Tech, Media, Telco execs investment picks

NEW YORK/PARIS/SEOUL (Reuters) - The Internet, emerging markets and biotechnology are among the sectors that leading U.S. technology and media executives tipped as hot areas of investments.

At the Reuters Global Technology, Media and Telecoms Summit this week, top industry executives were asked to name some companies and sectors that they would personally invest in. Here is a sample of responses:

THE INTERNET

"The rise of these social network communities is going to be very strong. We're seeing the beginning of it."

--Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO.O: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) Chief Development Officer Charles Giancarlo

"I would very likely invest in one of the Web 2.0 companies ... an IPO. I am very excited about this area."

--Fujitsu-Siemens Computers (6702.T: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) (SIEGn.DE: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) Chief Marketing Officer Barbara Schaedler

"The Internet is a place where the bottom-up emergence of things -- such as relevance of sites where Google (GOOG.O: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) is going -- is really changing the way we understand how the world works."

--Seat Pagine Gialle PG.MI Chief Executive Luca Majocchi  Continued...