Edward Felsenthal

Felsenthal is the Executive Chairman and former Editor in Chief of TIME.

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Stories of Afghan Women Around the World

TIME partnered with Rukshana Media to highlight the stories of women who left Afghanistan since the Taliban returned to power.

By Edward Felsenthal

The Story Behind TIME's New 'Enough' Mass Shootings Cover

The gavel shape formed by the word "Enough" on our new cover is meant to signify the need for action

By Edward Felsenthal

How We Chose the 2022 TIME100

"Our hope is that the TIME100 list is not simply a recognition of influence but a study in how influence can be wielded."

By Edward Felsenthal

Leaders Are Meeting in Person Again at Davos—Just as the World Faces a New Threat

For many of us, Davos 2020 will forever be associated with the first time we began to take in the potential scope of the mysterious virus that had infected what was then, by official counts,...

By Edward Felsenthal

How TIME Chose Its 2022 Next Generation Leaders

At TIME, our eyes are on the rising stars poised to shape the future. We first joined forces with Rolex in 2014 to launch Next Generation Leaders, our series elevating young people from across fields...

By Edward Felsenthal

Ecopreneurs Are Critical to the Planet's Future

For more than a quarter of a century, amid growing signs of the ravages of global warming, the U.N. has brought together representatives from almost every country on the planet to work together on solutions....

By Edward Felsenthal

How Business Is Shaping Our Future

From the vaccines that save lives to the withdrawal of companies from Russia, business has never had a greater impact

By Edward Felsenthal

Telling the Stories of War

How do you tell the story of a war? Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on Feb. 24, all of us have been grappling with the constant flood of images and messages coming into our...

By Edward Felsenthal

How We Picked the 2021 Kid of the Year

Much has been said, and rightly so, about what a heartbreaking time this period has been for so many kids around the world. “The Lost Year,” we called it in a TIME cover story about...

By Edward Felsenthal

The Story Behind TIME's Interview with Alexei Navalny

Navalny’s last letter arrived in mid-­January, and its tone was a lot darker than the other letters had been

By Edward Felsenthal

Davos 2022: Klaus Schwab on Fixing the Global Trust Crisis

TIME editor-in-chief Edward Felsenthal talks to Klaus Schwab, the founder of the World Economic Forum, about collaboration, hopes for the climate, and the power of youth. This interview has been edited and condensed.I recently heard...

By Edward Felsenthal

Why TIME Dedicated This Special Issue to the Power of Collaboration

In early December, vaccinated and rapid tested, I had the opportunity to catch up in person with Klaus Schwab, chairman of the World Economic Forum, our partner in this special issue. It was his first...

By Edward Felsenthal

Behind the Scenes of TIME's 2021 Person of the Year Issue

2021 has been a year of building on the past to forge the future, writes Edward Felsenthal

By Edward Felsenthal

Why TIME Chose Elon Musk as the 2021 Person of the Year

Despite shattering records this year with a net worth above $300 billion, Elon Musk demurs at being described as the richest person in the history of the world. “Excluding sovereigns,” Musk says wryly, adding that...

By Edward Felsenthal

Why TIME Dedicated an Issue to the Global Climate Fight

20,000 delegates from 196 countries head to Glasgow for the most important global gathering on climate change in years

By Edward Felsenthal

How We Chose the 2021 TIME100

The year I started in journalism, 1992, was “the end of history” or so claimed a famous book by that title with a remarkably sunny view of human progress. Today—as I near my 30th year...

By Edward Felsenthal

Finding Purpose at a Moment of Crisis and Division

Earlier this summer, TIME senior correspondent Justin Worland traveled to the Mahoning Valley, an area of northeast Ohio once teeming with manufacturing and now better known for plant closings. There he met William “Doug” Franklin,...

By Edward Felsenthal

How TIME Chose Its 2021 Next Generation Leaders

I was catching up the other day with a friend, who asked how remote work had been going, and I mentioned that sometimes late in the day, when my youngest child has had it with...

By Edward Felsenthal

Every Company is a Tech Company Now. The Disruption is Just Beginning

In March 2020, as businesses across the world sent non-essential workers home to slow the spread of the coronavirus, a 2.6 million-sq.-ft. General Motors plant in Kokomo, Ind., sat idle. At the same time, ventilators—the...

By Edward Felsenthal

How We Chose the 2021 TIME100 Next

As we assembled our second annual TIME100 Next list—an expansion of our flagship TIME100 franchise that highlights 100 emerging leaders who are shaping the future—what struck me most was how its members are coping with...

By Edward Felsenthal
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