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# TIME100 Leadership Series

Conversations with individuals who are shaping the world and inspiring others to build a better future IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ROLEX

## TIME100 Leadership Series

* ![Portrait of El Anatsui](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt77908a59dd2d5495/698a9c07d075333723e77d88/time100-leadership0el-anatsui-artist.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[El Anatsui Broke Art Norms. At 80, He’s Still Switching It Up](/collections/time100-leadership-series/7174107/el-anatsui-philadelphia/)  
byBelinda Luscombe
* ![Director Alfonso Cuaron photographed in London on Aug. 6](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt19be7579da1d2cf7/698a5aed929fad66c8bfcfdb/alfonso-cuaron-disclaimer-david-vintiner.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Why Alfonso Cuarón Said Yes to Television](/collections/time100-leadership-series/7021800/alfonso-cuaron-interview-disclaimer/)  
byStephanie Zacharek
* ![Dr. Bessel van der Kolk has ruffled industry feathers by redefining trauma treatments.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0105507282e5a8cd/698a58d1096a94d3416b0baa/bessel-van-der-kolk-leadership.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[People Still Misunderstand Trauma, Says 'Body Keeps the Score' Author Bessel van der Kolk](/collections/time100-leadership-series/6998595/bessel-van-der-kolk-trauma-profile/)  
byBelinda Luscombe
* ![Anne Hidalgo](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt13cff02bbc6ff18b/698a561f9d83e830aab9a05d/hidalgo-anne-paris-01.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo Has a Lot Riding on the 2024 Olympics](/collections/time100-leadership-series/6972036/paris-mayor-anne-hidalgo-olympics-interview/)  
byVivienne Walt / PARIS
* ![Coco Gauff](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta867dc97bbdb0512/698a55c9096a94b4d26b06be/coco-gauff-tennis.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Coco Gauff Is Playing for Herself Now](/collections/time100-leadership-series/6970223/coco-gauff-interview-2024/)  
bySean Gregory / Indian Wells, Calif.
* ![Jimmy Donaldson, also known as MrBeast, in Greenville, N.C., on Dec. 12, 2023. “It's just uncharted territory," says Donaldson of his videos' success.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte5b00af63faf433b/698a4867929fadda3fbfb0f2/mrbeast-profile-1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[In the Belly of MrBeast](/collections/time100-leadership-series/6693255/mrbeast-interview/)  
byBelinda Luscombe


* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1ea6b6a2f1266e7f/698a443b86f68e461e6f32b9/christopher-nolan-01.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[How Christopher Nolan Found Intimacy on a Grand Scale](/collections/time100-leadership-series/6589108/christopher-nolan-oppenheimer-oscars-interview/)  
byJeffrey Kluger
* ![Tadashi Yanai at Uniqlo’s Ariake headquarters on Sept. 15.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf29a9fb4c0f35349/698a4225457a528501d68216/uniqlo-yanai-tadashi-1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[The Founder of Uniqlo Has a Wake-Up Call for Japan](/collections/time100-leadership-series/6333659/tadashi-yanai-uniqlo-japan-profile/)  
byCharlie Campbell
* ![Martin Scorsese](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte6f2b3a1e7680511/698a404a09208f19ab41ab2f/martin-scorsese-profile-killers-flower-moon-03a.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Martin Scorsese Still Has Stories to Tell](/collections/time100-leadership-series/6311403/martin-scorsese-killers-of-the-flower-moon-interview/)  
byStephanie Zacharek
* ![Designer Stella McCartney in London](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4dd4a7f59144a022/698a3f4be6e84a13542b05bf/time-stella-mccartney-time100-leadership-opener.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Stella McCartney Is Changing Fashion From Within](/collections/time100-leadership-series/6302562/stella-mccartney-sustainability-interview-lvmh/)  
byNaina Bajekal/London
* ![Megan Rapinoe in the locker room of the Interbay Stadium in Seattle](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf3ea4cc65743ead9/698a3e724ee262645531b8a4/time-megan-rapinoe-womens-world-cup-uswnt.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Megan Rapinoe Won't Go Quietly](/collections/time100-leadership-series/6293102/megan-rapinoe-world-cup-2023-interview-retirement/)  
bySean Gregory
* ![Iga Swiatek of Poland poses for a portrait on day four of the Miami Open](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9b525e0ac75b51bf/698a3c35b21a9cd06b5072e1/iga-swiatek.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Inside Tennis Star Iga Swiatek's Unique Mental Game](/collections/time100-leadership-series/6273975/iga-swiatek-tennis-psychology-training/)  
bySean Gregory


* ![Frank Gehry says he won’t retire, but he might “just leave one day and not tell anybody about it."](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltebef25cc0cdacd47/698a3b69e6e84a26512aff01/opener-time100-leadership-frank-gehry.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[How Frank Gehry Changed Buildings—and Cities—Forever](/collections/time100-leadership-series/6265617/frank-gehry-interview-guggenheim/)  
byBelinda Luscombe
* ![James Cameron weathered over a decade of skepticism about his Avatar sequel. Now he's taking a victory lap.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf5d0e8f162148390/698a3a57d07533af16e6dc16/james-cameron-leadership-series.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[James Cameron Is Reconsidering a Few Things](/collections/time100-leadership-series/6255536/james-cameron-interview-avatar-the-way-of-water/)  
byEliana Dockterman
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1572f925912df595/698a39f8cabb1d86efe511be/ibram-x-kendi.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Ibram X. Kendi: 'Racist' Is an Adjective, Not a Noun. Understanding Why Is Important](/collections/time100-leadership-series/6251858/ibram-x-kendi-antiracism-interview/)  
byJanell Ross
* ![Director Steven Spielberg photographed in Los Angeles on Nov 7](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt489208837466874b/698a37fab21a9c08f5506b16/steven-spielberg-the-fabelmans-tania-franco-klein.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Steven Spielberg Waited 60 Years to Tell This Story](/collections/time100-leadership-series/6234045/steven-spielberg-interview-the-fabelmans/)  
byStephanie Zacharek / Los Angeles
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt75e1e02e5f7de5c1/698a367109208f8143419aba/time100-leadership-series-gustavo-dudamel.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[The Greatest Orchestra Conductor of Our Time Wants to Take Classical Music Off Its Pedestal](/collections/time100-leadership-series/6221055/gustavo-dudamel-music-equality/)  
byEd Leibowitz
* ![Atwood and Feldman in Toronto in September](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt00831d42db48ecd4/698a3572096a94a2ee6acf29/220926_EDDESK_001.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[New TIME100 Leadership Series Catches Up With the World’s Most Influential People](/collections/time100-leadership-series/6213522/time100-leadership/)  
byEdward Felsenthal


* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1c9e1e6d3c88a8c2/698a356722fb852c45e2ddc8/time100-leadership-series-margaret-atwood.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Margaret Atwood Doesn't Think We're Doomed](/collections/time100-leadership-series/6213107/margaret-atwood-climate-change-roe-v-wade-interview/)  
byLucy Feldman
* ![Author George Saunders photographed by his daughter at home in New York State.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5bd350571aa2e501/698a365d929fadd44cbf91af/george-saunders.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[George Saunders Is Getting Comfortable With Ambiguous Storytelling](/collections/time100-leadership-series/6221432/george-saunders-liberation-day-interview/)  
byLucas Wittmann
* [Shonda Rhimes Already Knows What You're Going to Watch Next](/collections/time100-leadership-series/6132884/shonda-rhimes-profile/)  
byJudy Berman
* ![Goodall has spent the past 19 months working from her attic bedroom in Bournemouth, U.K.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb8c3b30f8d4d1bc3/698a1d5b09208f6cac41851b/Jane_Goodall_TIME_Profile_01.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[The Enduring Hope of Jane Goodall](/collections/time100-leadership-series/6102640/jane-goodall-environment-hope/)  
byCiara Nugent
* ![Lindsey Vonn](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta7a27ee4a3a7b515/698a2169db29874c0a267609/GettyImages-1292166520.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Lindsey Vonn: The World Deemed Me 'Dramatic' for My Injuries. A Man Would've Been Called Resilient](/collections/time100-leadership-series/6138226/lindsey-vonn-rise/)  
byLindsey Vonn


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