Time’s annual list reflects the topsy-turvy world we live in and profiles Steve Bannon and Kim Jong Un and a bunch of activists. I was pleased, however, to see a fair share of folks who actually move the world forward using STEM.
They include:
- David Adjaye, Architect, designer of the National Museum of African American History and Culture
- James Allison, Immunologist, pioneering cancer therapies
- Julian Assange, WikiLeaks, pushing boundaries of digital security
- Natalie Batalha, NASA lead scientist for Kepler space telescope, for discovering new planets
- Jeff Bezos, serial innovator with Amazon, Blue Origin and others
- George Church, Biological engineer, pioneering gene editing
- Melinda Gates, Philanthropist, on global healthcare and with her new initiative, Pivotal Ventures
- Glenda Gray, Pediatrician fighting HIV in Africa
- Kirsten Green, Silicon Valley VC, who invests in disruptive retail startups
- Demis Hassabis, AI scientist, leader of team at DeepMind which created AlphaGo
- Yuriko Koike, Governor of Tokyo, preparing her city for digital age and for the 2020 Olympics
- Jean Liu, Entrepreneur, leading China's ride share momentum at Didi Chuxing
- Barbara Lynch, Tastemaker, food innovator
- Evan Siegel, CEO of Snapchat, which recently had a phenomenal IPO
- Vijay Shekhar Sharma, entrepreneur, founder of Paytm, a digital payments startup in India
- Celina Turchi, Infectious disease specialist, fighting the Zika virus
- Bernard Tyson, CEO Kaiser Permanente, for delivering outstanding clinical outcomes
- Guus Velders, Atmospheric Chemist crusading about climate change
The other neat thing is you have other equally renowned folks who have written short essays about those chosen. So, Sheryl Sandberg writes about Gates, Leonardo DiCaprio about Velders, Ray Kurzweil about Hassabis.
Worth spending some time on the list.
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