2024 Asia Game Changer Awards | Asia Society

2024 Asia Game Changer Awards

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This year's event will take place on October 24, 2024 at Cipriani in New York.

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For more information about the Asia Game Changer Awards, please contact Mariel Pezik Pajoow, Director of Special Events, at [email protected].

The Asia Game Changer Awards are designed to fill a vital gap — identifying and honoring true leaders making a positive contribution to the future of Asia. The ceremony, originally held at the United Nations in New York City, honors individuals, organizations, and movements that have inspired, enlightened, and shown true leadership in areas that reflect Asia Society’s core pillars of policy and business, arts and culture, and education.

In its inaugural year, Former United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon saluted the “array of remarkable Asians” being honored, which included Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai, Shanghai Normal University professor Zhang Minxuan, and Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy. Chairman of the Alibaba Group Jack Ma was recognized as Asia Game Changer of the Year for his philanthropic contributions and innovative vision.

Over the past 10 years, Asia Game Changers outgrew the United Nations and has gone on to honor trailblazers including Dr. Rajiv J. Shah, Alok Sharma, Sundar Pinchai, Naomi Osaka, Sunisa Lee, Michael Bloomberg, IM Pei, Yo-Yo Ma, Dev Patel, Indra Nooyi, and many more.

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Awardees

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Christiane Amanpour

Award-winning journalist
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The Asian American Foundation (TAAF)

National organization building safety, belonging, and prosperity for the AANHPI community to create a brighter future for all.
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Bang Si-Hyuk

Music industry visionary and Chairman of HYBE
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Chai Vasarhelyi & Jimmy Chin

Academy® Award-winning filmmakers
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Bowen Yang

Emmy®-nominated comedian, actor and writer

Emcee

Performer

Downloads

Founding Partner

Special Thanks

Leadership

Betsy & Ed Cohen 

J. Frank and Susan Brown 

Lulu & Anthony Wang

Inspiration 

Anjuli & Raj Rao 

Chubb

Kate & Bob Niehaus 

Michael and Alexa Chae 

Mohit and Anjali Assomull

Game Changer Alumni 

Duncan Clark O.B.E. 

HYBE

Lutron Electronics Co., Inc.

The Honorable Henrietta Holsman Fore, Chairman and CEO, Holsman International

Vanessa and Henry Cornell

Värde Partners 

Innovation

The Rohatyn Group 

S.Y. (Seung Yoon) Lee

President's Table

Anonymous 

Cartier 

Guoqing Chen and Ming Liu

HRH Prince Turki AlFaisal, Chairman of the Board of the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies

Medtronic

Morgan Stanley

The Asian American Foundation (TAAF)

Xcoal Energy & Resources

Impact 

Asia Society Japan

Eddie Allen & Chinhui Juhn

Emily and Charles Rockefeller

Fernando Zobel de Ayala

Hae-Young & William June-Hyun Kim

LG

LOUIS XIII de Remy Martin Grande Champagne Cognac

Nicolas and Ines Aguzin 

Philip Qu

Richard Reitknect & Asia Pacific Land Group

Standard Chartered

State Grid US Representative Office

Wei-Cheng Bradford Hu

Motivation 

Adrian T. Keller; Chairman, Asia Society Switzerland

Alina Liu

Anonymous 

Chenling Zhang

David Kong

Dr. Nancy Xu Hirch

Ellie Manko Libby

Emily K. Rafferty 

Jason Hirsch

Justin Chi

Katherine Y. Hu

Lily Yu

May Wu

Nicole Fromer

Professor, Columbia University 

Serge Dumont

Accommodation generously provided by 
Reception generously provided by 

Rémy Cointreau Americas