Time Magazine just released a list of this year’s 100 Most Influential People in the World. Their list includes many names you will recognize (like Tim Cook, Tim Tebow, Kristen Wiig, and Adele) along with others you may not. The list includes a variety of successful people from various industries including business, science, entertainment, athletics, and politics. The people mentioned in this list made a huge impact in society within the last year. You can check out the entire list below:
Jeremy Lin
Christian Marclay
Viola Davis
Salman Khan
Tim Tebow
E.L. James
Louis C.K.
Rihanna
Marco Rubio
Ali Ferzat
Rene Redzepi
Kristen Wiig
Anthony Kennedy
Novak Djokovic
Ben Rattray
Jessica Chastain
Yani Teseng
Raphael Saadiq
Elinor Ostrom
Samira Ibrahim
Jose Andres
Ann Patchett
Dulce Matuz
Henrik Scharfe
Freeman Hrabowski
Maryam Durani
Manal al-Sharif
Anjali Gopalan
Rached Ghannouchi
Ron Fouchier
Donald Sadoway
Hans Rosling
Asghar Farhadi
Sarah Burton
Anonymous
Pete Cashmore
Cami Anderson
Ali Babacan & Ahmet Davutoglu
Ai-jen Poo
Marc Andreeson
Preet Bharara
Robert Grant
Andrew Lo
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
Alexei Navalny
Ray Dalio
Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber al-Thani
Chelsea Handler
Harvey Weinstein
Chen Lihua
Warren Buffett
Alice Walton
Harold Hamm
Sheryl Sandberg
Sara Blakely
Eike Batista
Tim Cook
Daniel Ek
Virginia Rometty
Barack Obama
Goodluck Jonathan
Xi Jinping
Fatou Bensouda
Christine Lagarde
Mario Draghi
U Thein Sein
Ayatullah Ali Khameni
Mitt Romney
Juan Manuel Santos
Timothy Dolan
Portia Simpson Miller
Mario Monti
Wang Yang
Maria das Gracas Silva Foster
Andrew Cuomo
Iftikhar Chaudhry
Mamata Banerjee
Walter Isaacson
Ron Paul
Benjamin Netanyahu
Dilma Rousseff
Erik Martin
Cecil Richards
Angela Merkel
Lionel Messi
Tilda Swinton
Hilary Clinton
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge & Pippa Middleton
Adele
Matt Lauer
Oscar Pistorius
Claire Danes
Stephen Colbert
One of the most notable person on this year’s list was Apple’s CEO Tim Cook. He took over the company last year before Steve Jobs passed away and although he has big shoes to fill, it’s apparent that Cook has already made a positive impact on the company. Al Gore, one of Apple’s key board members, wrote a piece for Time magazine explaining why Cook is so influential, citing his leadership skills and personal discipline as valuable traits. It sounds like perhaps Apple’s current CEO could become a legend in his own right.