These 11 political power players are guiding some of tech's biggest companies

As technology plays an ever-larger role in our daily lives, Silicon Valley's top executives are coming to wield a lot of political clout.

But that goes both ways, too: A lot of retired politicans and other Washington insiders are helping guide some of the biggest tech companies through legislative and regulatory hurdles.

Here are the big-time political power brokers helping shape the future of tech.