Alessandra Lariu

For making history

For moving Apple into the doctor's office

For televising the revolution

For building China's biggest ride-sharing business at breathtaking speed

For turning a storied fashion house into a $1 billion juggernaut

For turning a storied fashion house into a $1 billion juggernaut

For offering Netflix viewers a lot more to binge on

For saving lives by saving time

For getting elemental

For extending Amazon's reach, one vendor at a time

For empowering former prisoners

For shaking up sports

For steering Ford in a more adventurous direction

For helping to hack the bad guys

For keeping Starbucks--and farmers everywhere--full of beans

For storing data on DNA

For making infomercials binge-worthy

For creating and curating the most clickable content on the Internet

For creating and curating the most clickable content on the Internet

For creating and curating the most clickable content on the Internet

For creating and curating the most clickable content on the Internet

For enabling nurses to create their own solutions

For treating virtual reality as an art form

For treating virtual reality as an art form

For seeing the people behind the code

For developing female entrepreneurs across Africa

For disrupting India's $49 billion consumer packaged goods market

For stretching Nike in new directions

For seizing the moments

For seizing the moments

For seizing the moments

For getting us off the grid

For channeling teenage wanderlust toward social good

For moving at breakthrough speed

For putting a new face on H&M

For hearing the deaf community

For restoring the Force to "Star Wars"

For redrawing digital design

For leading a millennial girl gang

For generating music that's priceless

For turning leggings into art

For giving women a shot

For shaking up the hidebound business of broadband

For being a voice of change

For helping us make arrangements

For helping us make arrangements

For expanding Intel's arsenal

For finding innovation on the front lines

For continuing to stand up for gender equality

For fostering harmony between mashup artists and copyright holders

For lowering the grocery bill

For mixing comedy with commentary

For mixing comedy with commentary

For checking in

For pinpointing the secrets of success

For opening doors and hearts

For opening doors and hearts

For seeing the whole student

For luring DIY to defense

For being a knockout filmmaker

For having interior motives

For having interior motives

For giving Snoop's product line some California cool

For bringing exercise to the enterprise

For teaching businesses to read Kafka

For putting everything in order

For giving STEM an after-school boost

For connecting the LGBT community to lifesaving opportunities

For being a fresh voice in messaging

For going with the flow

For knowing how to get fans more of what they want

For being an angel of death

For enabling huge companies to figure out the future, faster

For finding the winners in China's tech scene

For expanding with style

For spreading hospitality

For helping ex-offenders--and detainees--get their lives back

For engineering microbes for new products

For providing refugees with a pathway to employment

For importing the cult of Muji to the United States

For combining razor-sharp storytelling with product marketing

For getting television fans off the couch

For getting television fans off the couch

For turning mobile phone payments into credit histories

For taking radical steps to improve corporate culture

For taking radical steps to improve corporate culture

For taking radical steps to improve corporate culture

For taking radical steps to improve corporate culture

For modernizing Mexico City

For letting us all be digital Michelangelos

For breathing new energy into jazz

For applying the VC model to philanthropy

For applying the VC model to philanthropy

For seeing beyond the cosmetic

For finding a good return on social impact

For energizing brands

For beefing up meatless food

For discovering drug links in hashtags

For making a joint effort

For creating a unicorn business