AI World Power 30 List
Recognizing the most influential leaders shaping the future of artificial intelligence. These visionaries are driving innovation, research, and application of AI technologies worldwide.
Ayesha Khanna
Co-founder & CEO
Andrea Della Mattea
President, ASEAN
Teck-Hua Ho
President; Founding Chair
Hsiao-Wuen Hon
Corporate VP, Microsoft R&D
Kevin Oh
VP, Digital Analytics
Jiin Joo Ong
CTO & Co-founder
Vincent Caldeira
CTO, APAC
Ankur Raina
Manager, Solutions Engineering
Julienne Loh
Leadership Coach (ex EVP)
Kate Carruthers
Chief Data & Insights Officer
Susan Gibson
Head of Data Analytics & AI
Fatemeh Vafaee
Associate Professor
Zena Assaad
Senior Lecturer
Karin Verspoor
Dean, Computing Technologies
Orla Glynn
Head, Data & AI Transformation
Anirban Nandi
VP, AI Products & Business Analytics
Gargi Dasgupta
Chief AI Officer
Megha Aggarwal
Co-founder
Mohit Kapoor
Group CTO
Purshottam Purswani
CTO, APAC
Pradeep Jayaraman
Head, Analytics & Tech
Nithya Subramanian
Senior AI Leader
Rahul Bharde
Chief Analytics Officer
Ravi Vijayaraghavan
SVP & Chief DA Officer
Jingren Zhou
CTO
Xu Li
Co-founder & CEO
Zhang Hongjiang
Founder
Andrew Yao
Dean, IIIS
Robin Li
Co-founder & CEO
Liang Wenfeng
Founder
| Rank | Profile | Name | Designation | Company | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 |  | Ayesha Khanna | Co-founder & CEO | Addo AI | Singapore |
| #2 |  | Andrea Della Mattea | President, ASEAN | Microsoft | Singapore |
| #3 | Teck-Hua Ho | President; Founding Chair | NTU; AI Singapore | Singapore | |
| #4 |  | Hsiao-Wuen Hon | Corporate VP, Microsoft R&D | Microsoft APAC | China/Singapore |
| #5 | K | Kevin Oh | VP, Digital Analytics | NTUC Link | Singapore |
| #6 | Jiin Joo Ong | CTO & Co-founder | Garuda Robotics | Singapore | |
| #7 |  | Vincent Caldeira | CTO, APAC | Red Hat | Singapore |
| #8 | A | Ankur Raina | Manager, Solutions Engineering | SingleStore | Singapore |
| #9 |  | Julienne Loh | Leadership Coach (ex EVP) | Mastercard | Singapore |
| #10 | Kate Carruthers | Chief Data & Insights Officer | UNSW | Australia | |
| #11 |  | Susan Gibson | Head of Data Analytics & AI | UTS | Australia |
| #12 |  | Fatemeh Vafaee | Associate Professor | UNSW | Australia |
| #13 |  | Zena Assaad | Senior Lecturer | ANU | Australia |
| #14 |  | Karin Verspoor | Dean, Computing Technologies | RMIT | Australia |
| #15 | Orla Glynn | Head, Data & AI Transformation | Telstra | Australia | |
| #16 | Anirban Nandi | VP, AI Products & Business Analytics | Rakuten India | India | |
| #17 |  | Gargi Dasgupta | Chief AI Officer | IBM Automation | India |
| #18 |  | Megha Aggarwal | Co-founder | Fundamento | India |
| #19 |  | Mohit Kapoor | Group CTO | Mahindra Group | India |
| #20 |  | Purshottam Purswani | CTO, APAC | Atos | India |
| #21 | Pradeep Jayaraman | Head, Analytics & Tech | Adani Ports | India | |
| #22 | Nithya Subramanian | Senior AI Leader | Independent | India | |
| #23 |  | Rahul Bharde | Chief Analytics Officer | Jubilant Foodworks | India |
| #24 |  | Ravi Vijayaraghavan | SVP & Chief DA Officer | Flipkart | India |
| #25 |  | Jingren Zhou | CTO | Alibaba Cloud | China |
| #26 |  | Xu Li | Co-founder & CEO | SenseTime | China |
| #27 |  | Zhang Hongjiang | Founder | BAAI | China |
| #28 |  | Andrew Yao | Dean, IIIS | Tsinghua University | China |
| #29 |  | Robin Li | Co-founder & CEO | Baidu | China |
| #30 |  | Liang Wenfeng | Founder | DeepSeek | China |
This list is curated by the AI World editorial team based on industry impact, innovation, and leadership.