Fast Company, the only media brand fully dedicated to the vital intersection of business, innovation, and design, today unveiled its list of the 10 Most Innovative People of the Last 10 Years. All 10 leaders will appear at the 10th annual Fast Company Innovation Festival, taking place September 16–19 in New York City.
NEW YORK, Aug. 2, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Fast Company, the only media brand fully dedicated to the vital intersection of business, innovation, and design, today unveiled its list of the 10 Most Innovative People of the Last 10 Years. All 10 leaders will appear at the 10th annual Fast Company Innovation Festival, taking place September 16–19 in New York City.
“The Fast Company Innovation Festival has always been a celebration of creativity and vision in business and beyond, bringing stories of innovation to life,” says Brendan Vaughan, editor-in-chief of Fast Company. “Our editors are excited to highlight the work of these 10 innovators.”
Fast Company is celebrating these extraordinary individuals for the sustained and world-changing creativity they have displayed over the past decade and their ongoing contributions to the innovation economy. In addition to their main-stage interviews at the Innovation Festival, each of the 10 Most Innovative People will be featured on a series of special covers of Fast Company magazine. This is the first time in the title’s nearly 30-year history that it has created 10 unique cover images for a single issue of the magazine. The cover package will launch on FastCompany.com during the week of September 9, and the print edition will be on newsstands starting September 17.
“The Fast Company Innovation Festival has always been a celebration of creativity and vision in business and beyond, bringing stories of innovation to life,” says Brendan Vaughan, editor-in-chief of Fast Company. “Our editors are excited to highlight the work of these 10 innovators, whose world-changing contributions underscore some of the most important themes in business, social impact, and culture over the last decade.”
Fast Company’s 10 Most Innovative People are:
José Andrés, chef and founder, World Central KitchenJennifer Doudna, founder, Innovative Genomics Institute; professor of chemistry, University of California, BerkeleyLina Khan, chair, Federal Trade CommissionPat McGrath, founder, Pat McGrath LabsLin-Manuel Miranda, writer, lyricist, and actorSatya Nadella, CEO, MicrosoftSara Nelson, president, Association of Flight AttendantsIssa Rae, writer, producer, actress, and founder, HooraeRyan Reynolds, cofounder, Maximum Effort; chief creative officer, MNTNTed Sarandos, co-CEO, Netflix
The 10 Most Innovative People are the centerpiece of the Fast Company Innovation Festival, the premier gathering of influential thinkers, leaders, and creatives. Now in its 10th year, the Innovation Festival will feature innovation luminaries across multiple stages and at dozens of locations throughout New York City via the festival’s signature Fast Tracks—Fast Company’s wholly original field trips that grant attendees inside access to the world’s most innovative businesses. For the third year, the Innovation Festival is hosting a dinner series—Taste of Innovation—at six dining establishments, including Jazba, Resident, Scarpetta, Daily Provisions, and Restaurant Daniel.
The 2024 Fast Company Innovation Festival is sponsored by 3M, Better and Better, City of Hope, Convene, Danone, Expedia Group, GS1 US, Huge, Hyundai Motor Company, IBM, Innovate Alabama, Kohler Energy, Moderna, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Medtronic, NYU Langone Health, Pfizer, Smartsheet, and Williams.
TICKETS
The Fast Company Innovation Festival is open to credentialed members of the media only. To request press credentials or for media requests, please contact mansueto@teamavoq.com.
To see the full schedule and register for the festival, visit events.fastcompany.com.
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