Crazy Rich Asians star Henry Golding named among ‘100 People Transforming Business’
The British-Malaysian actor, 32 – tipped as the ‘next Hollywood leading man’ – is one of two Asians chosen in Business Insider’s list of 10 people helping to change media business
Crazy Rich Asians star Henry Golding has been named as one of Business Insider’s “100 People Transforming Business”.
The British-Malaysian actor Golding, 32, joins Lisa Nishimura, vice-president of independent film and documentary features at Netflix, as the two Asians in the news portal’s 10 people transforming the media business.
The 100 People Transforming Business list was identified by Business Insider’s newsroom under 10 categories: advertising, better capitalism, consumer technology, enterprise technology, finance, health care, investing, media, retail and transport, and includes names such as Wonder Woman film director Patty Jenkins and Bob Iger, CEO and chairman of Walt Disney Company.
The Sarawak-born Golding, who has a Malaysian mother and an English father, was credited for “changing what it means to be a leading man in Hollywood”.
The former hairdresser’s star shot into orbit with the release of the runaway hit Crazy Rich Asians where he played the handsome Nick Young, who brings his girlfriend to meet his fabulously rich Singaporean family for the first time.
The film was the first Hollywood film to feature an all-Asian cast in 25 years.
“Golding carried the film with a movie-star charisma that is rare these days,” Business Insider says.