TIME Studios and ABC to bring views inside the TIME gala TIME100: The World’s Most Influential People
TIME reveals the 2025 TIME100, its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. The issue has five worldwide covers, each highlighting a member of the TIME100: actor and producer Demi Moore, artist and entrepreneur Snoop Dogg, former tennis player and entrepreneur Serena Williams, singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran, and co-founder and CEO of Google DeepMind Demis Hassabis.
The TIME100 list includes pairings of the list members and the guest contributors TIME selects to write about them. The 22nd annual list features: Shonda Rhimes on Ted Sarandos, Will Ferrell on Lorne Michaels, Aly Raisman on Simone Biles, Michelle Yeoh on Jon M. Chu, Gloria Steinem on Gisèle Pelicot, Noah Kahan on Hozier, Amy Poehler on Rashida Jones, Derek Jeter on Jalen Hurts, Chris Evans on Scarlett Johansson, Hoda Kotb on Snoop Dogg, Jorge Ramos on Claudia Sheinbaum, Patti LuPone on Nicole Scherzinger, Chris Hemsworth on Ed Sheeran, Ryan Murphy on Demi Moore, Elliot Page on Raquel Willis, Ali Wong on Nikki Glaser, Diane Sawyer on David Muir, Lily Collins on Rosé, Keke Palmer on Kwame Onwuachi, Regina King on Danielle Deadwyler, Ted Danson on Kristen Bell, Becky G on Willy Chavarria, Baz Luhrmann on Miuccia Prada, Reese Witherspoon on Amy Griffin, and more.
“The 2025 TIME100 list of the world’s most influential people recognizes the leaders shaping the world today and defining its future. We look forward to bringing together the newest members of this extraordinary community at the annual TIME100 Summit and TIME100 Gala with our incredible partners,” states TIME Chief Executive Officer Jessica Sibley.
Over a dozen entertainers are featured on this year’s list, including Scarlett Johansson, Snoop Dogg, Ed Sheeran, Kristen Bell, Adrien Brody, Blake Lively, Rosé, Nicole Scherzinger, Jon M. Chu, Danielle Deadwyler, Demi Moore, Lorne Michaels, Nikki Glaser, Adam Scott, Kristen Wiig, Diego Luna, Daniel Dae Kim, Hiroyuki Sanada, Mohammad Rasoulof, Hozier, Myles Smith, Yoshiki, and more.
President Donald Trump is on the list for the seventh time, more than any other person on the list this year. Other repeats include: Elon Musk with six, Mark Zuckerberg with five, Serena Williams, Lorne Michaels, and Simone Biles with three each, and Kristen Wiig, Ed Sheeran, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Demis Hassabis, Scarlett Johansson, Megyn Kelly, Blake Lively, Javier Milei, Miuccia Prada, Joe Rogan, and Ted Sarandos all with two.
TIME will convene the 2025 TIME100 list of the world’s most influential people in New York City at the TIME100 Summit on April 23rd and the TIME100 Gala on April 24th.
The fifth-annual TIME100 Summit will feature leaders from the global TIME community to spotlight solutions and encourage action toward a better world. Speakers for the day-long event include: Meghan, Duchess of Sussex and founder of As ever, actor and producer Demi Moore, co-CEO of Netflix Ted Sarandos, actor and entrepreneur Ryan Reynolds, comedian Nikki Glaser, co-founder and CEO of Google Deepmind Demis Hassabis, director-general of the World Health Organization Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, chair of the advisory board of the Anti-Corruption Foundation and the chair of the Human Rights Foundation Yulia Navalnaya, founder, CIO mentor and member of the Bridgewater Board Raymond T. Dalio, president and CEO of Exelon Calvin Butler, former CEO and chairman of PepsiCo Indra Nooyi, U.S. Senator for New York Kirsten Gillibrand, former director of the National Institutes of Health Monica Bertagnolli, chief strategy officer of the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Dr. Anaeze C. Offodile II, AI scholar and professor at the University of Southern California Kate Crawford, actor and co-founder of Climate Basecamp Rainn Wilson, founder of the Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice Catherine Coleman Flowers, and more.
The 2025 TIME100 Summit is presented by premier partner Booking.com, signature partners Circle, Diriyah Company, Prudential Financial, Inc., and Toyota, and supporting partners Absolut, Amazon, Pfizer, and XPRIZE.
The 19th annual TIME100 Gala will be hosted by artist and entrepreneur Snoop Dogg, and feature performances by singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran and singer-songwriter Myles Smith. The event will also feature the presentation of a TIME Impact Award to Olympic gymnast and advocate Simone Biles, as well as special remarks from members of this year’s list including actor Blake Lively, former tennis player and entrepreneur Serena Wiliams, actor Kristen Bell, and CEO of CAMFED Angelina Murimirwa, as well as TIME CEO Jessica Sibley and Editor in Chief Sam Jacobs, and more.
For the sixth year in a row, TIME Studios and ABC will present the 2025 TIME100: The World’s Most Influential People primetime television special bringing viewers inside the 19th annual TIME100 Gala, airing Sunday, May 4th from 10-11 pm ET/PT on ABC, which will be available to stream the next day on Hulu. The television special will be created by TIME Studios, the Emmy Award®-winning television and film division of TIME, produced in partnership with P&G.
