Thread by @BusinessInsider

Insider’s 100 People Transforming Business honors leaders who are innovating and tackling global challenges.

These executives are standing at the forefront of change, and there’s no sign they’re stopping anytime soon. Presented by @AlightSolutions.

businessinsider.com/100-people-tra…

For the 2021 edition, Insider has introduced several new sectors after more than a year of global social and economic disruption, including sustainability and diversity, equity and inclusion.

Meet some of the transformers changing these industries below.

businessinsider.com/100-people-tra…

.@nytimes dubbed @DrIbram’s book “the most courageous book to date on the problem of race in the Western mind.”

businessinsider.com/100-people-tra…

In 2013, @TopeAwotona cashed in his 401(k) and sought to solve, once and for all, the problem of clunky email chains as the scheduling norm. Meet @Calendly.

businessinsider.com/100-people-tra…

One year into Bela Bajaria’s tenure, Netflix won 44 Emmys, besting its rival HBO and becoming the first streamer to take home the most total trophies.

businessinsider.com/100-people-tra…

:party-parrot:

@SlackHQ CEO @stewart has had an exciting year. In July, Salesforce’s $27.7 billion acquisition of his wildly popular workplace-chat app finally closed, putting Butterfield in a key position at the cloud-software giant.

businessinsider.com/100-people-tra…

Katalin Karikó and Dr. Drew Weissman helped turn messenger RNA, the genetic material central to the vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna, from an unproven concept into use in life-saving medicines.

businessinsider.com/100-people-tra…

Alexis Nikole Nelson, better known as the Black Forager, brings sustainability through foraging to millions of viewers on TikTok.

businessinsider.com/100-people-tra…

Join us tomorrow at 11 a.m. ET as we discuss the future of the workforce with @LinkedIn’s VP of Global diversity, Inclusion and Belonging.

linkedin.com/video/event/ur…