TIME Reveals Its Annual List of the 100 Most Influential People in the World

September 23, 2020

TIME Reveals Its Annual List of the 100 Most Influential People in the World

Every year Time Magazine presents a list of the 100 most influential people in the world. For the first time, it featured its picks in a television event, Time100, which premiered on ABC on Tuesday, Sept. 22. This year’s issue has 8 worldwide covers, highlighting a few of the list’s position holders. The covers feature

Record-breaking artist “The Weeknd”
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai
Rapper Megan Thee Stallion
Celebrity couple – former NBA star Dwyane Wade and actress Gabrielle Union
Infectious disease specialist Dr Anthony Fauci
Black Lives Matter founders Patrisse Cullors, Alicia Garza and Opal Tometi
COVID-19 frontline nurse Amy O’Sullivan
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen

There will also be a new cover and a special tribute honouring the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Of the 2020 TIME100 list, TIME CEO and editor in chief Edward Felsenthal writes, “This year’s list looks far different than any of us could have predicted just six months ago. The TIME 100 has always been a mirror of the world and those who shape it. While you will certainly find people who wield traditional power on this year’s list—heads of state, CEOs, major entertainers—it also includes many extraordinary, lesser-known individuals who seized the moment to save lives, build a movement, lift the spirit, repair the world… Their work challenges each of us to wield our own influence toward a world that is healthier, more resilient, more sustainable and just.”