Welcome to the 2018 Power 50 list, which ranks the most influential people in the industry.

#49: Eddie Blau, Innovation Line (asi/62660)

2017 Rank: N/A
Title: CEO
Industry Experience: 25 years

The 2016 Counselor Supplier Entrepreneur of Year, Blau joined Innovation Line in 1993, leaving a job as a corporate attorney to join the promo products industry. Blau has since turned the California firm into one of the market’s fastest-growing companies and a Top 40 supplier. Between 2013 and 2015 alone, Innovation Line’s promo sales increased by 94%. Its 2017 sales totaled $51 million.