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Insider asked self-driving startups, analysts, and VCs to nominate the industry's biggest stars.
The one rule: no CEOs.
The list features employees from Tesla, Zoox, Morgan Stanley, and more.
While CEOs and founders get most of the attention in the startup world, even the best leaders need a strong team behind them.
In the autonomous-vehicle industry, it can be difficult to identify the most important supporting players from the outside. Most companies are still testing and refining technology that could be years from widespread use, so it's not always clear whose products are working and whose aren't.