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Time 100 Most Influential People 2019: Complete List Of Pioneers, Artists, Icons, Leaders & Titans
TIME's 100 most influential Leaders is out: Mukesh Ambani, Arundhati Katju and Menaka Guruswamy three Indians among the list.
TIME has finally released the prestigious list of World’s 100 most influential leaders, pioneers, titans and artiste of the year 2019 on Wednesday (April 17). The list of World’s Most Influential people has names of India’s richest man and Reliance Industries Chairman, Mukesh Ambani and two women Public Interest Litigators (PIL) Arundhati Katju and Menaka Guruswamy.
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According to reports, the list of World’s Most Influential leaders of 209 also has the names of the United States President Donald Trump, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Indian-American comedian Hasan Minhaj, Pope Francis, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan, Golfer Tiger Woods and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.
While writing the profile of TIME 100 influential leaders’ profile, Chairman of Mahindra Group, Anand Mahindra said, Dhirubhai Ambani was a visionary in Indian business, whose Reliance Industries conglomerate pioneered ways of targeting global scale.
“But Ambani’s vision is now even more ambitious than that of the father whose blessings he unfailingly invokes at the launch of each initiative,” he told news agency PTI. Appreciating Mukesh Ambani, Mahindra said that Reliance Jio mobile-data network is impressive by any standard. It has already connected over 28 crore people in India with low-cost 4G.
Citing Ambani’s advertising campaign or tagline, ‘Karlo Duniya Mutthi Mein’ meaning put the world in the palm of your hand. He said, “It won’t be long before he delivers on that promise.”
The list of Time 100 Most Influential People has been divided into five different categories such as Pioneers, Artists, Leaders, Icons and Titans.
Here is a complete list of Time 100 Most Influential People
Time 100 Most Influential Leaders – Pioneers
- Sandra Oh
- Indya Moore
- Marlon James
- Chrissy Teigen
- Massimo Bottura
- Hasan Minhaj
- Samin Nosrat
- Ninja
- Arundhati Katju and Menaka Guruswamy
- Naomi Osaka
- Leah Greenberg & Ezra Levin
- Fred Swaniker
- Lynn Nottage
- Tara Westover
- Adam Bowen & James Monsees
- Barbara Rae-Venter
- He Jiankui
- Aileen Lee
- Jay O’Neal & Emily Comer
- Shep Doeleman
Time 100 Most Influential Leaders – artists
- Dwayne Johnson
- Regina King
- Khalid
- Emilia Clarke
- BTS
- Brie Larson
- Joanna & Chip Gaines
- Ariana Grande
- Mahershala Ali
- Glenn Close
- Rami Malek
- Luchita Hurtado
- Ozuna
- Dream Hampton
- Richard Madden
- Yalitza Aparicio
- Clare Waight Keller
Time 100 Most Influential Leaders – leader
- Nancy Pelosi
- Donald Trump
- Greta Thunberg
- Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador
- Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez
- Jacinda Ardern
- Juan Guaido
- Abiy Ahmed
- Mitch Mcconnel
- Brett Kavanaugh
- Jane Goodall
- Benjamin Netanyahu
- Zhang Yiming
- Hoesung Lee
- William Barr
- Pope Francis
- Xi Jinping
- Leana Wen
- Imran Khan
- Crown Prince Mohamed Bin Zayed
- Cyril Ramphosa
- Robert Mueller
- Mahathir Mohamed
- Matteo Salvini
- Jair Bolsonaro
- Zhang Kejian
Time 100 Most Influential Leaders – icons
- Taylor Swift
- Michelle Obama
- Spike Lee
- Christine Blasey Ford
- David Hockney
- Desmond Meade
- Lady Gaga
- Radhya Almutawakel
- Pierpaolo Piccioli
- Maria Ressa
- Caster Semenya
- Mirian G
- Grainne Griffin, Ailbhe Smyth and Orla O’Connor
- Loujain Al-Hathloul
Time 100 Most Influential Leaders – titans
- Mohamed Salah
- Lebron James
- Jennifer Hyman
- Gayle King
- Mark Zuckerberg
- Tiger Woods
- Jeanna Gang
- Bob Iger
- Pat McGrath
- Alex Morgan
- Vera Jourova
- Ryan Murphy
- Mukesh Ambani
- Ren Zhengfei
- Marillyn Hewson
- Jerome Powel
In March 2019, Mukesh Ambani jumped six positions up to rank 13th on Forbes World’s Billionaire list with a net worth of USD 50 billion (over Rs 3.5 lakh crore). According to Forbes’ 2019 Ambani’s wealth has been increased to $50 billion in 2019 from USD 40.1 billion in 2018.
Writing profile for Arundhati and Menaka, Global actress Priyanka Chopra said, “Arundhati and Menaka have helped take a giant step for LGBTQ+ rights in the world’s largest democracy. In their committed fight for justice, they have shown us that we as a society must continue to make progress, even after laws are changed, and that we must make an effort to understand, accept and love.”
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