The performer pushing creative boundaries across music and film

For directing Jumbo, the highest-grossing Southeast Asian animated film of all time

For defining the modern sound of Filipino music and engineering OPM’s streaming-era global breakthrough

For defining Thailand’s Girls’ Love (GL) wave and expanding its global television footprint

For empowering regional agricultural communities through climate-smart tech and sustainable agroforestry

The young champion proving Malaysia’s strength in jiu-jitsu in global arenas

The fintech entrepreneur uniting financial institutions globally to fight financial crime

For elevating Thai narrative storytelling on global streaming platforms

The mountaineer climbing to new heights and horizons for women

 For proving that world-class beauty science can come from Indonesia

The former hedge fund VP turned fertility from a private struggle into a public priority

For pioneering the third-wave specialty coffee movement in the Philippines and sharing local coffee culture globally

The creator building one of Taiwan's largest luxury collecting communities

For pioneering low-density luxury developments and redefining lifestyle real estate in Thailand

The painter translating memory into internationally exhibited works

For dismantling traditional credit barriers and rebuilding financial access for next-generation consumers through AI-driven neobanking

The journalist connects heritage, technology and communities through stories

Inspiring slow travel and the preservation of local culture

For building a scalable, multi-sector regenerative model that merges environmental restoration with indigenous community livelihood creation

The researcher bridging AI, neuroscience and space science

For carrying her grandfather’s legacy into Indonesia’s climate future

 For democratising investment literacy among Indonesia’s next generation of investors

For growing Dekoruma into one of Indonesia’s most recognised home-living platforms

For building Durianpay’s infrastructure to unify fiat and stablecoins for seamless cross-border payments across Asia’s fastest-growing corridors

The football captain empowering professional athletes while leading Singapore onto the continental stage

The med-tech co-founder whose incisionless robotic system is changing early cancer care

The executive building one of Asia’s largest luxury PR firms

The venture builder bridging biomedical research and clinical reality in Hong Kong

The marketing tech leader building Vietnam’s digital entrepreneurship ecosystem

The AI entrepreneur accelerating materials discovery with top global research

The AI founder ensuring safety, trust and compliance across critical industries

The historian giving local art a global context

This entrepreneur is building a new blueprint for digital-first brands

The PR specialist helping global brands speak a new language

The executive modernising a legacy construction firm

For modernising indigenous textiles for contemporary wear and taking heritage-driven Philippine fashion to the global stage