Notable individuals   Gloria Allred     Bryan Ball    Joyce Bender      R. Thomas Buffenbarger      Chelsea Clinton      Amal Clooney    Activists for civil and human rights 
Activists against bullying, domestic violence, sex trafficking, and gun violence 
Disability rights activists  [ 19]  
Environmentalists, conservationists, and activists for the welfare of animals 
Faith leaders 
Feminists and activists for women's and reproductive rights 
 Jaclyn Friedman , founder: Women, Action and the Media [ 38]    Ilyse Hogue , President: NARAL   [ 39]    Lilly Ledbetter , plaintiff:  Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.    [ 40]    Mary Morten , former President: Chicago Abortion Fund   [ 41]    Terry O'Neill , President: NOW   [ 42]    Cecile Richards , President: Planned Parenthood   [ 43]    Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner , founder: MomsRising.com [ 44]    Reshma Saujani , founder: Girls Who Code   [ 45]    Stephanie Schriock , President: EMILY's List   [ 46]    Eleanor Smeal , President: Feminist Majority [ 47]    Gloria Steinem   [ 48]   Labor leaders 
 John Bachtell  (Communist ) [ 49]    Richard Bloomingdale , President: PA AFL–CIO   [ 50]    R. Thomas Buffenbarger , President: IAM   [ 51]    Jeffrey David Cox , President: AFGE   [ 52]    Lily Eskelsen García , President: NEA   [ 53]    Helen Fabela Chávez   [ 54]    Thomas Geoghegan * [ 55]    Leo Gerard , President: United Steelworkers   [ 56]    Mary Kay Henry , President: SEIU   [ 57]    Dolores Huerta , co-founder: UFW   [ 58]    Jerry Jasinowski ,* former President: National Association of Manufacturers   [ 59]    Douglas J. McCarron , President: UBC   [ 60]    Eliseo Medina , Secretary-Treasurer: SEIU [ 61]    Michael Mulgrew , President: UFT   [ 5]    Terence M. O'Sullivan , President: LIUNA   [ 62]    Lee Saunders , President: AFSCME   [ 53]    Richard Trumka , President: AFL-CIO [ 63]    Randi Weingarten , President: AFT   [ 64]    Becky Williams , President: SEIU District 1199 [ 65]   LGBTQ rights activists 
Bryan Ball, president: W. NY Stonewall Democrats   [ 66]    Dana Beyer , executive director: Gender Rights Maryland   [ 67]    Mary Bonauto , lead attorney:  Goodridge v. Department of Public Health    [ 68]    Ruby Corado   [ 69]    Brenda Sue Fulton , co-founder: Knights Out , OutServe-SLDN   [ 70]    Chad Griffin , president: HRC   [ 71]   [ 72]    David Mixner   [ 73]    Laura Ricketts , board member: Lambda Legal   [ 74]    Donna Sachet   [ 75]    Nadine Smith , CEO: Equality Florida   [ 67]    Joe Solmonese , former president: Human Rights Campaign   [ 76]    Theresa Sparks   [ 77]    Urvashi Vaid   [ 78]    Carmen Vázquez   [ 79]    Zach Wahls   [ 80]    Edith Windsor , lead plaintiff: U.S. v. Windsor  [ 81]   Philanthropists, humanitarians, and non-profit leaders  [ 59]   [ 82]   [ 83]   [ 84]  
 Jeannie Baliles ,* founder: Virginia Literacy Foundation    Yael Braun , CEO: Fuck Cancer  Susan Alice Buffett , former president: Buffett Foundation   [ 85]    Barbara Bush ,* co-founder: Global Health Corps   [ 86]    James Cox Chambers *  Dennis Cheng , former CDO: Clinton Foundation   [ 87]    Chelsea Clinton , vice-chair: Clinton Foundation [ 88]    Steve Culbertson , CEO: Youth Service America   [ 69]    Dagmar Dolby * [ a]    Ruby Duncan , founder: Operation Life   [ 90]    Irene Hirano , President: U.S.-Japan Council   [ 91]    John Hope Bryant , founder: Operation HOPE [ 11]    Leila Janah ,* founder: Sama [ 74]    Lynda Bird Johnson Robb *  Ann Jordan , vice-chair: WETA-TV   [ 10]    Linda A. Mason , chair: Mercy Corps   [ 92]    Michelle Obama , founder: Let's Move!   [ 93]    Ann M. O'Leary   [ 61]    Laurene Powell Jobs   [ a]    Jeff Raikes ,* former CEO: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation    Tricia Raikes ,* co-founder: Raikes Foundation  Katharine Rayner *  Shefali Razdan Duggal , council member: U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum   [ 94]    Cheryl Saban    Jack Schlossberg * [ 95]    Arlene Schnitzer * [ 96]    Jay T. Snyder , founder: Open Hands Initiative   [ 97]    Jon Stryker , founder: Arcus Foundation   [ 35]    Pat Stryker   [ 98]    Paul Twomey , former CEO: ICANN   [ 99]    Alice Walton   [ a]    Maureen White   [ 100]    Whitney Williams , board vice-Chair: Eastern Congo Initiative   [ 101]   Political activists 
  Anne Applebaum      Paul Begala    Bloggers 
Columnists, commentators, and political satirists 
Editors and publishers 
 John Aravosis ,* Editor-in-Chief:  AMERICAblog    [ 146]    David Brock , founder: Media Matters for America   [ 57]    Michaela Angela Davis * [ 147]    Jane Eisner ,* Editor:  The Forward    [ 148]    Bonnie Fuller , Editor-in-Chief:  Hollywoodlife.com    [ 149]    Tavi Gevinson ,* founder:  Rookie    [ 150]    Jack Hitt * [ 151]    Roberta Myers , Editor-in-Chief:  Elle    [ 48]    Gabriel Schoenfeld , former Senior Editor:  Commentary    (Republican) [ 152]    Paul Starr , co-founder:  The American Prospect    [ 153]    Rebecca Traister   [ 154]    Katrina vanden Heuvel ,* Publisher and Editor:  The Nation    [ 155]    Jamie Weinstein , Senior Editor:  Daily Caller    [ 156]    Jann Wenner , [ b]   co-founder:  Rolling Stone    [ 157]    Katharine Weymouth , former Publisher:  The Washington Post    [ 48]    Anna Wintour , Editor-in-Chief:  Vogue    [ 158]    Andi Zeisler ,* co-founder:  Bitch Media    [ 159]   Journalists 
Leaders in business   Chris Albrecht      Adrienne Arsht      Bob Arum      Bruce Bastian      James A. Bell      Marc Benioff      Michael Birch      Nathan Blecharczyk    Entertainment, media, and hospitality  [ 74]   [ 173]   [ 174]   [ 84]   [ 162]   [ 175]   [ 176]   [ 177]  
 Chris Albrecht , CEO: Starz Inc.   [ 178]    Bob Arum ,* co-founder: Top Rank   [ 179]    Frank Biondi ,* former CEO: Universal Studios    Louise Blouin ,* founder: Louise Blouin Media   [ 180]    Richard Branson ,* founder: Virgin Group   [ 181]    Scooter Braun    Peter Chernin ,* CEO: The Chernin Group    Stephen J. Cloobeck , founder: Diamond Resorts International    W. Don Cornwell ,* co-founder: Granite Broadcasting   [ 59]    Mark Cuban   [ a]   [ 132]    Donald Dell ,* co-founder: ProServ   [ 59]    Peter Edge , CEO: RCA Records    Fred Eychaner ,* Chairman: Newsweb Corporation   [ 57]    Rob Friedman , co-Chairman: Lionsgate Motion Picture Group    Larry Flynt , founder: Larry Flynt Publications   [ 182]    Larry Gagosian , founder: Gagosian Gallery   [ 183]    David Geffen ,* [ a]   co-founder: DreamWorks   [ 82]    Peter Georgescu ,* former CEO: Young & Rubicam   [ 59]    Jim Gianopulos , CEO: Fox Entertainment Group    Daniel Glass , founder: Glassnote Records    Lisa Henson , CEO: The Jim Henson Company   [ 184]    Mellody Hobson , Chair: DreamWorks Animation    Alan F. Horn , Chair: Walt Disney Studios    Cathy Hughes , founder: Radio One , TV One   [ 33]    Bob Iger , CEO: The Walt Disney Company    Lawrence Jacobs , General Counsel: Time Inc.   [ 48]    Robert L. Johnson ,* founder: Black Entertainment Television    Michelle Jubelirer , COO: Capitol Music Group    Jeffrey Katzenberg , CEO: DreamWorks Animation  Sherry Lansing , former CEO: Paramount Pictures    Debra L. Lee , CEO: BET    Bryan Lourd , co-Chairman: Creative Artists Agency    Monica C. Lozano ,* CEO: ImpreMedia    Gary Marsh , President: Disney Channels Worldwide   Robert D. Marcus, CEO: Time Warner Cable    David Massey , CEO: Island Records    Chris Meledandri , CEO: Illumination Entertainment    Ronald Meyer , vice-Chairman: NBCUniversal    James Murren ,* CEO: MGM Resorts International  (Republican )  Marc Nathanson , founder: Falcon Cable TV  Diane W. Nelson , President DC Comics , Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment    David Nevins ,* President: SHOWTIME   [ 59]    Mark Pincus ,* co-founder: Zynga    Robert Roche ,* founder: Roche Enterprises [ 59]    Maria Rodale , CEO: Rodale, Inc.    Thomas Rothman , Chair: Sony Pictures Entertainment  Motion Picture Group [ 185]    Clara Shih ,* co-founder: Hearsay Social [ 59]    Russell Simmons , co-founder: Def Jam Recordings   [ 186]    Stacey Snider , co-Chairman: 20th Century Fox    Roy Spence , co-founder: GSD&M   [ 187]    Silda Wall Spitzer , co-founder: New York States of Mind LLC [ 5]    Srinija Srinivasan ,* co-founder: Loove [ 59]    Martha Stewart ,* [ c]   founder: Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia   [ 188]    John Sykes , co-founder: MTV  and VH1    Arn Tellem , vice-Chair: Palace Sports & Entertainment    Jonathan Tisch , CEO: Loews Hotels    Thomas Tull , CEO: Legendary Entertainment    Ted Turner ,* [ a]   founder: CNN , TBS   [ 189]    Casey Wasserman , Chair: Wasserman Media Group    Harvey Weinstein , co-founder: Miramax Films   [ 190]    Whurley , co-founder: Chaotic Moon Studios    Cyma Zarghami , President: Nickelodeon   Finance and banking  [ 74]   [ 174]   [ 98]   [ 191]  
 Adrienne Arsht , Chair Emerita: TotalBank [ 192]    Lloyd Blankfein ,* CEO: Goldman Sachs   [ 193]    Stine Bosse , board Chair: BankNordik   [ 194]    Warren Buffett , [ a]   CEO: Berkshire Hathaway    Wes Edens , co-founder: Fortress Investment Group    Blair Effron , co-founder: Centerview Partners    Lynn Forester de Rothschild , CEO: E.L. Rothschild [ 195]    Mina Gerowin * [ 196]    Russell Goldsmith , CEO: City National Bank   [ 197]    Leo Hindery ,* Managing Partner: InterMedia Partners   [ 59]    Frank F. Islam , founder: QSS Group [ 198]    Hamilton E. James , [ a]   President: The Blackstone Group   [ 199]    Andrea Jung ,* CEO: Grameen America    George Kaiser , [ a]   Chairman: BOK Financial Corporation   [ 82]    Vinod Khosla ,*founder: Khosla Ventures   [ 59]    Seth Klarman ,* founder: Baupost Group   [ 200]    Orin Kramer , founder: Boston Provident [ 201]    Joshua Kushner ,* founder: Thrive Capital   [ 202]    Marc Lasry , [ a]   co-founder: Avenue Capital Group   [ 203]    Jonathan Lavine  CIO: Sankaty Advisors [ 204]    Thomas H. Lee , [ a]   founder: Thomas H. Lee Partners   [ 205]    Howard Lutnick , CEO: Cantor Fitzgerald   [ 206]    John J. Mack , former CEO: Morgan Stanley   [ 207]    Aviv Nevo , founder: NV Investments [ 208]    William Oberndorf , founder: SPO Partners (Republican) [ 209]    Alan Patricof , founder: Apax Partners    Richard C. Perry , founder: Perry Capital LLC [ 210]    Tracey Pettengill Turner , founder: MicroPlace   [ 211]    J. B. Pritzker , [ a]   co-founder: Pritzker Group [ 57]    Steven Rattner , co-founder: Quadrangle Group   [ 100]    John W. Rogers Jr. , founder: Ariel Capital Management [ 212]    Haim Saban , [ a]   CEO: Saban Capital Group [ 57]    Herbert Sandler , former co-CEO: Golden West Financial Corporation    Adam Sender , founder: Exis Capital Management  David E. Shaw , [ a]   founder: D. E. Shaw & Co.   [ 98]    James Simons , [ a]   founder: Renaissance Technologies   [ 82]    Harry E. Sloan , CEO: Global Eagle Acquisition (Republican) [ 213]    George Soros , [ a]   Chair: Soros Fund Management ; Open Society Foundations    Tom Steyer , hedge fund manager [ 102]    Donald Sussman , board Chair: Trust Asset Management  David Tepper ,* [ a]   founder: Appaloosa Management   [ 214]    Byron Wien   [ 215]    Fred Wilson ,* founder: Union Square Ventures   [ 216]   Food, fashion, and retail 
 S. Daniel Abraham , [ a]   founder: Slim Fast   [ 57]    Sophia Amoruso ,* founder: Nasty Gal   [ 217]    Timothy Boyle ,* [ a]   CEO: Columbia Sportswear   [ 218]    Jeffrey Brotman , CEO: Costco   [ 74]    Jerry Greenfield , co-founder: Ben & Jerry's   [ 219]    Gary Hirshberg , co-founder: Stonyfield Yogurt   [ 99]    George H. Hume ,* CEO: Basic American Foods   [ 74]    Leonard Lauder ,* [ a]   Chairman Emeritus: Estée Lauder Companies   [ 82]    Lauren Bush ,* founder: FEED Projects   [ 220]    Austin Ligon , co-founder: CarMax   [ 221]    Natalie Massenet , founder: Net-a-Porter   [ 222]    Danny Meyer ,* CEO: Union Square Hospitality Group [ 59]    Kimbal Musk , founder: The Kitchen Cafe [ 173]    Loida Nicolas-Lewis , CEO: TLC Beatrice International [ 94]    Mark Parker ,* CEO: Nike, Inc.   [ 223]    Kevin Plank ,* [ a]   founder: Under Armour   [ 132]    Gary Rodkin , former CEO: ConAgra Foods   [ 74]    Lauren Santo Domingo ,* co-founder: Moda Operandi   [ 86]    Howard Schultz ,* [ a]   CEO: Starbucks   [ 224]    James Sinegal , co-founder: Costco [ 74]    Sukhinder Singh Cassidy , founder: JOYOUS [ 88]    Julie Smolyansky , CEO: Lifeway Foods   [ 173]    Susie Tompkins Buell , co-founder: Espirit   [ 225]   Health and services 
Real estate and home-building 
Technology  [ 59]   [ 35]   [ 74]   [ 173]   [ 239]   [ 84]   [ 240]   [ 241]  
 Sam Altman ,* President: Y Combinator   [ 242]    Marc Andreessen ,* co-founder: Netscape  (Republican) [ 209]    Peter Barnes ,* co-founder: CREDO Mobile   [ 243]    Carl Bass ,* CEO: Autodesk   [ 59]    Bruce Bastian , founder: WordPerfect   [ 71]   [ 72]    Marc Benioff ,* [ a]   founder: salesforce.com    Michael Birch , co-founder: Bebo    Xochi Birch , co-founder: Bebo  Nathan Blecharczyk , [ a]  * co-founder: Airbnb    Brook Byers    Ursula Burns , CEO: Xerox   [ 244]    Steve Case , founder: AOL   [ 245]    Brian Chesky , [ a]  * co-founder: Airbnb  Marcelo Claure ,* CEO: Sprint Corporation   [ 59]    Tim Cook ,* CEO: Apple Inc.   [ 174]    Barry Diller , [ a]  * Chair: Expedia, Inc.    John Doerr * [ a]    John Donahoe , former CEO: eBay    Esther Dyson    Raj Fernando , CEO: Scoutahead.com [ 246]    Laetitia Garriott de Cayeux , co-founder: Escape Dynamics    Richard Garriott , founder: Portalarium    Joe Gebbia , [ a]   co-founder: Airbnb  Charles Geschke , co-founder: Adobe Systems Inc.   [ 232]    Tim Gill , founder: Quark    Reed Hastings ,* co-founder: Netflix    Reid Hoffman , [ a]  * co-founder: LinkedIn    Elizabeth Holmes , [ a]   CEO: Theranos   [ 247]   Lisa Hook,* CEO: Neustar    Drew Houston ,* founder: Dropbox    Chris Hughes , co-founder: Facebook   [ 48]    Irwin M. Jacobs ,* co-founder: Qualcomm    Paul E. Jacobs ,* Chair: Qualcomm  Kristopher B. Jones , founder: Pepperjam [ 248]    Randall Kaplan , co-founder: Akamai Technologies   [ 249]    David Karp ,* founder: Tumblr    Michael Kassan ,* founder: MediaLink  Chris M. Kelly , former CPO: Facebook [ 250]    Dara Khosrowshahi ,* CEO: Expedia, Inc.  Omid Kordestani , Chair: Twitter   [ 88]    Robert Kotick , CEO: Activision Blizzard   [ 176]    Chris Larsen , co-founder: Ripple , Prosper Marketplace , E-Loan    Corinna E. Lathan , founder: AnthroTronix [ 36]    Henry Laufer , former VP of Research: Renaissance Technologies [ 57]    Aaron Levie ,* co-founder: Box    Stephen J. Luczo ,* CEO: Seagate Technology   [ 59]    Marissa Mayer ,* CEO: Yahoo!    Dave McClure ,* founder: 500 Startups   [ 251]    Dustin Moskovitz ,* [ a]   co-founder: Facebook  Nathan Myhrvold ,* former CTO: Microsoft ; co-founder: Intellectual Ventures   [ 59]    Craig Newmark , founder: Craigslist   [ 185]    Stepan Pachikov ,* founder: Evernote   [ 252]    Sean Parker ,* [ a]   former President: Facebook; co-founder: Napster    Charles E. Phillips ,* CEO: Infor    Shervin Pishevar , co-founder: Hyperloop Technologies   [ 253]    Kim Polese , Chair: ClearStreet  Vivek Ranadivé , founder: TIBCO Software   [ 254]    Eric Ries    Chuck Robbins , CEO: Cisco Systems  (Republican) [ 209]    Chris Sacca   [ 255]    Sheryl Sandberg , COO: Facebook  Eric Schmidt , [ a]   Chair: Alphabet Inc.  Steve Spinner    John Sall ,* [ a]   co-founder: SAS Institute   [ 82]    Jeremy Stoppelman ,* CEO: Yelp    Stuart Trevelyan , CEO: NGP VAN   [ 76]    Howard A. Tullman   [ 22]    Tarah Wheeler ,* CEO: Fizzmint [ 256]    Susan Wojcicki , CEO: YouTube   Transportation, energy, and industry  [ 74]  
 Daniel Akerson ,* former CEO: General Motors  (Republican)  Richard H. Anderson ,* Executive Chairman: Delta Air Lines    James A. Bell ,* former President and CFO: Boeing    David W. Crane ,* former CEO: NRG Energy    Kellie Gerardi , Media Specialist: Commercial Spaceflight Federation   [ 173]    Jacqueline Hinman ,* CEO: CH2M Hill   [ 59]    Lynn Jurich ,* co-founder: Sunrun    Ellen Kullman ,* former CEO: DuPont    Elon Musk ,* [ a]   co-founder: SpaceX , Tesla Motors   [ 82]    Marty Nesbitt , founder: The Parking Spot   [ 212]    Doug Parker ,* CEO: American Airlines Group   [ 223]    Lyndon Rive , CEO: SolarCity   [ 257]    Padmasree Warrior , CEO: NextEV [ 59]     Scott Aaronson      Peter Agre      Philip W. Anderson      Kenneth Arrow    Computer scientists and mathematicians 
Deans, regents, and presidents 
 Anand Anandalingam , Dean: Imperial College Business School   [ 94]    Roger H. Brown , President: Berklee College of Music   [ 92]    Calvin O. Butts , President: The State University of New York at Old Westbury   [ 5]    David L. Cohen , Chairman of the Board of Trustees: University of Pennsylvania   [ 260]    Glenda Glover , President: Tennessee State University   [ 33]    Ruth Harkin , Regent: Iowa Board of Regents   [ 261]    Frederick S. Humphries , President Emeritus: Tennessee State University, Florida A&M University   [ 262]    Jane O'Meara Sanders ,* President: Burlington College  (2004–11) [ 263]    Jim Tressel , President: Youngstown State University   [ 264]   Economists  [ 243]   [ 265]   [ 266]  
Historians and archaeologists 
Political scientists and scholars of law and public policy  [ 243]  
Scholars and critics of literature, cinema, art, culture, philosophy, and ethics 
Scholars of international affairs, foreign policy, and regional studies 
Scholars of the natural sciences and physicians  [ 265]  
Sociologists, psychologists, and anthropologists  [ 243]  
  J. J. Abrams      Judd Apatow      Brad Armstrong      Jamie Babbit      Mikhail Baryshnikov      Mario Batali    Animators and creators of comic books, video games, puzzles, and visual effects 
Architects and interior designers 
Chefs  [ 319]  
Composers  [ 325]  
Dancers 
Directors and filmmakers 
Fashion, costume, and jewelry designers and stylists [  citation needed  ] 
Film, television, and theater producers  [ 84]  
Novelists, non-fiction writers, and poets 
Painters, sculptors, visual artists, graphic designers, photographers, and performance artists  [ 376]   [ 377]  
Record producers 
Writers for the screen and stage 
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