--- description: Find out why Reshma Kewalramani is one of the 100 most influential people of 2025. title: Reshma Kewalramani: The 100 Most Influential People of 2025 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5631370728e817e2/6998c5c6e1ba00042298d769/time100-2025-reshma-kewalramani.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Apr 16, 2025 # Reshma Kewalramani ## Video: Reshma Kewalramani | TIME100 2025 [Watch (HLS stream): Reshma Kewalramani | TIME100 2025](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/tGDUld1E.m3u8) (1:44)  _Published 2025-04-16. Reshma Kewalramani is on the 2025 TIME100 list._ by Jason Kelly  10/14/2023 - Boston, MA - Intercontinental Hotel - Boston Arts Academy Honors Gala - Vertex CEO and President Dr. Reshma Kewalramani accepted the Civic Responsibility award on behalf of herself and Vertex Pharmaceuticals at the Boston Arts Academy Honors Gala on Saturday evening, October 14, 2023\. All honorees were: Treasurer Deborah Goldberg, Lifetime Achievement Honoree; Keena Cooks, Celebrity Choreographer BAA Alum (’08), Dance Honoree; Panos Panay, President of the Recording Academy, Music Honoree; Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Civic Responsibility Honoree; Bill Brett, Award-winning photojournalist, Visual Arts Honoree; Sinesia Karol, Couture Fashion Designer, Fashion Honoree; Kasi Lemmons, Actress, Screen Writer and Film Director, TV + Film Honoree Photo by Dina Rudick/Anthem Multimedia for Vertex Pharmaceuticals 10/14/2023 - Boston, MA - Intercontinental Hotel - Boston Arts Academy Honors Gala - Vertex CEO and President Dr. Reshma Kewalramani accepted the Civic Responsibility award on behalf of herself and Vertex Pharmaceuticals at the Boston Arts Academy Honors Gala on Saturday evening, October 14, 2023\. All honorees were: Treasurer Deborah Goldberg, Lifetime Achievement Honoree; Keena Cooks, Celebrity Choreographer BAA Alum (’08), Dance Honoree; Panos Panay, President of the Recording Academy, Music Honoree; Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Civic Responsibility Honoree; Bill Brett, Award-winning photojournalist, Visual Arts Honoree; Sinesia Karol, Couture Fashion Designer, Fashion Honoree; Kasi Lemmons, Actress, Screen Writer and Film Director, TV + Film Honoree Photo by Dina Rudick/Anthem Multimedia for Vertex PharmaceuticalsDina Rudick—Anthem Multimedia for Vertex Pharmaceuticals Reshma Kewalramani’s journey to become the first female CEO of a large, public U.S. biotechnology company after immigrating from India at age 11 embodies what makes America great. In 2018, her exceptional career in medical research led her to become the chief medical officer of Vertex Pharmaceuticals. Within two years, she was CEO. Reshma sat on my board at Ginkgo Bioworks, and her insights proved invaluable: she knows how to effectively push the limits of science while navigating the drug-approval process. She told us that when you are doing something innovative, if it sounds crazy or impossible, that’s OK—it’s only because no one has done it before. Under her leadership, Vertex secured the first-ever FDA approval for a CRISPR-based therapy, which treats sickle cell disease by correcting patients’ own DNA mutations. Our bodies speak the language of DNA. Our best drugs in the future will use DNA to talk directly back to our bodies, leading to many more cures. Reshma is the kind of leader who can deliver that extraordinary future—it only seems crazy because no one’s done it before. _Kelly is the co-founder and CEO_ _of Ginkgo Bioworks_ Reshma Kewalramani Is on the 2025 TIME100 List ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2025/7273788/reshma-kewalramani/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2025/7273788/reshma-kewalramani/"},"headline":"Reshma Kewalramani","datePublished":"2025-04-16T10:30:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T00:46:10.679Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2025/7273788/reshma-kewalramani/","keywords":["TIME100","franchise","Magazine","Special Project","sponsorshipblock","Accolades","T100Leaders2025"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5631370728e817e2/6998c5c6e1ba00042298d769/time100-2025-reshma-kewalramani.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5631370728e817e2/6998c5c6e1ba00042298d769/time100-2025-reshma-kewalramani.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2025/7273788/reshma-kewalramani/","name":"Reshma Kewalramani"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Reshma Kewalramani | TIME100 2025","description":"Reshma Kewalramani is on the 2025 TIME100 list.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/tGDUld1E/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2025-04-16T10:30:00.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/tGDUld1E.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2025/7273788/reshma-kewalramani/","duration":"PT1M44S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2025/7273788/reshma-kewalramani/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```