Gold House Reveals 2024 A100 List Honoring The Most Impactful Asian Pacific Leaders In U.S.

Valerie Complex
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Gold House kicked off Asian Pacific American Heritage Month on Wednesday with the reveal of its annual A100 List, which recognizes the 100 Asian Pacific leaders who have impacted American culture and society in the last year. It has also unveiled several special awards honoring transformative impact, as well as a brand new category, New Gold, to honor 10 leaders on the rise across various industries.

Top Asian Pacific organizations, creative and business leaders, and multicultural allies voted on the list. Gold House will celebrate the honorees through a slate of events May 10-11, including the A100 Honoree Welcome on May 10 exclusively for past and present A100 honorees, and the Gold Gala on May 11, the premier and most-viewed Asian Pacific celebration in North America.

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Asian Pacific-led creativity continued to break records in entertainment, with the most-watched Netflix show of 2023 (The Night Agent), the most-watched Disney+ film premiere of 2023 (Elemental), the most-watched FX premiere ever on Hulu (Shōgun), the first Asian to win “Male Artist of the Year” at the People’s Choice Awards (Jungkook), the most-watched YouTube Shorts creator of 2023 (Alan Chikin Chow), and the first Asian-created and led television show to win an Emmy for Best Limited or Anthology Series (Beef). In sports, A100 and New Gold honorees represent the world’s highest-paid athlete (Shohei Ohtani), the first Asian player to score 100 Premier League goals (Heung-Min Son), the first high schooler drafted No. 1 overall to the NWSL (Alyssa Thompson), and the most-viewed Super Bowl Halftime Show prior to 2024 (choreographed by Parris Goebel).

Asian Pacific leaders are also driving important technologies and policiese, founding 42% of the IPO’d companies in the U.S. in the last two years. A100 honorees sit at the forefront of AI, including “Godmother of AI” Dr. Fei-Fei Li and executives at the most dominant AI players (e.g., AMD, Google Cloud, Nvidia, Open AI, Salesforce AI, Scale AI). A100 honorees also lead the most organizations ensuring that future technologies balance fundamental rights, including the Human Rights Watch, the National Resources Defense Council, and the White House Correspondents’ Association.

“This year was special: Asian Pacific leaders had a record number of records broken while building a more inclusive tomorrow for all, particularly in new avenues like AI. Gold House is honored to celebrate so many new and established leaders who are committed to both equity and excellence.” said Bing Chen and Jeremy Tran, CEO and COO of Gold House.

Here’s the list of this year’s A1 honorees:

Business & Technology: Jensen Huang (Co-Founder, President, and CEO, NVIDIA)
Entertainment & Media: Dev Patel (Actor, Director, Producer, and Writer)
Fashion & Lifestyle: Anish Melwani (Chairman and CEO, LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton Inc.)
Social Impact: Maui First Responders
Gaming & Sports: Rachell “Valkyrae” Hofstetter (Content Creator and Streamer)
Additionally, seven individuals who have been selected for prior A100 Lists were selected for induction into the Hall of Fame: Jason Momoa (Actor); Collin Morikawa (Professional Golfer); Shohei Ohtani (Professional Baseball Player, Los Angeles Dodgers); Olivia Rodrigo (Singer, Songwriter, and Actor); Dr. Lisa Su (Chair and CEO, AMD); Garry Tan (President and CEO, Y Combinator); James Wan (Director, Producer, and Writer).

The A100 also includes special honors:

Billboard Gold Music Honor, in partnership with Billboard, for boundary-pushing musical accomplishments that redefine cultural narratives: Saweetie (Multi-platinum selling recording artist, and entrepreneur)
Gold Ally Honor for multicultural leaders committed to progressing culture for all: Cynthia Erivo (Grammy, Emmy, Tony-winning and Oscar-nominated actress, singer, songwriter and producer, and star of the forthcoming Wicked)
Gold Icon Honor for a transformational moment for the Asian Pacific community: Beef Cast & Creators
Gold Legend Honor for a lifetime of indelible contributions to the success and representation of the Asian Pacific community: Bang Si-Hyuk (Chairman, HYBE), Karan Johar (Producer, Author, Talk Show Host, and Entrepreneur); Padma Lakshmi (Producer, Author, Host, and Entrepreneur); Lucy Liu (Actress, Artist, Advocate, Director, and Producer)

is year’s A100 Honorees are featured in Google’s Asian Pacific American Heritage Month video celebrating the community’s excellence across culture, created in collaboration with Gold House and produced by Hook. The video features a powerful narration from actor and producer, Auli’i Cravalho, as well as Google Search trends about the community.

The full A100 List and Selection Committee can be found here.

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