Insider’s most prestigious list profiles 100 business leaders across 10 distinct sectors who are innovating, sparking trends, and tackling global challenges.
Transformers nominated in these categories are the disrupters and thought leaders that are driving unprecedented change, both for their organizations and communities, and across the global business world.
For the 2021 edition, we have introduced several new sectors which are top of mind after more than a year of global social and economic disruption, including Future of Work, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, and Sustainability. We have also recast a number of categories, such as Shopping and Travel, to reflect how consumers and enterprises both are relying on the transformations taking place.
100 People Transforming Business is more than a list of people and career wins. Our editors have identified the most critical trends and sectors that have influenced change and investment over the past 12 months, and will continue to shape the future.
Future of Work Read full profile of Nicholas Bloom
William D. Eberle Professor in Economics, Stanford University
Read full profile of Stewart Butterfield
CEO, Slack
Read full profile of Sumeet Chabria
Global COO for Technology and Operations and Head of Global Business Services, Bank of America
Read full profile of Andy Cohen
Co-CEO, Gensler
Read full profile of Suneet Dua
Products and Technology Chief Growth Officer, PwC
Read full profile of Parul Koul
Executive Chair, Alphabet Workers Union
Read full profile of Christina Maslach
Professor of Psychology Emerita, University of California, Berkeley
Read full profile of Lindsay-Rae McIntyre
Chief Diversity Officer, Microsoft
Read full profile of Tsedal Neeley
Naylor Fitzhugh Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School
Read full profile of Travis Robinson
Head of Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging, Spotify
Diversity Equity Inclusion Read full profile of Telfar Clemens
Founder, Telfar Global
Read full profile of Jamie Dimon
CEO, JPMorgan Chase
Read full profile of Rosanna Durruthy
Vice President of Global Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging, Linkedin
Read full profile of Kenneth Frazier
Executive Chairman and Former CEO, Merck
Read full profile of Timnit Gebru
Computer scientist and ethical-AI researcher
Read full profile of Jill Houghton
CEO, DisabilityIN
Read full profile of Ibram X. Kendi
Author, Professor, Historian, Boston University Center for Anitracist Research
Read full profile of Dan Schulman
CEO, PayPal
Read full profile of Shannon Schuyler
Chief Purpose Officer; Co-Chair, PwC; CEO Action for Diversity and Inclusion
Read full profile of Cathrin Stickney
Founder and CEO, Parity.org
Healthcare Read full profile of Luciana Borio
Venture Partner, ARCH Venture Partners
Read full profile of Dr. Amy Goldberg and Scott Charles
Surgeon-in-Chief; Trauma Outreach Coordinator, Temple University Hospital; Temple University
Read full profile of Dr. Karen DeSalvo
Chief Health Officer, Google
Read full profile of Francis deSouza
CEO, Illumina
Read full profile of David Liu
Richard Merkin Professor and Director of the Merkin Institute for Transformative Technologies in Healthcare, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Read full profile of Kristi Henderson
Senior Vice President of the Center for Digital Health and Innovation, OptumHealth
Read full profile of Dr. Sophie Lanzkron
Associate Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins
Read full profile of Dr. Farzad Mostashari
CEO, Aledade
Read full profile of Dr. Cheryl Pegus
Executive Vice President, Walmart Health and Wellness
Read full profile of Katalin Karikó and Dr. Drew Weissman
Senior Vice President; Professor in Vaccine Research, BioNTech; University of Pennsylvania
Emerging Tech Read full profile of Tope Awotona
CEO, Calendly
Read full profile of Daniel Dines
CEO, UiPath
Read full profile of Ali Ghodsi
CEO, Databricks
Read full profile of Michelle Grover
Chief Information Officer, Twilio
Read full profile of Arlan Hamilton
Managing Partner, Backstage Capital
Read full profile of George Kurtz
CEO, CrowdStrike
Read full profile of Priya Ponnapalli
Senior Manager and Principal Scientist, Machine Learning Solutions Lab, Amazon Web Services
Read full profile of Yamini Rangan
CEO, HubSpot
Read full profile of Erica Schultz
President of Field Operations, Confluent
Read full profile of Johny Srouji
Senior Vice President of Hardware Technologies, Apple
Entertainment Read full profile of Bela Bajaria
Head of Global TV, Netflix
Read full profile of Chris Best
CEO, Substack
Read full profile of Michaela Coel
Writer, Actor, Producer, Director
Read full profile of Kevin Feige
President, Marvel Studios
Read full profile of Rachell “Valkyrae” Hofstetter
Streamer, Co-owner, 100 Thieves
Read full profile of Billy Porter
Actor, Director, Singer
Read full profile of Jen Sargent
CEO, Wondery
Read full profile of Tim Sweeney
CEO, Epic Games
Read full profile of Lil Nas X
Recording Artist
Read full profile of Chloe Zhao
Writer, Director
Sustainability Read full profile of Margaret Chinwe Anadu
Global Head of Sustainability and Impact, Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Read full profile of Kate Brandt
Chief Sustainability Officer, Google
Read full profile of Rebecca Marmot
Chief Sustainability Officer, Unilever
Read full profile of Mari McClure
President and CEO, Green Mountain Power
Read full profile of Alexis Nikole Nelson
The Black Forager
Read full profile of Darren Palmer
General Manager of Electric Vehicles, Ford
Read full profile of Mahesh Ramanujam
President and CEO, US Green Building Council
Read full profile of Lauren Riley
Managing Director of Environmental Affairs and Sustainability, United Airlines
Read full profile of Katherine Sizov
CEO, Strella Biotech
Read full profile of Cathy Zoi
CEO, EVgo
Travel Read full profile of Joshua Aviv
CEO, Sparkcharge
Read full profile of Anwesha Bhattacharjee
Head of Hotel Fintech, Hopper
Read full profile of Francis Davidson
CEO, Sonder
Read full profile of Aicha Evans
CEO, Zoox
Read full profile of Roei Ganzarski
CEO, MagniX
Read full profile of David Kensick
Managing Director of Global Operations, United Airlines
Read full profile of Cynthia Kwon
Vice President of Strategy and Business Development, Argo AI
Read full profile of Catherine Powell
Global Head of Hosting, Airbnb
Read full profile of Frank Del Rio
CEO, Norwegian Cruise Lines
Read full profile of Raquel Urtasun
Founder and CEO, Waabi
Delivery Read full profile of Yariv Bash
Cofounder and CEO, Flytrex
Read full profile of Kelly Caruso
CEO, Shipt
Read full profile of David Liu
Cofounder and CEO, Plus
Read full profile of Cosimo Leipold
Head of Partnerships, Nuro
Read full profile of Sarah Mastrorocco
General Manager and Vice President of Instacart Pickup, Instacart
Read full profile of Matthew Johnson-Roberson
Cofounder, Refraction AI
Read full profile of Penelope Register-Shaw
Chief Strategy Officer, Front Door Collective
Read full profile of Carol Tomé
CEO, UPS
Read full profile of Arthur Valdez Jr.
EVP, Chief Supply Chain and Logistics Officer, Target
Read full profile of Lidia Yan
Cofounder and CEO, NEXT Trucking
Money Read full profile of Adam Aron
CEO, AMC Entertainment
Read full profile of Jane Fraser
CEO, Citigroup
Read full profile of Ryan Glover
Cofounder and Chairman, Greenwood
Read full profile of Chris James
Founder, Engine No. 1
Read full profile of Adrienne O'Keeffe
Associate Vice President for Global Partnerships, NBA
Read full profile of Lisa Shalett
Chief Investment Officer for Wealth Management, Morgan Stanley
Read full profile of Michael Sonnenshein
CEO, Grayscale Investments
Read full profile of Perth Tolle
Founder, Life + Liberty Indexes
Read full profile of Sunayna Tuteja
Chief Innovation Officer, The Federal Reserve
Read full profile of Jeanniey Walden
Chief Innovation and Marketing Officer, DailyPay
Read full profile of Rosalind Brewer
CEO, Walgreens Boots Alliance
Read full profile of Carlos Cashman
Cofounder and CEO, Thrasio
Read full profile of Tom Cortese
Cofounder and Chief Product Officer, Peloton
Read full profile of Harley Finkelstein
President, Shopify
Read full profile of Sandie Hawkins
North America General Manager, Global Business Solutions, TikTok
Read full profile of Danielle Li
Founder and CEO, Popshop Live
Read full profile of Ben McKean
Founder and CEO, Hungryroot
Read full profile of Shervin Moghaddam
Vice President of Strategy, StockX
Read full profile of Emily Taylor
Chief Merchandising Officer, Dollar General
Read full profile of Deborah Yeh
Chief Marketing Officer, Sephora