The Resume

(November 22, 1980- )
Developed Napster (a computer to computer music sharing system)

Why he might be annoying:

He opened a Pandora's Box in the recording industry.
He acquired the wrath of Metallica, Dr. Dre and numerous recording companies.

Why he might not be annoying:

He was a straight-A college student.
His schoolmates nicknamed him Napster for his curly hair.
Fanning wrote the Napster program after studying a textbook on computer programming. At the time, he was still in his teens.
Fanning created Napster with the intention of sharing his cd collection among his friends. The program attracted 32 million users.

Credit: BattyX3

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• BattyX3's Profiles [Series 01]
• Blender Magazine's 30 Greatest Teen Moments in Rock & Roll History [October 2004] (Ranked: 15)
• Celebrity Boston Red Sox Fans
• College Drop Outs
• Computer Geeks
• Entertainment Weekly's 101 Most Influential People [2000] (Ranked: 6)
• Irish Magazines Top 100 Irish Americans
• Kid Rock Doesn't Like Me
• Look at Me, I'm on the Cover of Time
• Look at Me, I'm Wearing a Baseball Cap
• Look at Me, I'm Wearing Headphones
• Look at My Magazine Cover
• Luscious Laddies
• Mad Magazine's 20 Dumbest People, Events and Things [2000] (Ranked: 3)
• National Geographic Channel's Generation X Commentators
• People Magazine's 25 Most Intriguing People [2000]
• Profiles 3751-4000 (Ranked: 3987)
• Ted Nugent Doesn't Like Me
• USA Today Pop Candy's 100 People of the Year [2000] (Ranked: 6)
• VH-1's 40 Greatest Celebrity Feuds (Ranked: 15)
• Whites With Fros

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 13 Votes: 23.08% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 13 Votes: 69.23% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 10 Votes: 70.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 43 Votes: 46.51% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 20 Votes: 65.00% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 25 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 29 Votes: 44.83% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 44 Votes: 52.27% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 133 Votes: 55.64% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 2707 Votes: 79.05% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 293 Votes: 44.03% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 463 Votes: 42.33% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 1000 Votes: 42.90% Annoying
In 2002, Out of 1838 Votes: 47.77% Annoying