Marie Kondo, Naomi Osaka, Nathan Chen and Kevin Lin also made the list
Gold House has released its A100 list of Most Influential Asians
Deadline reports that Gold House has unveiled its second annual A100 list of Most Influential Asians.
The list champions members of the AAPI community from industries including entertainment, fashion, lifestyle, technology, business, social activism and politics over the past year.
Honorees are chosen by a committee consisting of Gold House members and Asian nonprofit leaders: Janet Yang (Producer, Joy Luck Club), Jerry Yang (Founder, Yahoo!) Steve Chen (Founder, YouTube), Center for Asian American Media (CAAM), Coalition for Asian Pacifics in Entertainment (CAPE), East West Players, Visual Communications, Olympian Michelle Kwan, Sarah Kate Ellis of GLAAD, Academy Award-Winning actor & producer Forest Whitaker, former chairman of Walt Disney Studios Rich Ross, founder of Summit Jeff Rosenthal and others.
Honorees include Killing Eve star Sandra Oh, Crazy Rich Asians director and star Jon M Chu and Awkwafina and Kpop group BTS.
Other honorees also include Tidying Up With Marie Kondo’s Marie Kondo, tennis world no.1 Naomi Osaka, figure skating world champion Nathan Chen and Twitch Co-Founder Kevin Lin.
The full list is as follows:
Creative Voices & Athletes
Awkwafina (Actress, Comedian, Musician)
BTS (Musician)
Darren Criss (Actor, Musician)
Hasan Minhaj (TV Personality, Comedian, Journalist)
Lilly Singh (Actress, TV Personality)
Marie Kondo (Author, TV Personality)
Jon M. Chu (Director)
Naomi Osaka (Tennis Player)
Nathan Chen (Figure Skater)
Sandra Oh (Actress)
Samin Nosrat (Chef, Author, TV Personality)
Phillip Lim (Designer)
Prabal Gurung (Designer)
Founders & Entrepreneurs
Amanda Nguyen (CEO & Founder, Rise & Rise Justice Labs)
Chieh Huang (CEO & Founder, BOXED)
David Chang (Chef & TV Personality)
Jen Rubio (Co-Founder & Chief Brand Officer, Away)
Katrina Lake (CEO & Founder, Stitch Fix)
Kevin Lin (Co-Founder, Twitch)
Maureen Fan (CEO & Co-Founder, Baobab Studios)
Nathaniel Ru (Co-Founder, Sweetgreen)
Shiva Rajaraman (Chief Product Officer, WeWork)
Leaders
Albert Cheng (Co-Head of TV and COO, Amazon Studios)
Betty Liu (Executive Vice Chairman, New York Stock Exchange)
Dara Khosrowshahi (CEO, Uber)
Dhivya Suryadevara (CFO, General Motors)
Hamdi Ulukaya (CEO, Chobani)
Kamala Harris (U.S. Senator and 2020 Presidential Candidate)
Dr. Leana Wen (President, Planned Parenthood)
Mark Tatum (Deputy Commissioner & Chief Operating Officer, NBA)
Michelle Lee (Editor-in-Chief, Allure Magazine)
Raj Kapoor & Emily Nishi (Chief Strategy Officer and Chief People Officer, Lyft)
Satya Nadella (CEO, Microsoft)
Saikat Chakrabarti (Chief of Staff to Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez)
Sun Chow (Chief Product Officer, Lululemon)
Theresa Kang-Lowe (Partner, William Morris Endeavor)