Notable individuals Activists, humanitarians, and labor leaders 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] Scholars, critics, and academic administrators 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]
Writers, artists, filmmakers, and producers 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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