From Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande to Bela Bajaria, Donna Langley and Mary Parent, here are the women who led, inspired and made the world a little bit better in 2024
Entries by Philiana Ng, Kayla Cobb, Sean Burch, Umberto Gonzalez, Missy Schwartz, Loree Seitz and Drew Taylor
When I sat down to write the introduction to this year’s Changemakers list, which I’d once hoped, perhaps naively, would coincide with the election of the country’s first woman president, it took me a moment to remember that the entire year wasn’t marred by hate-mongering, bigotry and misogyny. There was far too much of that in 2024, but there was also, in the world of entertainment that keeps our imaginations stimulated and hopeful, smart, daring, creative women who pushed the culture forward for the better.
For our fifth annual Changemakers package, in conjunction with the Power Women Summit, we have expanded our list to 51, shining a wider spotlight on the many women driving the industry with their strategic leadership and individual achievements as well as some extraordinarily impressive women on the rise.
