The A100
Every May, the A100 honors the 100 most impactful Asian Pacific leaders in culture and society over the past year, as well as special honors for unique contributions. Celebrate the honorees through this special film, produced in partnership with Google, and learn more about their achievements below.
Nominations are now open for the 2025 A100. Please submit your nomination by December 1, 2024.
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2021 A100 List
In the face of hate, we fight back. We’re stronger than what meets us. And we’re still here.This year, we honor both excellence in achievement and eminence in activism.
2021 A100 List Partners
A1s
Honorees
- All
- Activism, Advocacy & Politics
- Business & Finance
- Entertainment
- Lifestyle
- Media & Journalism
- Sports & Health
- Technology & Innovation
Alfred Lin
Partner, Sequoia Capital
Alice Wu
Writer, Director & Producer
Allen Shim
Chief Financial Officer, Slack
Ally Maki
Actress & Founder, Asian American Girl Club
Amrita Ahuja
Chief Financial Officer, Square
Anderson .Paak
Grammy Award Winning Musician
Andrew Toy
President & Chief Technology Officer, Clover Health
Andy Fang, Stanley Tang, Tony Xu
Co-Founders, Doordash
Andy Kim
U.S. Representative
Angela Hwang
Group President, Pfizer Biopharmaceuticals Group
Anjali Sud
CEO, Vimeo
Anne Chow
CEO, AT&T Business
Auli‘i Cravalho
Actress
Baiju Bhatt
Co-Founder, Robinhood
Bao Nguyen
Director & Producer
Bela Bajaria
Chief Content Officer, Netflix
Benjamin Ling
Founder & General Partner, Bling Capital
Benny Luo
Founder & CEO, NextShark
Blackpink
K-Pop Artists
Bowen Yang
Comedian, Writer, & Actor
Carlo L. Katigbak
President & CEO, ABS-CBN Corporation
Caroline Yim
Partner & Co-Head of Hip-Hop/R&B, WME
Cathy Park Hong
Author, "Minor Feelings"
CeFaan Kim
Reporter, ABC7NY
Chetan Pungaliya, Gautam Golwala, Manish Chandra, Tracy Sun
Co-Founders, Poshmark
Chi-Hua Chien & Eric Kim
Founders & Managing Partners, Goodwater Capital
Chloé Zhao
Director, Writer & Producer
Christina Oh
Producer
Christine Chen
Executive Director and Co-Founder, Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote
Christine Ha
Chef, Author, & Restaurateur
Christine Tsai
CEO & Founding Partner, 500 Startups
Collin Morikawa
PGA Champion
Connie Wun, Ph.D.
Co-Founder, AAPI Women Lead
Cynthia Choi, Manjusha Kulkarni, Dr. Russell Jeung
Co-Founders, Stop AAPI Hate
Dariush Ajami, Sanjay C. Shah
Chief Innovation Officer & Chief Operating Officer, Beyond Meat
Dave Roberts
Manager, Los Angeles Dodgers
Deborah Liu
CEO, Ancestry
Derek Hsu, Sean Miyashiro
President & CEO, 88Rising
Destin Daniel Cretton
Director
Dhivya Suryadevara
Chief Financial Officer, Stripe
Dion Lim
Anchor & Reporter, ABC7 KGO-TV
Eric S. Yuan
Founder & CEO, Zoom
Eric Wong
President & CMO, Warner Recorded Music
Eric Wu
CEO & Co-Founder, Opendoor
Erik Spoelstra
Head Coach, Miami Heat
Gemma Chan
Actress
George Ruan
Co-Founder, Honey
H.E.R.
Grammy & Oscar Winning Musician
Helen Lin
Chief Digital Officer, Publicis Groupe
Hisao Kushi, Yony Feng
Chief Legal Officer & Chief Technology Officer, Peloton
Ian Alexander
Actor
Jeannie Mai
Emmy-Award Winning Host & Activist
Jim Kwik
CEO Kwik Brain & New York Times Best-Selling Author
Joanne Kwong
President, Pearl River Mart
Joji
Musician
K-Pop Fandom
K-Pop Fans Who Mass Mobilized for Social & Political Activism
Kamala Harris
Vice President of the United States of America
Kelly Marie Tran
Actor & Producer
Kenneth Lin
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Credit Karma
Kim Ng
General Manager, Miami Marlins
Kimmy Yam
Reporter, NBC Asian America
Kruti Patel Goyal
Chief Product Officer, Etsy
Lee Isaac Chung
Writer & Director
Manny Maceda
Worldwide Managing Partner, Bain & Company
Marvin Chow
VP Global Marketing, Google
Maya Chorengel
Co-Managing Partner, The Rise Fund | TPG
Michelle Ye Hee Lee
Reporter of The Washington Post & President of AAJA
Minjae Ormes, Miguel Quiroga
CMO & CEO, Visible
Miriam Warren, Vivek Patel
Chief Diversity Officer, Chief Product Officer, Yelp
Naomi Osaka
Tennis Champion
Nick Tran
Head of Global Marketing, TikTok
Olivia Munn
Actress & Activist
Olivia Rodrigo
Singer/Songwriter
Padma Lakshmi
Author, Host, & Executive Producer
Patrick Starrr
Beauty Guru, YouTube Personality, & ONE/SIZE Beauty Founder
Peter Tsai
Creator, N95 Mask
Phillip Sun
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, M88
Ramsey Naito
President, Nickelodeon Animation
Rick Yang
General Partner, New Enterprise Associates
Riz Ahmed
Actor, Rapper, Musician & Activist
Ronny Chieng
Comedian, Actor & Writer
Ryan Kaji
Kid Creator & Star, Ryan's World
Satish Mehta, Sumit Singh
CTO & CEO, Chewy
Saweetie
Multi-Platinum Selling Recording Artist and Entrepreneur
Shailesh Jejurikar
COO, Procter & Gamble
Shi Zhengli, Yong-Zhen Zhang
Chinese Virologists
Simu Liu
Actor, Author, & Activist
Sonia Syngal
CEO, Gap Inc
Theresa Kang-Lowe
Founder & CEO, Blue Marble Pictures
Vincent Kitirattragarn
Founder & CEO, Dang Foods
Vivek J. Tiwary
Producer, Author, and Founder of Tiwary Entertainment Group
Weijia Jiang
Senior White House Correspondent, CBS News
Weili Zhang
UFC Strawweight World Champion
Wendy Ong
President, TaP Music
Wesley Chan
Managing Director, Felicis Ventures
Younghoe Koo
Kicker, Atlanta Falcons
Judges
Julia Gouw
Chairwoman, Piermont Bank
Zeenat Rahman
Director of the Inclusive America Project, Aspen Institute
Tiffany R. Warren
Executive Vice President, Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer, Sony Music Group President and Founder, ADCOLOR
Tarana Burke
Founder, 'me too.' Movement
Steve Chen
Internet Entrepeneur & Co-Founder, YouTube
Sarah Kate Ellis
President & CEO, GLAAD
Robert A. Iger
Executive Chairman and Chairman of the Board, The Walt Disney Company
Rich Ross
Producer & Former Chairman, The Walt Disney Studios
Michelle Yeoh
Actress, Producer & Philanthropist
Michael B. Jordan
Actor & Producer
Martin Yan
Host, Yan Can Cook & Chef-Founder, M.Y. China Restaurant
Mark Tatum
Deputy Commissioner & Chief Operating Officer, National Basketball Association
Lisa Ling
Executive Producer & Host of "This is Life with Lisa Ling," CNN
Lea Salonga
Award Winning Actress & Singer
Jim Lee
Chief Creative Officer & Publisher, DC
Jerry Yang
Co-Founder, Yahoo! Inc & Founding Partner, AME Cloud Ventures
Jeff Rosenthal
Co-Founder & Curator, Summit
Janice Min
Contributing Editor, Time & Former Co-President and CCO, The Hollywood Reporter-Billboard Media Group
Janet Yang
Founder and President of Janet Yang Productions Governor, Motion Picture Academy
Gurinder Chadha
Film Director, Writer, & Producer
George Takei
Pioneering Actor, Author, Activist, & Influencer
Far East Movement
First Asian American Music Group to Top the Billboard Music Charts
David Ono
News Anchor & Journalist, ABC7
David Henry Hwang
Award Winning Playwright & Screenwriter
Daniel Dae Kim
Actor and Producer, 3AD
Dado & Mario Banatao
Founders & Managing Partners of Tallwood Venture Capital, Inventor of PC Chip, & Philanthropists
Bill Imada
Founder, Chairman & Chief Connectivity Officer, IW Group
Apolo Anton Ohno
All-Time Most Decorated American Winter Olympian
Andrew & Peggy Cherng
Co-Founders & Co-CEOs, Panda Restaurant Group
Ajay Banga
Executive Chairman, Mastercard
Hall of Fame
Abhijay Prakash
President, Universal Filmed Entertainment Group
Agnes Chu
President, Condé Nast Entertainment
Aileen Lee
Founder & Partner, Cowboy Ventures
Albert Cheng
VP, Head of Prime Video U.S.
Ali Wong
Comedian, Writer & Actress
Amrita Ahuja
Chief Financial Officer, Block
Andrew Yang
American Politican
Annie Lee
CFO, Interscope Geffen A&M
Awkwafina
Actress & Comedian
Bela Bajaria
Chief Content Officer, Netflix
BLACKPINK
Musicians
BTS
Musicians
Chieh Huang
CEO, Boxed
Chloe Kim
Olympic Gold Medalist, Snowboarding
Chrissy Teigen
Model, TV Host & Lifestyle Curator
Collin Morikawa
Professional Golfer
Dan Lin
CEO, Rideback
Daniel Dae Kim
Actor, Producer, Director & CEO of 3AD Media
David Chang
Author, TV Personality & Founder of Momofuku Group
Dr. Lisa Su
Chair and CEO, AMD
Dr. Priscilla Chan
Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Dwayne Johnson
Actor & Producer
Eric S. Yuan
CEO, Zoom