「Fortune」Global 100 Most Influential Businesspeople, Jensen Huang Overtakes Musk to Take the Top Spot

Keywords: Fortune Magazine, Jensen Huang, Elon Musk, NVIDIA, TSMC, Artificial Intelligence, AI
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Thursday, 07 August 2025

(Central News Agency, New York, 6th Comprehensive Foreign Media Report) Fortune magazine recently released a list of the world's 100 most influential businesspeople, with NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang surpassing last year's top-ranked Elon Musk to take the first place, while AMD CEO Lisa Su and TSMC Chairman Jye-Chang Wei also made the list.

This is the second time Fortune magazine has published the list of the world's 100 most influential businesspeople, covering 28 global industries, including finance, technology, retail, and automotive. There are 19 women on the list, including Julie Sweet, CEO of Accenture (11th), Jane Fraser, CEO of Citigroup (12th), Lisa Su, Chairwoman and CEO of Advanced Micro Devices (14th), and Ana Patricia Botin, President of Banco Santander (20th).

The top 10 most influential businesspeople on this year's Fortune list are: Jensen Huang, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, BYD President Wang Chuanfu, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei, Chatbot ChatGPT developer OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, and General Motors CEO Mary Barra.

Under Jensen Huang's leadership, NVIDIA has benefited from the surge in demand for AI chips, becoming the first company with a market value exceeding $4 trillion. This milestone highlights NVIDIA's key position in the AI generation boom.

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NVIDIA indeed faces competition from other companies, but as Fortune said, "currently, no company can pose a real threat to NVIDIA's dominant position."

Jye-Chang Wei, Chairman and President of TSMC, ranks 40th. (Translator: Zheng Shi-yun / Proofreader: Chen Zheng-jian) 1140807