Affinity Vision Founder, Chris Bialan, has just been announced as winner of the Top 100 Influential People Award 2026.
The Top 100 Most Influential People 2026 awards shine a spotlight on the most dynamic, persuasive, and powerful leaders from all sectors who are at the top of their game and have made a positive impact on society.
As well as being a very successful businessman, Chris is also an enthusiastic philanthropist having invested heavily in self-sustaining projects both in the UK and overseas. His humble beginnings gave Chris the drive and ambition to improve others’ lives which he has since become his life’s work to.
Having built a successful care home business from the ground up, Chris has also started, managed, and funds community projects like Your Time is Now and the environmentally sound Bee Mission, offering food, housing, and purpose to those who need it.
Chris’ latest mission in The Gambia saw him start Affinity Vision which funds and manages projects that have built schools, funded hospitals, and dug waterholes. Chris’s philanthropic purpose is best described as sowing seeds of empowerment. His life is proof that one person’s kindness can truly change the lives of others.
Kate Morgan-Tolworthy, Awards Manager at Top 100 Influential People Award 2026, commented, “The quality of entrants this year was incredibly strong. Our judges felt that Chris is a truly influential individual that affects and impacts society for the better.”