Time's annual list of the 100 Most Influential people included 16 Asian and Asian Americans. The best known Asian American is actor Dev Patel but the wide-ranging list includes athletes, creatives, entrepreneurs and leaders in Asia.
"Influence, we know, is complex: it can be for better and for worse, it can span generations, categories, and perspective," said TIME Editor in Chief Sam Jacobs writes in his letter to readers. "Time100 is an unparalleled way for us to tell essential stories about the people and ideas that shape and improve the world."
Along with Patel, the other Asians and Asian Americans included in this year's list are:
Actress Alia Bhatt, Indian Olympic wrestler Sakshi Malik, film animator Hayao Miyazaki, auto manufacturer Wang Chuanfu, sociologist Chizuko Ueno, next-in line Taiwan President William Lai, Philippine President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos, World Bank president Ajay Banga, China's Premier Li Qiang. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, immunologist Akiko Iwasaki, scientist Katsuhiko Hayashi, Bangladeshi architect Marina Tabassum, and astronomer Priyamvada Natarajan.
The four incividuals chosen for the Time covers are The issue has 4 worldwide covers, each highlighting a member of the TIME100: singer-songwriter Dua Lipa, football quarterback Patrick Mahomes, actor Taraji P. Henson, and Yulia Navalnaya, a leader of Russia's opposition movement.
"Influence, we know, is complex: it can be for better and for worse, it can span generations, categories, and perspective," said TIME Editor in Chief Sam Jacobs writes in his letter to readers. "Time100 is an unparalleled way for us to tell essential stories about the people and ideas that shape and improve the world."
Along with Patel, the other Asians and Asian Americans included in this year's list are:
Actress Alia Bhatt, Indian Olympic wrestler Sakshi Malik, film animator Hayao Miyazaki, auto manufacturer Wang Chuanfu, sociologist Chizuko Ueno, next-in line Taiwan President William Lai, Philippine President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos, World Bank president Ajay Banga, China's Premier Li Qiang. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, immunologist Akiko Iwasaki, scientist Katsuhiko Hayashi, Bangladeshi architect Marina Tabassum, and astronomer Priyamvada Natarajan.
Perhaps most controversial is that neither President Joe Biden or his opponent Donald Trump were left off the list.
This year's 16 Asian and Asian Americans top influencers were more than the 14 selected last year but less than the 20 picked in 2019.
Time will celebrate the 2024 Time 100 list of the world's most influential people at the Time 100 Summit on April 24 and the Time 100 Gala on April 25 in New York City. The gala will air as a primetime television special on May 12 on ABC.
Time will celebrate the 2024 Time 100 list of the world's most influential people at the Time 100 Summit on April 24 and the Time 100 Gala on April 25 in New York City. The gala will air as a primetime television special on May 12 on ABC.
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