Cover 2022 Gen.T honourees Patrick Martin from the Philippines and Jyunc-cih Li from Taiwan (Illustration: Raphael Quaison)

Here are a few key stats about the young leaders across Asia on this year's list

The Gen.T List 2023 will be revealed on June 1.

Launched in 2016 to recognise the next generation of trailblazers shaping Asia’s future, the Gen.T List features entrepreneurs, creatives, executives and changemakers from across 20 categories, including technology, healthcare, finance and sustainability. 

Here is a sneak peek at some of the details about this year’s honourees and how the Gen.T List 2023 was put together. 

Read more: How do you get on the Gen.T List?

The Gen.T List features people from eight countries and territories across Asia: Hong Kong, Indonesia, Mainland China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and the Philippines.

2016

The year the Gen.T List was first launched, which makes this year's edition our eighth.

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Gregory Van, co-founder and CEO, Endowus
Above 2022 honouree Gregory Van, co-founder and CEO of Endowus (Photo: Darren Gabriel Leow)

20

The number of categories in this year’s Gen.T List.

7

The number of months taken to put together this year’s list.

31.8

The average age of this year’s honourees.

42.5%

The percentage of women on this year’s list. Thailand has the highest proportion of female honourees this year, at 56 percent.

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Tharma Pillai, co-founder and advocacy director, Undi 18
Above 2022 honouree Tharma Pillai, co-founder and advocacy director of Undi 18 (Photo: Imran Sulaiman)
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Steph Naval , founder and CEO, Empath
Above 2022 honouree Stephanie Naval, founder and CEO of Empath (Photo: Wesley Villarica)

US$1.05 billion

The total amount of disclosed funding that companies helmed by this year’s honourees attracted between January 2022 and June 2023.

27

The number of honourees in our biggest category this year, Technology.

36

The number of experts on the Tribe, our panel of industry heavyweights who helped nominate and vet candidates for the list.

1,100

The size of the long list from which the final list of honourees was obtained.


See who has made it onto the Gen.T List in the past years.

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