The list, which honors the 100 most influential changemakers in culture and society, also includes Alyssa Liu, Zahran Mamdani, Lee Seung Jin, Katsi, Bruno Mars, and the bands “The Pitt” and “Chief of War.”
Gold House released its annual list of 100 leaders and changemakers, renamed this year as the Gold100, on Friday, including a slew of new and established faces in the entertainment industry and beyond.
Hot competition Hudson-Williams is among the 10 new faces to be honored in the ‘New Gold’ section of the list, alongside other entertainers including international girl group KATSEYE, British singer Lola Young and actor Ishaan Khatter.
The entertainment and media section of the list covers a wide range of talent across the industry including meat Season 2 actor Charles Melton and show creator Lee Seung-jin, filmmakers Chloe Zhao and Destin Danielle Cretton, singers Kehlani and Lovi, actress Lola Tong, and members of the HBO Max cast. the house And they’re both a songwriting team Demon hunters in kpopThe hit song “Golden” and the actors and filmmakers from the movie.
Gold100 honorees will be celebrated at the organization’s upcoming Gold Gala later this month. The ceremony promised onstage moments from honorees EJAE, Teresa Jo, Human Made, Tejasvi Manoj, Brett Bolton, and Jen Lee, along with special awards given to Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Milton, Elaine Jo, Jet Li, Simu Liu, and Revathi Advaithi.
See the full list of 2026 Gold100 honorees below.
Business and technology
- Alexander Wang (CEO, AI, Meta)
- Aman Singer and Sawaleh Asif (co-founders, Al Moasher)
- Anil Chakravarthy and David Wadhwani (Head of Customer Experience Orchestration and Head of Creative and Productivity Business at Adobe)
- Chris Down and Ken Wei (Executive Vice President, Chief Design and Innovation Officer and Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer, Mattel)
- Demis Hassabis (Co-Founder and CEO, Google DeepMind)
- Dr. Maurice Chang and Dr. Si Si Wei (Founder, Chairman and CEO of TSMC)
- Giriraj Sethi (Co-Founder and CTO, Substack)
- Jason Kwon (Chief Strategy Officer, OpenAI)
- Kruti Patel Goyal (CEO, Etsy)
- Manit Ahuja (General Editor, Forbes)
- Melanie Perkins and Cameron Adams (Co-Founder, CEO and Chief Product Officer, Canva)
- Rahul Patel (CTO, Anthropy)
- Revathi Advithi (CEO, Flex)
- Reynold Shen (Co-Founder, Databricks)
- Subih Khan (COO, Apple)
- Samantha Wu and Anand Gandhi (former Marketing Director and former CFO of Eventbrite)
- Saswat Panigrahi and Amar K. Mehta (Chief Product Officer and Chief Legal Officer, Waymo)
- Shailesh Jejurikar (President and CEO, Procter & Gamble)
- Sheila Vashi, Praveer Melwani, and Yuhki Yamashita (CMO, CFO, and Chief Product Officer at Figma)
- Srini Gopalan (President and CEO, T-Mobile)
- Stephanie Mehta (CEO and Chief Content Officer, Mansueto Ventures): Fast company & a company.)
- Theresia Guo (Founder, Acrew Capital)
- Vineet Mehra (Chief Growth and Marketing Officer, Chime)
- Vinod Khosla (Founder, Khosla Ventures)
- Will Liu, Sandeep Grover, Fiona Ying Zhi (Producer, Business Solutions and Monetization, Global Head of Trust & Safety and Head of Product, TikTok)
Entertainment and media
- Alex Norstrom (Co-CEO, Spotify)
- Asad Ayaz (Chief Marketing and Brand Officer, The Walt Disney Company)
- meat Season 2 (Main Cast and Creator, Charles Melton and Lee Seung Jin)
- Bruno Mars (music artist)
- War chief (Independent Spirit Award-winning cast, creators and directors: Lucian Buchanan, Cliff Curtis, Brandon Finn, Moses Goodes, Te Ao O Henebihinga, Siwa Ikale Ao, Keala Kahuani-Baleka, Maini Kinimaka, Kaina Makua, Jason Momoa, Temuera Morrison, Te Kohi Tohaka, Doug Jung and Thomas Pa Sibbett)
- Chloe Zhao (Academy Award-winning film director)
- Destin Daniel Cretton (Director)
- Emily Chang (Emmy Award-winning journalist, author, and executive producer) The ring with Emily Chang(Bloomberg Origins)
- golden (Multi-award winning songwriters, producers and singers for “Golden”: EJAE, Audrey Nona, REI AMI, Teddy Park, IDO & 24)
- Hoppers (Director and lead voice actors, Daniel Chung and Piper Korda)
- Imran Majid (Co-Chairman and CEO of Island Records)
- Jenna Adler (music agent, CAA)
- Jenny Han (writer, director, executive producer)
- Josephine (Main cast and directors Mason Reeves, Gemma Chan, Beth de Araujo)
- Kehlani (music artist)
- Koyoharu Gotoge (creator, Demon Slayer)
- Demon hunters in kpop (Multi-award winning filmmakers and HUNTR/X: Maggie Kang, Michelle Wong, Arden Chu, Mai Hong, Ji Young Yu, Ejay, Audrey Nona and REI AMI)
- Lovi (two-time Grammy Award-winning music artist)
- Lilo and Stitch (Main cast and writer Maya Kealoha, Sydney Agudong, Chris Kekanyokalani Bright)
- Lola Tong (actor)
- Lucy Liu (lead actress, Rosemead)
- Marian Lee (Marketing Director, Netflix)
- Mike Chothakiw (Chief Commercial Officer, Dick Clark Productions)
- Philip Sun (Founder and CEO of 1v1 Entertainment)
- Sam Wu (CEO, Rakuten Viki)
- Sinners (Academy Award-nominated producers and Academy Award-winning cinematographers Seif Ohanian, Zinzi Kugler, and Autumn Dorald Arkapaw)
- Sonali Mehta and Soraya Muhammad (CEO and Executive Producer, NPR Music)
- the house (Award-Winning Actor and Executive Producer: Amilyn Abillera, Shabana Aziz, Issa Briones, Supriya Ganesh, Kristin Villanueva and Simran Bhadwan)
- Evil: for good (Actors and directors Bowen Yang, Michelle Yeoh, and Jun M. Chu)
Fashion and lifestyle
- Arthur Sze (American Poet Laureate)
- Bindu Shah (Chief Marketing Officer and Digital Director, Equinox)
- Bobby Kim (Global Creative Director, Disney Consumer Products)
- Byunghoon Kim (CEO, APR (medicube))
- Chitose Abe (Founder and Creative Director of Sakai)
- Dao-Yi Zhao (Designer and Co-Founder, New York Public School)
- David Coe (CEO, The Quiet & Best-Selling Author)
- Dhar Man (founder of Dhar Man Studios)
- Eric Chan (Chief Business and Strategy Officer, Gap Inc.)
- Josephine Antosi and Senior Jane (President and Chief Growth Officer, Erewhon)
- JP and Elijah Park (Chef Owner and Co-Founder of Atomix)
- Kevin Ma (Founder and CEO, Hypebeast)
- Neil Shah (Chief Commercial Officer, SharkNinja)
- Rati Sahi Levesque (CEO, The RealReal)
- Rei Matsunuma and Rihito Hatoyama (CEO, COO and Chief Strategy Officer, HUMAN MADE)
- Sandy Liang (Fashion Designer)
- Tejal Rao and Lijaya Mishan (Co-Chairman of Restaurant Critics, New York Times)
- Vijay Kumar, Chintan Pandya and Ronnie Mazumdar (Partners, Unapologetic Foods)
- Wena Liu (puzzle editor, New York Times “Communications”
Social influence
- Aftab Borval (Mayor of Cincinnati)
- Deepak Bhargava (Chairman, Freedom Together)
- Gina Chun (Editor A Executive, news and live journalism, Semaphore)
- Janti Soeripto (President and CEO, Save the Children)
- Kaohli Herr (Mayor of St. Paul)
- Michael Loh (Executive Editor, The New Yorker)
- Michelle Wu (Mayor of Boston)
- Patrick Kanagasingham (Chief Operating Officer, Habitat for Humanity)
- Reshma Saujani (Founder & CEO, Moms First and Founder of Girls Who Code)
- Sam Gill (President and CEO of the Doris Duke Foundation)
- Vicki Nguyen (Anchor and Chief Consumer Investigative Correspondent, NBC News)
- Walk for Peace (Distinguished “Walk for Peace”)
- Zahran Mamdani (Mayor of New York City)
Sports and games
- Alyssa Liu (Olympic figure skater)
- Asha Sharma (Vice President and CEO, Microsoft Gaming)
- Brandon Bailey, George Holani, Leonard Williams, Jason Myers, Tai Okada and Zach Charbonnet (Seattle Seahawks players)
- Elaine Gu (most decorated Olympic freestyle skier)
- FAKER (Professional Gamer, T1 Entertainment & Sports)
- Hideo Kojima (game creator and founder of KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS)
- Ichiro Suzuki (baseball player, Seattle Mariners)
- Kayden Beasley, Jen Lee and Brett Bolton (2026 Team USA Paralympic sled hockey gold medalists)
- Madison Schock, Alyssa Liu and Ellie Kamm (USA Figure Skating Team)
- Markiplier (creator, film director, and entrepreneur)
- Maya Rogers (CEO of Tetris)
- Natalie Nakase (Golden State Valkyrie head coach)
- Shuntaro Furukawa (President, Nintendo Co., Ltd.)
- Son Heung-min (professional soccer player, Los Angeles)
New gold
- Bhavitha Mandava (model)
- Hudson Williams (actor)
- Ishaan Khatter (actor)
- Katsi (musical group)
- Lola Young (music artist)
- Phan Huy and Stephen Dunn (Creative Director and CEO of PHAN HUY)
- Saman Rahmanian (Chief Product Officer and Co-Founder of Ro)
- Tejasvi Manoj (Founder, Shield Seniors & time child of the year)
- Tetiroa McMillan (wide receiver, Carolina Panthers)
- Tim Chow (CEO and Co-Founder, Impact Media)
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