The Daily Show host has made it onto the Fortune 40 Under 40 list of the most influential people in the world.
The prestigious list features some of the world’s most powerful emerging leaders in finance, technology, health care, government and politics, and media and entertainment.
The entertainment category features the likes of Black Panther director Ryan Coogler, actress Zendaya, Insecure star Issa Rae, and Beyoncé.
Reflecting on Noah’s career, the publication hailed him as “one of the most visible comedians in the US and beyond”.
Fortune said: “Since 2015, South African Trevor Noah has become one of the most visible comedians in the US and beyond as the host of The Daily Show on Comedy Central, succeeding the wildly popular Jon Stewart.
“Noah is also an actor, writer, producer, and political commentator. He began his career in SA, where he was born to a black mother and white father, whose interracial relationship was illegal under apartheid. His childhood is the subject of No. 1 New York Times best-seller Born a Crime, which will be adapted for film with Lupita Nyong’o starring as his mother,” Fortune said.
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