The World's Most Influential Rising Stars

The annual list features leaders who are shaping the future

How We Chose

• All
• INNOVATORS
• PHENOMS
• ARTISTS
• LEADERS
• ADVOCATES

Innovators

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  Rema

  byAngélique Kidjo

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  Sanaz Toossi

  byLynn Nottage

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  Ben Lamm

  byGeorge M. Church

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  GloRilla

  byTeyana Taylor

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  Lamine Yamal

  bySean Gregory

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  Maggie Kang

  byDaniel Dae Kim

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  Brandon Sorbom and Bob Mumgaard

  byBill Gates

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  Ashleigh Shanti

  byMashama Bailey

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  Susan Clark

  byScott Tremaine

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  Sabin Nsanzimana

  byMark Suzman

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  Tracy Malechek-Ezekiel and Arjav Ezekiel

  byGrant Achatz

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  Susan Bullman

  byMatthew Meyerson

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  Andrew Miller

  byMiranda Wolpert

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  Tadáskía

  byDiane Lima

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  Laney Crowell

  byGabriela Hearst

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  Fatoumata Ba

  byFred Swaniker

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  Lalit Keshre

  byTharin Pillay

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  Ray Allensworth

  byJeffrey Kluger

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  Thibaud Hug de Larauze

  byCharlotte Hu

Phenoms

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  Tate McRae

  byDakota Johnson

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  Lola Tung

  byJenny Han

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  David Corenswet

  byNicholas Hoult

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  Taylor Fritz

  byKygo

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  Nico Parker

  byPedro Pascal

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  Meghann Fahy

  byRose Byrne

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  Paige Bueckers

  byDiana Taurasi

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  Kaitlyn Dever

  byMichael Keaton

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  Jeeno Thitikul

  byLydia Ko

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  Kartik Kumra

  byAsma Khan

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  Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni

  byWhitney Wolfe Herd

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  Fuerza Regida

  byXavi

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  Yashasvi Jaiswal

  bySean Gregory

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  Allison Ellsworth

  bySara Blakely

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  Cristóbal Valenzuela

  byJane Rosenthal

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  Shreya Murthy

  byHarry Booth

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  Wang Ning

  byMiranda Jeyaretnam

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Artists

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  Jonathan Bailey

  byAriana Grande

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  Tramell Tillman

  byColman Domingo

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  Teyana Taylor

  byRegina King

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  Monica Barbaro

  byGlen Powell

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  Miles Caton

  byRyan Coogler

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  Helen J Shen

  bySara Bareilles

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  Becky G

  bySelena Gomez

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  Megan Stalter

  byLena Dunham

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  Manny Jacinto

  byAlan Yang

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  Gracie Abrams

  byAudrey Hobert

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  Ocean Vuong

  byViet Thanh Nguyễn

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  Lainey Wilson

  byMiranda Lambert

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  Kara Young

  byLeslie Odom Jr.

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  Jack Quaid

  bySimon Pegg

Project Credits

• Project editors:Merrill Fabry, Lucy Feldman, Dan Macsai, Cate Matthews, and Erin McMullen
• Art and design:Rich Morgan
• Audience:Diana Elbasha, Kitty Ruskin, and Kari Sonde
• Contributors:Charlotte Alter, Alex Altman, Ruairí Arrieta-Kenna, Emma Barker Bonomo, Aman Batheja, Eliza Berman, Judy Berman, Harry Booth, Rachel Brodsky, Massimo Calabresi, Charlie Campbell, Andrew R. Chow, Olivia-Anne Cleary, Kelly Conniff, Eric Cortellessa, Leslie Dickstein, Philip Elliott, Lori Fradkin, Mahita Gajanan, Sean Gregory, Chad de Guzman, Charlotte Hu, Ayesha Javed, Miranda Jeyaretnam, Jeffrey Kluger, Nikhil Kumar, Marie Lazar, Kyla Mandel, Megan McCluskey, Mandy Oaklander, Alice Park, Billy Perrigo, Tharin Pillay, Ivan Plis, Nik Popli, Adam Rasmi, Lily Rothman, Dayana Sarkisova, Kara Simonetti, Simmone Shah, Simon Shuster, Callum Sutherland, Karl Vick, and Justin Worland
• Copy editors:Mark Hokoda and Jennifer Schiavone
• Digital:Annabel Gutterman and Nadia Suleman
• Photo:Katherine Pomerantz and Ava Selbach
• Video:Joey Lautrup, Brian Braganza, Jeannie Kopstein, Andrew Johnson, Alexandra Robson, and Justine Simons