Next Generation Leaders

Next Generation Leaders

How TIME Chose Its 2023 Next Generation Leaders

One of my favorite stories from TIME’s history goes like this: As 1927 came to an end, the editors seized the chance to correct a serious oversight. They had failed to put Charles Lindbergh on...

TikTok's Silent Star Has a Lot to Say

The star started spoofing overly complicated “life hack” videos with common­sense solutions.

This DJ Is Making Sure the World Hears Ukrainian Stories

When Daria Kolomiec woke up on Feb. 24 to news that Russian troops had invaded her native Ukraine and were marching toward Kyiv, she froze. Her phone buzzed incessantly as friends near and far tried...

British Indie Rockers Wet Leg Are Bringing Catharsis to an Arena Near You

Onstage at Madison Square Garden this past summer, Wet Leg front woman Rhian Teasdale coached a sold-out crowd of 10,000 to scream as loud as they could. Written into the closing lines of the British...

A Michelin Star Chef's Quest to Make China Embrace Vegetarianism

King’s Joy was already receiving praise for its vegetarian fine dining when Gary Yin took the helm as executive chef of his family’s restaurant in 2018. But Yin, who changed the menus and branding, has...

This Influencer Is Using Her Platform to Help People Understand Nuclear Energy

Isabelle Boemeke’s TikTok videos often take a surprising turn. The model opens with makeup tutorials and fitness routines, but as she opens her refrigerator to show what she eats, she changes topic. “One uranium pellet,...

How One Environmental Activist Is Taking on India’s Pollution Problem

When Arun Krishnamurthy was a child in the 1990s, his middle-class suburb in Chennai, India, was only half built. He didn’t have to wander far from his house to find green fields and lakes, where...

Maxwell Frost Thinks the U.S. Is Ready for Gen Z Politicians

Maxwell Frost thanks his Uber driver and hustles up the steps of the Cannon building on Capitol Hill. Rushing through security, he thinks he passes Madison Cawthorn on his way to meet with Representative Alexandria...

Lee You-mi Is Forging Her Own Path

You-mi is now one of the most recognizable faces of South Korea’s entertainment exports

Adam Silvera Is Writing the Books He Wished He Had as a Queer Teen

Adam Silvera gets as close to his characters as his readers do. The first—and only—time he cried while writing was at the death of one of the main characters in his third young-adult novel, 2017’s...

What TIME's Newest Class of Next Generation Leaders Can Teach Us

From political leaders to awe-inspiring music producers, read about how change-makers are moving our next generation towards a better future.

How Bukayo Saka Became the Inspiring New Face of British Soccer

It was Aug. 8, 2021, and Bukayo Saka had every reason to fear the worst. Less than a month earlier, at the UEFA men’s Euro 2020 Final, he had been one of three ­England players...

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...

How K-Pop Group aespa Is Making the Metaverse Their Home

Giselle, Karina, Ningning, and Winter should be tired. They just arrived in California after a long-haul flight from Seoul, after all. But the four stars of the K-pop girl group aespa have an important job...

Salvatore Ferragamo's New Creative Director Is Designing a More Inclusive Fashion Industry

For Maximilian Davis, fashion isn’t just a career choice—it’s part of his family legacy. Growing up in Manchester, England, in a close-knit Trinidadian-Jamaican family, his sister and mother modeled, and his father studied fashion design....