The 25 that failed to make this year's list:

The numbers in brackets are their previous position:

Robert Becford (9th)
Academic, theologian, broadcaster, film-maker and lecturer

Neil Rami (15th)
Chief executive of Marketing Birmingham

Robert Edmiston (17th)
Founder of IM Group

Stef Lewandowski (20th)
The founder and managing director of Digbeth-based creative agency 3form

Prof Nick James (22nd)
Consultant in clinical oncology at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Fyfe Dangerfield (24th)
Frontman of pop group The Guillemots

Paul Wilson (26th)
Chief executive of law firm Shakespeare Putsman

Michael Clarke (27th)
University of Birmingham's Vice-Principal

Ed Doolan (28th)
BBC Radio WM Presenter

Lord Hunt (30th)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Ministry of Justice

Nick Venning (31st)
Marketing Director for PricewaterhouseCoopers' Global Industry Programme

Dave Pollard (34th)
Leading Birmingham artist

Dr Arun Bajaj (35th)
Chairman of the Birmingham-based Institute of Asian Business

Paul O'Connor (36th)
Chief Executive of Birmingham Children's Hospital

Trevor Foster (37th)
Managing Director, banking, Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander

Jonathan Watkins (38th)
Director of the IKON

James North (40th)
Former Chief of Staff, Birmingham City Council

Adrian Goldberg (41st)
Presenter and founder of The Stirrer website

Karl George (42nd)
Managing Director of Andersons KBS UK

Shin (43rd)
Bhangra pop star, singer with DCS

Carol Coombes (44th)
Senior Consultant, Caret

Clare Edwards (45th)
Founder of Gigbeth

Simon Wales (46th)
General Manager, Birmingham Town Hall

Chas Watkins (48th)
Output Editor, BBC Midlands Today

John Edwards (49th)
Former Chief Executive of Advantage West Midlands