--- description: Find out how Lina Khan is shaping the future and defining the next generation of leadership. title: 2021 TIME100 Next: Lina Khan image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9ea3534191bde7dc/698a1719e76ad25ca56389cb/time100-next-Lina-Khan.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Feb 17, 2021 # Lina Khan by Elizabeth Warren  Lina Khan, a rising star in policymaking circles, at the Underwood Law Library at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, June 22, 2018\. In two years, Khan has gone from unheralded law student to a formidable voice, whose work on antitrust policy has rocked Washington policymaking circles. In her crosshairs: Amazon. (Brandon Thibodeaux/The New York Times) Lina Khan, a rising star in policymaking circles, at the Underwood Law Library at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, June 22, 2018\. In two years, Khan has gone from unheralded law student to a formidable voice, whose work on antitrust policy has rocked Washington policymaking circles. In her crosshairs: Amazon. (Brandon Thibodeaux/The New York Times)Brandon Thibodeaux—The New York Times/Redux For too long, giant tech companies have thrown around their weight to crush competition, exploit our data and spread disinformation. They may think they’re too big to be held accountable, but [Lina Khan](https://www.law.columbia.edu/faculty/lina-khan "undefined") is proving them wrong. Since Lina published her [blockbuster ](https://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5785&context=ylj "undefined")[_Yale Law Journal_](https://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5785&context=ylj "undefined")[ article “Amazon’s Antitrust Paradox”](https://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5785&context=ylj "undefined") in 2017—written while she was still a law student, I should add—she has been the leading intellectual force in the modern anti­trust movement. Her writings and advocacy have pushed scholars, lawyers, activists and public officials to think differently about Big Tech. She’s also been a critical figure in government, providing advice to countless elected officials, working at the Federal Trade Commission and staffing the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Antitrust. Lina’s deep knowledge and commitment to discovering the facts on the ground have not only drawn attention to the problem of concentration but shown how to address it. As Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon face growing scrutiny, we have a huge opportunity to make big, structural change by reviving anti­trust enforcement and fighting monopolies that threaten our economy, our society and our democracy. I can’t wait to see how Lina will continue to shape that debate. _Warren is a Democratic Senator from Massachusetts_ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2021/5937715/lina-khan/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2021/5937715/lina-khan/"},"headline":"Lina Khan","datePublished":"2021-02-17T01:15:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-02T23:48:00.066Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2021/5937715/lina-khan/","keywords":["list","franchise","TIME 100 Next"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9ea3534191bde7dc/698a1719e76ad25ca56389cb/time100-next-Lina-Khan.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":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9ea3534191bde7dc/698a1719e76ad25ca56389cb/time100-next-Lina-Khan.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":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2021/5937715/lina-khan/","name":"Lina Khan"}}]}] ```