Billboard CEO Mike Van Named to Gold House’s A100 List Celebrating Asian Pacific Leaders
Written by djfrosty on May 1, 2025
Mike Van, who was appointed the first CEO at Billboard earlier this week, has been named to Gold House’s annual list of the 100 most impactful Asian Pacific leaders, it was announced Thursday (May 1).
Van will be celebrated alongside the other honorees on this year’s list, known as The A100 List, during a slate of events taking place in New York on May 9 and May 10. Those include the A100 Celebratory Reception (co-hosted with the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures and East West Bank); the A100 Honorees Dinner presented by OpenTable, which will host past and present A100 honorees and judges; the Gold Gala, where A100 List honorees known as “A1s” — described as “the most impactful in their respective categories” — will be honored; and the Billboard x Gold House Founders Party, during which DJ Anderson .Paak is set to perform.
In celebration of the A100 and to kick off Asian Pacific Heritage Month, the Nasdaq stock market and Gold House partnered on a half-day Gold Power Summit on Wednesday (April 30) that culminated with Gold House CEO/co-founder Bing Chen and several A100 honorees, including Van, ringing the Nasdaq closing bell, an event broadcast across multiple financial networks. Van also served as a featured speaker on a Gold Power Summit panel on Wednesday.
Trending on Billboard
Others included on this year’s A100 list include Wicked director Jon M. Chu; Pachinko author Min Jin Lee; comedian and actor Ronny Chieng; K-pop group aespa; Goodwater Capital co-founder/managing partner Eric Kim; and multiple individuals listed under the banner “Los Angeles Wildfire Heroes.”
As part of the celebration of the A100 List and the Asian Pacific community, landmarks across North America will light up in gold lights. Participating cities and landmarks include: Atlanta (Mercedes-Benz Stadium), Chicago (Willis Tower), Honolulu (City Hall), Los Angeles (City Hall & Paramount Tower), Las Vegas (LV City Sign), Ontario (Niagara Falls), New York City (Empire State Building, Nasdaq Tower & The Edge), Seattle (Columbia Center Tower), Toronto (CN Tower), and Vancouver (BC Place & Olympic Cauldron).
Wednesday’s Gold Power Summit marked the second annual edition of the event, which first took place last May. Attendees at the inaugural summit included executives from Citibank, Netflix, McKinsey & Company and EMPIRE.