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Owning a comment from Charlie O'Donnell's blog post about why everybody doesn't just decide to be a leader.
Interesting question (catching up on RSS on the weekend). I'm one of those that hasn't become a leader, despite knowing lots of "leaders" in your sense (you, @canida, @kiwitobes, @chrisheuer, etc) and despite being a "leader" in high school. In my case, it's partially that I haven't quite figured out what I want to be a leader in, when I should probably just pick something and commit to it. I have several friends who chose a slightly non-mainstream area (e.g. DIY, vocal percussion or computerized smell) and became "The Guy" in that area. I still haven't found something that interests me enough to invest the time and effort to become the leader in that field, and that may just be me being fearful that I will be defined by my interests when I'd rather learn bits about lots of things. I'll have to think about this some more.