Best Mobile Apps: Facebook Messenger (selected), Citymapper (public transportation navigation app), Periscope (Twitter live streaming app), Robinhood (mobile stock trading app), and Wish (shopping guide app).

Best Hardware: Samsung Gear VR (selected), Star Wars robot Sphere BB-8, Apple stylus Pencil, French Devialet Phantom speaker, Parrot drone Bebop.

CEO of the Year: Facebook CEO Zuckerberg (elected), Apple CEO Cook, Twitter and Square CEO Jack Dorsey, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki.

VC of the Year: Bill Gourlay, partner at Benchmark (elected); Marc Andreessen, co-partner at Andreessen Horowitz; Sonali De Rycker, partner at Accel; Mary Meeker, partner at KPCB; and Chamath Palihapitiya, managing partner at Social Capital.

Founder of the Year: Slack co-founder Butfield (elected), Silicon Valley incubator YC co-founder Jessica Livingston, luxury e-commerce company Net-a-porter.com founder Natalie Massenet, health and beauty products company Walker & Company Brand founder Tristan Walker, genetic research company Anne Wojcicki.

Angel Investor of the Year: The Bannisters (elected), Gil Penchina, Naval Ravikant, Chris Sacca and Joanne Wilson.

As a winner of Toutiao's Qingyun Plan and Baijiahao's Bai+ Plan, the 2019 Baidu Digital Author of the Year, the Baijiahao's Most Popular Author in the Technology Field, the 2019 Sogou Technology and Culture Author, and the 2021 Baijiahao Quarterly Influential Creator, he has won many awards, including the 2013 Sohu Best Industry Media Person, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Beijing Third Place, the 2015 Guangmang Experience Award, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Finals Third Place, and the 2018 Baidu Dynamic Annual Powerful Celebrity.