01. CHARLES ARNTZEN
For fighting ebola with tobacco.
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02. RAJAN ANANDAN
For getting everyone online.
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03. DAO NGUYEN
For turning LOLs into a media empire.
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04. MARIA CLAUDIA LACOUTURE
For rebranding a country.
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05. JENS BERGENSTEN
For holding the keys to the 100-million-player kingdom.
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06. LESLIE DEWAN
For throwing salt on traditionally nuclear technology.
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07. DANA MAURIELLO
For getting crafty about cultivating entrepreneurs.
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08. AMY POEHLER
For making comedy grow.
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09, 10. THOMAS DIMSON AND ALEX KARPENKO
For speeding up Instagram.
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11. MATT MASON
For playing nice.
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12. GREG HOFFMAN
For keeping Nike in the spotlight.
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13. JERMAINE AFFONSO
For leveling the cannons at click bait.
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14. ERTHARIN COUSIN
For building tech-forward tools to tackle world hunger.
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15. MARTHA MURRAY
For finally figuring out how to fix a torn ACL.
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15. VERONICA JUAREZ
For paving the way for legal ride sharing.
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17, 18. ZOE QUINN AND ALEX LIFSCHITZ
For tackling online abuse.
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19 – 21. TRACY CHOU, NADINE HARIK, AND JENNIFER TSAI
For pinning down global mobile design.
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22. LINDA BOFF
For illuminating GE’s products.
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23. DAVID EUN
For seeding Samsung’s future.
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24. THOMAS HEATHERWICK
For collapsing the walls within design.
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25. MAARTEN SIERHUIS
For driving us toward the autonomous future.
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26. KEVIN WEIL
For giving Twitter new wings.
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27. JENNIFER LEWIS
For giving 3-D printing a jolt.
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28. MARQUES BROWNLEE
For being a gadget god.
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29. BARBARA BUSH
For giving health care fresh eyes.
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30. CAITLIN OSWALD
For propelling jet innovation.
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31. TRACY YOUNG
For getting everyone on the same page.
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32. AVA DUVERNAY
For showing an icon from all angles.
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33. AZZEDINE DOWNES
For saving the animals.
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34, 35. DAO-YI CHOW AND MAXWELL OSBORNE
For putting street wear on the runway.
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36. DINESH BHATIA
For teaching aspiring investors to make the leap.
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37. CAMERON PIRON
For taking the guesswork out of brain surgery.
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38. SOPHIE LEBRECHT
For predicting which images will go viral.
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39. SREE SREENIVASAN
For liberating the museum from its physical walls.
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40. JEREMY JOHNSON
For helping students get paid to learn.
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41. VIAN DAKHIL
For answering the call.
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42. ERICA MACKIE
For using solar to empower people.
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43. AMY GU
For getting China to take note.
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44. LARRY WILMORE
For keeping it 100.
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45 – 48. GOVERNMENT GROUNDBREAKERS
For getting the public sector up to speed.
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49 – 51. GREG FONG, SEAN MONAHAN, AND EMILY SEGAL
For turning detachment into dollars.
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52. MAX SIEGEL
For leading track and field forward—fast.
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53. KATY FIKE
For making aging graceful.
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54. IMRAN AMED
For quantifying fashion’s value.
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55, 56. GALYN BERNARD AND CHRISTINA CARBONELL
For making it easy to dress your kids.
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57. JANET MOCK
For getting people to talk about transgender issues.
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58. JEROME JARRE
For charming the world a few seconds at a time.
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59, 60. MUKESH JHA AND JANARDAN PRASAD
For giving India a lift.
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61. MARIE KONDO
For helping us purge.
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62. SIBYL GOLDMAN
For hooking Facebook into Hollywood.
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63. LISA SEACAT DELUCA
For being the mother of invention.
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64. KELLY SUE DECONNICK
For reanimating a superhero.
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65. VINNIE MYERS
For healing breast cancer survivors with ink.
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66. EMILY WEISS
For letting customers decide what’s beautiful.
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67. MEHMOOD KHAN
For stimulating the world’s taste buds.
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68. MARY KAY HENRY
For waging the war for livable wages.
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69. APRIL UNDERWOOD
For leveling the VC scales.
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70. AYSE ILDENIZ
For making smart jewelry fashionable.
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71. JOCELYN COOPER
For maximizing a movement.
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72. JASON JONES
For showing gamers their Destiny.
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73. BONNIE ANDERSON
For saving thousands of patients from the knife.
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74. TESSA LAU
For giving robots that human touch.
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75. MIKE JUDGE
For holding a fun-house mirror up to the tech industry.
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76. DONALD ROBERTSON
For launching an art career with a kiss.
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77. ISABELLA ROSE TAYLOR
For putting the “teen” in teen fashion.
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78 – 80. DAN SCHULMAN, JOCELYN MANGAN, BORA CHUNG
For helping us breeze through the checkout.
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81, 82. EL-P AND KILLER MIKE
For letting goodwill drive their music business.
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83. CRAIG STRONBERG
For hacking the security game.
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84. KIM GEHRIG
For capturing real bodies in motion.
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85. KATRINA MARKOFF
For going cuckoo for cocoa.
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86. JOCELYN LEAVITT
For turning kids into game designers.
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87. EMILY LEPROUST
For synthesizing DNA faster than ever.
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88. DANILO LEAO
For knowing when the cows come home—and what they’ve been doing all day.
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89. MARK WILLIAMS
For inviting the Bard into the barbershop.
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90. MEGAN AMRAM
For fighting stereotype with satire.
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91, 92. DEXTER PEART AND BYRON PEART
For caring about how you carry your gadgets.
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93. HENRY RED CLOUD
For letting the sun shine on the reservation.
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94. ARCHANA RAGHURAM
For motivating colleagues to make a difference.
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95. CATHERINE HAVASI
For making computers better listeners.
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96. MARIJE VOGELZANG
For reimagining what and how we eat—and training other designers to do the same.
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97. SCOTT DUNGATE
For steering advertising in a new interactive direction.
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98, 99. BRETT KOPF AND DAVID KOPF
For keeping parents in the know.
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100. PAYAL KADAKIA
For taking the sweat out of finding fitness classes.
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