Gold House has released its annual list of 100 leaders and changemakers, this year rebranded as the Gold100, Friday, including a slew of new and established faces across the entertainment industry and beyond.
Heated Rivalry breakout Hudson Williams is among the 10 fresh faces to be honored on the list’s “New Gold” section, along with other entertainment players including global girl group KATSEYE, British singer Lola Young and actor Ishaan Khatter.
The list’s entertainment and media section covers a wide swath of talent across the industry including Beef season two actor Charles Melton and the show’s creator Lee Sung Jin, filmmakers Chloe Zhao and Destin Daniel Cretton, singers Kehlani and Laufey, actress Lola Tung, cast from HBO Max’s The Pitt and both the songwriting team of KPop Demon Hunters’ hit song, “Golden,” and the cast and filmmakers from the movie.
The honorees on the Gold100 will be celebrated at the organization’s upcoming Gold Gala later this month. The gala has promised onstage moments from honorees EJAE, Theresia Gouw, Human Made, Tejasvi Manoj, Brett Bolton and Jen Lee, along with special awards given to Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Melton, Eileen Gu, Jet Li, Simu Liu and Revathi Advaithi.
See the full list of the 2026 Gold100 honorees below.
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)
- Chloé Zhao (Academy Award-winning Filmmaker)
- Destin Daniel Cretton (Filmmaker)
- Emily Chang (Emmy Award–Winning Journalist, Author, and Executive Producer, The Circuit with Emily Chang, Bloomberg Originals)
- Golden (Multi-Award Winning Songwriters, Producers & Vocalists of “Golden”: EJAE, Audrey Nuna, REI AMI, Teddy Park, IDO & 24)
- Hoppers (Director and Lead Voice Actor, Daniel Chong & Piper Curda)
- Imran Majid (Co-Chairman and CEO, Island Records)
- Jenna Adler (Music Agent, CAA)
- Jenny Han (Writer, Director, and Executive Producer)
- Josephine (Lead Cast & Filmmaker, Mason Reeves, Gemma Chan & Beth de Araújo)
- Kehlani (Music Artist)
- Koyoharu Gotouge (Creator, Demon Slayer)
- KPop Demon Hunters (Multi-award Winning Filmmakers & HUNTR/X: Maggie Kang, Michelle Wong, Arden Cho, May Hong, Ji-young Yoo, EJAE, Audrey Nuna & REI AMI)
- Laufey (2x GRAMMY Award-winning Music Artist)
- Lilo & Stitch (Lead Cast & Writer, Maia Kealoha, Sydney Agudong & Chris Kekaniokalani Bright)
- Lola Tung (Actor)
- Lucy Liu (Lead Actor, Rosemead)
- Marian Lee (CMO, Netflix)
- Mike Chuthakieo (Chief Commercial Officer, Dick Clark Productions)
- Phillip Sun (Founder and CEO, 1v1 Entertainment)
- Sam Wu (CEO, Rakuten Viki)
- Sinners (Academy Award-nominated Producers & Academy Award-winning Cinematographer, Sev Ohanian, Zinzi Coogler & Autumn Durald Arkapaw)
- Sonali Mehta & Suraya Mohamed (Executive Director & Executive Producer, NPR Music)
- The Pitt (Actor Award-winning Cast & Executive Producer: Amielynn Abellera, Shabana Azeez, Isa Briones, Supriya Ganesh, Kristin Villanueva & Simran Baidwan)
- Wicked: For Good (Cast & Director, Bowen Yang, Michelle Yeoh & Jon M. Chu)
Fashion & Lifestyle
- Arthur Sze (Poet Laureate of the United States)
- Bindu Shah (CMO and Chief Digital Officer, Equinox)
- Bobby Kim (Global Creative Director, Disney Consumer Products)
- Byunghoon Kim (CEO, APR (medicube))
- Chitose Abe (Founder and Creative Director, Sacai)
- Dao-Yi Chow (Designer and Co-Founder, Public School New York)
- David Ko (CEO, Calm and Best-selling Author)
- Dhar Mann (Founder, Dhar Mann Studios)
- Eric Chan (Chief Business and Strategy Officer, Gap Inc.)
- Josephine Antoci & Kabir Jain (President & Chief Growth Officer, Erewhon)
- JP & Ellia Park (Chef-Owner & Co-Founder, Atomix)
- Kevin Ma (Founder and CEO, Hypebeast)
- Neil Shah (Chief Commercial Officer, SharkNinja)
- Rati Sahi Levesque (CEO, The RealReal)
- Rei Matsunuma & Rehito Hatoyama (CEO and COO & Chief Strategy Officer, HUMAN MADE)
- Sandy Liang (Fashion Designer)
- Tejal Rao & Ligaya Mishan (Co-Chief Restaurant Critics, The New York Times)
- Vijay Kumar, Chintan Pandya & Roni Mazumdar (Partners, Unapologetic Foods)
- Wyna Liu (Puzzle Editor, The New York Times “Connections”)
Social Impact
- Aftab Pureval (Mayor, City of Cincinnati)
- Deepak Bhargava (President, Freedom Together Foundation)
- Gina Chon (Executive Editor, News and Live Journalism, Semafor)
- Janti Soeripto (President and CEO, Save the Children)
- Kaohly Her (Mayor, City of St. Paul)
- Michael Luo (Executive Editor, The New Yorker)
- Michelle Wu (Mayor, City of Boston)
- Patrick Canagasingham (COO, Habitat for Humanity)
- Reshma Saujani (Founder and CEO, Moms First and Founder, Girls Who Code)
- Sam Gill (President and CEO, Doris Duke Foundation)
- Vicky Nguyen (Anchor and Chief Consumer Investigative Correspondent, NBC News)
- Walk for Peace (“Walk for Peace” Venerables)
- Zohran Mamdani (Mayor, City of New York)
Sports & Gaming
- Alysa Liu (Olympic Figure Skater)
- Asha Sharma (EVP and CEO, Microsoft Gaming)
- Brandon Pili, George Holani, Leonard Williams, Jason Myers, Ty Okada & Zach Charbonnet (Seattle Seahawks Players)
- Eileen Gu (Most-decorated Olympic Freestyle Skier)
- FAKER (Pro-gamer, T1 Entertainment & Sports)
- Hideo Kojima (Game Creator and Founder, KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS)
- Ichiro Suzuki (Baseball Outfielder, Seattle Mariners)
- Kayden Beasley, Jen Lee & Brett Bolton (2026 Team USA Paralympic Sled Hockey Gold Medalists)
- Madison Chock, Alysa Liu & Ellie Kam (Team USA Olympic Figure Skating Team)
- Markiplier (Creator, Filmmaker, and Entrepreneur)
- Maya Rogers (CEO, Tetris)
- Natalie Nakase (Head Coach, Golden State Valkyries)
- Shuntaro Furukawa (President, Nintendo Co. Ltd.)
- Son Heung-min (Professional Soccer Player, LAFC)
New Gold
- Bhavitha Mandava (Model)
- Hudson Williams (Actor)
- Ishaan Khatter (Actor)
- KATSEYE (Music Group)
- Lola Young (Music Artist)
- Phan Huy & Steven Đoàn (Creative Director & CEO, PHAN HUY)
- Saman Rahmanian (Chief Product Officer and Co-Founder, Ro)
- Tejasvi Manoj (Founder, Shield Seniors and TIME Kid of the Year)
- Tetairoa McMillan (Wide Receiver, Carolina Panthers)
- Tim Chau (CEO and Co-Founder, Impact Media)
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