By Randall   on May 1, 2026  AsAmNews

The Asian American and Pacific Islander non-profit Gold House released its list this morning of top 100 AAPI influencers and creators.

The annual tradition coincides with the start of Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.

The former A100 list has been rebranded as the Gold100 list.

Notables include leaders in business and technology, entertainment and media, fashion and lifestyle, sports and gaming and social impact.

“The leaders in the Gold100 are proving that the ability to shape culture is the ability to shape markets, movements, and the future itself.” said Gold House COO Jeremy Tran.

You can check out the full list  here:https://asamnews.com/2026/05/01/gold100-list-2026-top-aapi-leaders-influence-culture/

Business & Technology

• Alexandr Wang (Chief AI Officer, Meta)
• Aman Sanger & Sualeh Asif (Co-Founders, Cursor)
• Anil Chakravarthy & David Wadhwani (President, Customer Experience Orchestration Business & President, Creativity & Productivity Business, Adobe)
• Chris Down & Ken Wee (EVP, Chief Design and Innovation Officer & EVP, Chief Strategy Officer, Mattel)
• Demis Hassabis (Co-Founder and CEO, Google DeepMind)
• Dr. Morris Chang & Dr. C.C. Wei (Founder & Chairman and CEO, TSMC)
• Jairaj Sethi (Co-Founder and CTO, Substack)
• Jason Kwon (Chief Strategy Officer, OpenAI)
• Kruti Patel Goyal (CEO, Etsy)
• Maneet Ahuja (Editor-at-Large, Forbes)
• Melanie Perkins & Cameron Adams (Co-Founder and CEO & Chief Product Officer, Canva)
• Rahul Patil (CTO, Anthropic)
• Revathi Advaithi (CEO, Flex)
• Reynold Xin (Co-Founder, Databricks)
• Sabih Khan (COO, Apple)
• Samantha Wu & Anand Gandhi (Former CMO & Former CFO, Eventbrite)
• Saswat Panigrahi & Amar K. Mehta (Chief Product Officer & Chief Legal Officer, Waymo)
• Shailesh Jejurikar (President and CEO, Procter & Gamble)
• Sheila Vashee, Praveer Melwani, & Yuhki Yamashita (CMO, CFO & Chief Product Officer, Figma)
• Srini Gopalan (President and CEO, T-Mobile)
• Stephanie Mehta (CEO and Chief Content Officer, Mansueto Ventures: Fast Company & Inc.)
• Theresia Gouw (Founder, Acrew Capital)
• Vineet Mehra (Chief Growth and Marketing Officer, Chime)
• Vinod Khosla (Founder, Khosla Ventures)
• Will Liu, Sandeep Grover & Fiona Ying Zhi (Global Business Solutions and Monetization Product, Global Head of Trust and Safety & Head of Product, TikTok)

Entertainment & Media

• Alex Norström (Co-CEO, Spotify)
• Asad Ayaz (Chief Marketing and Brand Officer, The Walt Disney Company)
• BEEF Season 2 (Lead Actor & Creator, Charles Melton & Lee Sung Jin)
• Bruno Mars (Music Artist)
• Chief of War (Film Independent Spirit Award-winning Cast, Creators & Showrunner: Luciane Buchanan, Cliff Curtis, Brandon Finn, Moses Goods, Te Ao o Hinepehinga, Siua Ikale’o, Keala Kahuanui-Paleka, Mainei Kinimaka, Kaina Makua, Jason Momoa, Temuera Morrison, Te Kohe Tuhaka, Doug Jung & Thomas Pa’a Sibbett)