Ali Wang, Awkwafina, Bruno Mars, Chloe Bennet, Daniel Dae Kim, James Wan, Nathan Chen, Randall Park and Steven Yuen also made the list
An inaugural list of 100 influential Asian Americans has been published to celebrate Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month.
Nonprofit collective Gold House has published the first A100 list of the most influential Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders from the past year.
It marks the start of Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month as well as the 50th anniversary of the first recognized usage of the term ‘Asian American’.
Among the 100 Asian Americans named are The Rock, Constance Wu, Justin Chon, Ali Wang, Awkwafina, Bruno Mars, Chloe Bennet, Daniel Dae Kim, James Wan, Randall Park and Steven Yuen.
As well as actors, the list includes Asian Americans from a variety of fields including activism, finance, sports, media, and technology. Olympic ice skater Nathan Chen, Amazon Studios co-head of television Albert Cheng and Twitch co-founder Kevin Lin also made the list.
Selection for the list began with open nominations from 36 major AAPI community leaders as well as Gold House’s hundreds of Asian-American creative and business leader members. Honorees were chosen by a committee that included Far East Movement, Pharrell Williams, Michelle Kwan and Janice Min.
“All too often, the impact of Asians in the worlds of media, fashion, the arts, activism and sometimes even technology is unseen or understated,” selection committee member Khai Meng Tham, co-chair and chief creative officer at Ogilvy & Mather, said in a statement.
“The A100 uniquely cuts across genders, pan-Asian ethnicities, beliefs, industries, and generations. I’m so proud of them and of Gold House for this incredible initiative.”
The full list is as follows:
Agnes Chu
SVP, Head of Programming for OTT, The Walt Disney Company
Aileen Lee
Founder & Partner, Cowboy Ventures
Alan Yang
Filmmaker
Albert Cheng
Co-Head of Television and Chief Operating Officer, Amazon Studios
Ali Wong
Comedian, Writer
Amy Morhaime
Head of Esports at Blizzard
Andrew & Peggy Cherng
Founders & Co-CEOs of Panda Restaurant Group
Angela Duckworth
Founder & CEO, Character Lab Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania
Anjali Sud
CEO, Vimeo
Ann Miura-Ko
Co-Founder & Partner, Floodgate
Ann Mukherjee
Chief Global Marketing Officer, SC Johnson
Anu Duggal & Sutian Dong
Partners, Female Founders Fund
Awkwafina
Actress & Comedian
Aziz Ansari
Actor, Comedian, Filmmaker
Bee Tham
Founder, The Bee in the Lion
Bob Wu
Co-Founder & CEO, Teleport
Bobby Murphy & Imran Khan
Co-Founder & CTO at Snap | Chief Strategy Officer at Snap
Bruno Mars
Singer & Songwriter
Caroline Yim
Agent, CAA
Cassey Ho
Founder & CEO of Blogilates
Cayden Mak & Taz Ahmed
Executive Director & Campaign Strategist, 18MillionRising
Celeste Ng
Author
Chieh Huang
Co-Founder & CEO, Boxed
Chloe Bennet
Actress
Chloe Kim
Olympic Gold Medalist Snowboarder
Chrissy Teigen
Model, TV Host, Lifestyle Curator
Constance Wu
Actress
Craig Robinson
Executive Vice President & Chief Diversity Officer, NBCUniversal
Dan Lin
CEO, Rideback
Daniel Dae Kim
Actor, Producer, Director
David Chang
Restaurateur, Author, TV Personality & Founder, Momofuku Group
David Eun
President, Samsung NEXT & Chief Innovation Officer, Samsung Electronics
Dr. Priscilla Chan
Co-Founder of Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Pediatrician, Educator
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson
Actor, Producer
Eric Feng
General Partner, Kleiner Perkins & Founding CTO, Hulu
Eugene Lee Yang
Actor, Writer, Director, Viral Media Producer
Eva Chen
Fashion & Lifestyle, Instagram
Fareed Zakaria
Journalist, Author
Gordon Ho
Chief Marketing & Sales Officer, Princess Cruises
Grace Meng
Congresswoman & Vice Chair of the Democratic National Committee
Hans Tung
Managing Partner, GGV Capital
Hasan Minhaj
Comedian
Indra Nooyi
CEO & Chairman, PepsiCo
James Wan
Filmmaker
Jamie Chung
Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Walmart eCommerce
Jen-Hsun “Jensen” Huang
Co-Founder & CEO, NVIDIA
Jeremy Liew
Partner, Lightspeed Venture Partners
Jess Lee
Partner, Sequoia Capital & former CEO, Polyvore
Jon M. Chu
Filmmaker
Justin Chon
Filmmaker
Justin Lin
Filmmaker
Kamala D. Harris
United States Senator
Katrina Lake
CEO, Stitch Fix
Kehlani
Singer & Songwriter
Keli Lee
Managing Director, International Content, Platforms and Talent, ABC Studios International
Kevin Iwashina
Agent, Endeavor Content
Kevin Lin
Co-Founder, Twitch & Angel Investor/Advisor
Kim Yutani
Senior Programmer, Sundance Film Festival
Kumail Nanjiani
Comedian, Actor, Writer
Lisa Ling
Executive Producer & Host of This is Life with Lisa Ling, CNN
Lisa Nishimura
VP, Original Documentary & Comedy Programming, Netflix
Liza Koshy
Actress, Comedian
Mark Tatum
Deputy Commissioner & Chief Operating Officer, NBA
Melissa Lee
Television Anchor, Fast Money, CNBC
Michelle Lee
Editor-in-Chief, Allure
Mindy Kaling
Actress, Writer, Comedian
Nathan Chen
Figure Skater
Neeraj Khemlani
President of Entertainment & Syndication, Hearst
Nina Yang Bongiovi
Film Producer
Nita Song
President & Chief Momentum Officer, IW Group
Peter Kang
Co-President of Production, Lionsgate
Peter Wang
Heroic Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corp Member
Phil Yu
Blogger & Founder, Angry Asian Man
Philip Wang & Wesley Chan
Filmmakers & Co-Founders, Wong Fu Productions
Preeti Sriratana
Chairman/President, Apex for Youth & Co-Founder, Sweeten & Partner, MN Architects
Priyanka Chopra
Actress, Singer, Producer
Rachel Lam
Co-founder & Managing Partner, Imagination Capital
Radhika Jones
Editor-in-Chief, Vanity Fair
Randall Park
Actor
Reshma Saujani
CEO & Founder, Girls Who Code
Rich Lui
News Anchor, MSNBC, NBC News
Riz Ahmed
Actor
Robert Lopez
Songwriter
Sanjay Sharma
Entrepreneur & Media Executive
Satya Nadella
CEO, Microsoft
Schuyler Bailar
Swimmer
Seung Bak
Co-Founder & former CEO, DramaFever (currently WB Digital Labs)
Shan-Lyn Ma
CEO & Founder, Zola
Shiva Rajaraman
Chief Product Officer, WeWork
Steven Yeun
Actor & Producer
Sundar Pichai
CEO, Google
Susette Hsiung
Executive Vice President, Production, Disney Channel Worldwide
Susie Nam
Chief Operating Officer, Droga5
Suzy Ryoo
VP, Technology & Innovation, Atom Factory & Partner, Cross Culture Ventures
Tammy Duckworth
United States Senator & Veteran Hero
Ted Chung
Co-Founder & Chairman, Cashmere Agency
Tina Tchen
Partner, Buckley Sandler
Vishnu Menon
Managing Director, Warburg Pincus
Walter Hamada
President, DC Films, Warner Bros.
Yoon Ahn
Founder & Designer, Ambush