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AAPI Month Kicks Off With A100 List Featuring Shogun, Jungkook, Son Heung-Min, and More

Gold House kicks off Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (APAHM) with its annual A100 List

Gold House kicks off Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (APAHM) today with the release of its annual A100 List, commemorating the 100 Asian Pacific leaders who have made the most significant impact on American culture and society in the past year.

Special honors have also been bestowed for transformative influence and introduced a new category, New Gold, for emerging Asian Pacific leaders. This selection was made through a voting process involving top Asian Pacific organizations, creative and business leaders, and multicultural allies.

Gold House will recognize these individuals through a sequence of events taking place from May 10 to May 11. These events include the A100 Honoree Welcome on May 10, which is exclusively for past and present A100 honorees, and the Gold Gala on May 11, renowned as the foremost and most widely viewed Asian Pacific celebration in North America.

Asian Pacific-led creativity has continued to set records in entertainment, with achievements such as having the most-watched Netflix show of 2023 (The Night Agent), the most-watched Disney+ film premiere of 2023 (Elemental), and the most-watched FX premiere ever on Hulu (Shōgun).

Individuals like BTS singer Jungkook, the first Asian to win “Male Artist of the Year” at the People’s Choice Awards, and Alan Chikin Chow, the most-watched YouTube Shorts creator of 2023, have also left significant marks. In sports, A100 and New Gold honorees include figures like Shohei Ohtani, and Son Heung-Min, the first Asian player to score 100 Premier League goals.

Asian Pacific leaders are also pioneers in technology and policy shaping the future. They founded 42% of IPO’d companies in the United States in the last two years and lead the charge in the AI revolution, with figures like Dr. Fei-Fei Li, known as the “Godmother of AI,” and executives at major AI companies such as AMD, Google Cloud, NVIDIA, Open AI, Salesforce AI, and Scale AI.

Additionally, A100 honorees are at the forefront of crucial organizations ensuring that future technologies uphold fundamental rights, including the Human Rights Watch, the National Resources Defense Council, and the White House Correspondents’ Association.

“This year was special: Asian Pacific leaders had a record number of records broken while building a more inclusive tomorrow for all, particularly in new avenues like AI. Gold House is honored to celebrate so many new and established leaders who are committed to both equity and excellence.” said Bing Chen and Jeremy Tran, CEO and COO of Gold House.

Selected as the most impactful A100 Honorees in their respective categories, this year’s “A1s” are:

Business & Technology: Jensen Huang (Co-Founder, President, and CEO, NVIDIA)
Entertainment & Media: Dev Patel (Actor, Director, Producer, and Writer)
Fashion & Lifestyle: Anish Melwani (Chairman and CEO, LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton Inc.)
Social Impact: Maui First Responders
Gaming & Sports: Rachell “Valkyrae” Hofstetter (Content Creator and Streamer)
Additionally, seven individuals who have been selected for prior A100 Lists were selected for induction into the Hall of Fame: Jason Momoa (Actor); Collin Morikawa (Professional Golfer); Shohei Ohtani (Professional Baseball Player, Los Angeles Dodgers); Olivia Rodrigo (Singer, Songwriter, and Actor); Dr. Lisa Su (Chair and CEO, AMD); Garry Tan (President and CEO, Y Combinator); James Wan (Director, Producer, and Writer)

The A100 also includes special honors:

Billboard Gold Music Honor, in partnership with Billboard, for boundary-pushing musical accomplishments that redefine cultural narratives: Saweetie (Multi-platinum selling recording artist, and entrepreneur)
Gold Ally Honor for multicultural leaders committed to progressing culture for all: Cynthia Erivo (Grammy, Emmy, Tony-winning and Oscar-nominated actress, singer, songwriter and producer, and star of the forthcoming WICKED)
Gold Icon Honor for a transformational moment for the Asian Pacific community: Beef Cast & Creators
Gold Legend Honor for a lifetime of indelible contributions to the success and representation of the Asian Pacific community: Bang Si-Hyuk (Chairman, HYBE), Karan Johar (Producer, Author, Talk Show Host, and Entrepreneur); Padma Lakshmi (Producer, Author, Host, and Entrepreneur); Lucy Liu (Actress, Artist, Advocate, Director, and Producer)

2024 A100 List

A100

The A100 recognizes the 100 most impactful Asian Pacific leaders on culture and society over the past year.

Business & Technology

Alexandr Wang (Founder and CEO, Scale AI)
Clara Shih (CEO, Salesforce AI)
Crystal Wang English Sacca (Founding Partner, Lowercarbon Capital)
Don Liu & Prat Vemana (Chief Legal and Compliance Officer & Executive Vice President and Chief Digital and Product Officer, Target)
Fei-Fei Li (Sequoia Professor of Computer Science and Co-Director of the Human-Centered AI Institute, Stanford University)
Jason Kwon (CSO, OpenAI)
Jeff Wong (Global Chief Innovation Officer, EY)
Matt Ogawa, Naomi Gleit & Pratiti Raychoudhury (Vice President of Core Business Human Resources, Head of Product & Vice President of New Monetization Experiences, Meta)
Nilay Patel (Editor-in-Chief, The Verge)
Raja Rajamannar & Sachin Mehra (Chief Marketing Officer & Chief Financial Officer, Mastercard)
Carla Hassan & Sanoke Viswanathan (Chief Marketing Officer & Chief Strategy and Growth Officer and CEO of International Consumer Banking, JPMorgan Chase & Co.)
Sehr Thadhani (Chief Digital Officer, Nasdaq)
Shailesh Jejurikar (COO, Procter & Gamble)
Shakir Moin (President of Marketing, Coca-Cola North America)
Shou Chew (CEO, TikTok)
Suresh Kumar (Chief Technology Officer and Chief Development Officer, Walmart)
Takeshi Numoto (EVP and Chief Marketing Officer, Microsoft)
Tariq Hassan (SVP, Chief Marketing and CXO, McDonald’s USA)
Thomas Kurian (CEO, Google Cloud)

Entertainment & Media

Albert Kim, Gordon Cormier & Dallas Liu (Showrunner & Stars, Avatar: The Last Airbender)
Alex Norström (Co-President and Chief Business Officer, Spotify)
Alexander Woo, Zine Tseng, Benedict Wong, Rosalind Chao & Jess Hong (Executive Producer, Co-Creator & Stars, 3 Body Problem)
Alia Bhatt (Actor, Producer, Entrepreneur)
Anand Kini (EVP of Corporate Strategy, Comcast and CFO, NBCUniversal)
Anita Lee (Chief Programming Officer, TIFF)
Anna Sawai, Mari Yamamoto & Ren Watabe (Stars, Monarch: Legacy of Monsters)
Arjun Pulijal (Artist Advocate, and Former President, Capitol Music Group)
Bella Poarch (Musician)
Calvin Yee (Partner, Egon Zehnder)
Carla Serrano & Susie Nam (Global Chief Strategy Officer, Publicis Groupe and CEO, Publicis New York; & CEO, Publicis Creative US)
Celine Song, Greta Lee & Teo Yoo (Writer and Director & Stars, Past Lives)
Charli XCX (Music Artist)
David Park (Partner and Television Agent, UTA)
Dev Patel (Actor, Director, Producer, and Writer)
Eiichiro Oda, Steven Maeda & Mackenyu (Creator, Executive Producer & Star, ONE PIECE)
Ginger Chan (CMO, WME)
Grant Ogburn (Global Chief Growth Officer, UM)
Hayao Miyazaki (Director and Co-Founder, Studio Ghibli)
Howard Lee (President, Discovery Channel Networks and TLC)
Janet Yang (President, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences)
Jazz Tangcay (Senior Artisans Editor, Variety)
Jung Kook (Music Artist)
Keanu Reeves (Actor)
Lee Jung-jae (Actor and Filmmaker)
Luciane Buchanan (Actor)
Lulu Wang, Sarayu Blue & Ji-young Yoo (Showrunner and Director & Stars, Expats)
Maya Erskine (Actor)
Parris Goebel (Choreographer and Creative Director)
Peter Sohn, Brenda Hsueh & Leah Lewis (Writer, Director & Star, Elemental)
Rachel Kondo, Hiroyuki Sanada & Anna Sawai (Executive Producer and Co-Creator, Producer & Stars, Shōgun)
Rosemary Palacios, Yinan Shentu, TJ & Bobby Pontillas (Director of Talent Outreach, Inclusion, and Creative Development, Puppeteer, Muppet & Animation Director, Sesame Street)
SAG-AFTRA (Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists)
Steve Aoki (DJ, Producer, and Entrepreneur)
Stray Kids (K-Pop Group)
Takashi Yamazaki (Director, Writer, and VFX Supervisor)
Viet Thanh Nguyen, Park Chan-wook & Hoa Xuande (Pulitzer Prize-winning Author, Co-Showrunner and Director & Star, The Sympathizer)
WGA (Writers Guild of America West and Writers Guild of America East)

Fashion & Lifestyle

Alan Chikin Chow (Content Creator)
Alok Vaid-Menon (Comedian, Author, and Public Speaker)
Anish Melwani (Chairman and CEO, LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton Inc.)
Asmita Dubey & Han Wen (Chief Digital & Marketing Officer, L’Oreal Groupe & Chief Digital and Marketing Officer, L’Oreal USA)
Daniel Martin (Makeup Artist, Beauty Authority, and Social Activist)
Deborah Yeh & Zena Arnold (Global CMO & US CMO, Sephora)
Divia Thani (Global Editorial Director, Condé Nast Traveler)
Faye Iosotaluno (CEO, Tinder)
Gabriel Whaley (Founder, MSCHF)
Hanya Yanagihara (Editor-in-Chief, T: The New York Times Style Magazine)
Hesam Hosseini (CEO, Evergreen & Emerging Brands, Match Group)
Jay Shetty (Author, Podcast Host of On Purpose, and Chief Purpose Officer of Calm)
Kristen Kish (Chef, Author, and TV Host)
Peter Do (Fashion Designer and Creative Director, Helmut Lang)
Tarang Amin & Laurie Lam (Chairman and CEO & Chief Brand Officer, e.l.f. Beauty)
Tim Flores & Genie Kwon (Chefs, Kasama)

Gaming & Sports

Alex Albon (Formula One Driver)
Anthony Volpe (Shortstop, NY Yankees)
Arvind KC, Christina Wootton & Shobz Ahluwalia (Chief People and Systems Officer, Chief Partnerships Officer & Chief Information Officer, Roblox)
Asad Qizilbash (Head, PlayStation Productions and Head of Product, PlayStation Studios)
Carissa Moore (Olympic Gold Medalist, Surfing)
Dylan Jadeja (CEO, Riot Games)
Helen Chiang (COO of Game Content and Studios, Xbox)
Jess Park (Chief of Brand and Fan Engagement, U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee)
Mark Fischbach (Creator and Filmmaker)
Nyjah Huston (Professional Skateboarder)
Rachell “Valkyrae” Hofstetter (Content Creator and Streamer)
Sandra Douglass Morgan (President, Las Vegas Raiders)
Scout Bassett (Paralympian, Author, and Advocate)
Son Heung-min (Professional Soccer Player, Tottenham Hotspur F.C.)

Social Impact

Ajay Banga (President, World Bank Group)
Ambassador Katherine Tai (19th United States Trade Representative)
Ann Young Lee (Co-Founder and CEO, CORE (Community Organized Relief Effort))
Christine Chen (Executive Director and Co-Founder, Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote)
Julie Morita, MD & May Ng (MD, Executive VP & Chief Investment Officer, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation)
Krystal Ka’ai (Executive Director, White House Initiative on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders)
Manish Bapna (President and CEO, NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council))
Maui First Responders
Natalie Tran (Executive Director, CAA Foundation)
Swati Sharma (Editor-in-Chief and Publisher, Vox)
Terry Tang (Executive Editor, Los Angeles Times)
Tirana Hassan (Executive Director, Human Rights Watch)
Weijia Jiang (Senior White House Correspondent, CBS News)

A1s

The A1 is given to the individual or group who is the most impactful in their industry and is selected from A100 Honorees and past and current Hall of Fame inductees.

A1 in Business & Technology: Jensen Huang (Co-Founder, President, and CEO, NVIDIA)
A1 in Entertainment & Media: Dev Patel (Actor, Director, Producer, and Writer)
A1 in Fashion & Lifestyle: Anish Melwani (Chairman and CEO, LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton Inc.)
A1 in Social Impact: Maui First Responders
A1 in Gaming & Sports: Rachell “Valkyrae” Hofstetter (Content Creator & Streamer)

A100 HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES

Individuals who have been on prior A100 lists are selected for induction into the Hall of Fame as a tribute to their continued and consistent impact.

Garry Tan (President and CEO, Y Combinator)
Dr. Lisa Su (Chair and CEO, AMD)
Shohei Ohtani (Professional Baseball Player, Los Angeles Dodgers)
Collin Morikawa (Professional Golfer)
James Wan (Director, Producer, and Writer)
Olivia Rodrigo (Singer, Songwriter, and Actor)
Jason Momoa (Actor)

2024 Special Honors

Gold Legends:

The Gold Legend Honor recognizes a lifetime of indelible contributions to the success and representation of the Asian Pacific community.

Bang Si-Hyuk (Chairman, HYBE)
Karan Johar (Producer, Author, Talk Show Host, and Entrepreneur)
Lucy Liu (Actress, Artist, Advocate, Director, and Producer)
Padma Lakshmi (Producer, Author, Host, and Entrepreneur)

New Gold:

The inaugural New Gold Honor recognizes rising leaders who will redefine canon for the Asian Pacific community.

ATEEZ (K-Pop Group)
Alyssa Thompson (Professional Soccer Player)
Hoa Xuande (Actor)
Kim Shui (Designer and Founder)
Laufey (Music Artist)
Natasha Liu Bordizzo (Actor)
Rose Zhang (Professional Golfer)
Steven Lee (Partner, SV Angel)
Ziad Ahmed & Shaina Zafar (Head of Next Gen & Executive at Next Gen, UTA Marketing)
Zohreen Shah (Correspondent, ABC News)