The BoF 500

The heiress and fashion executive introduced foreign brands like Armani to Korea's top luxury department store.

The Korean superstar is a huge digital influencer across Asia, and has a rampantly expanding global fanbase.

As head of Samsung's Welfare Foundation and the Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, she is poised to inherit control of the sprawling Korean conglomerate.

The Tokyo-based fashion power couple sits at the intersection between international acclaim and underground endorsement.

Her sporty menswear is infused with a forward-looking edge and is sold through her own stores and leading global retailers.