The entrepreneurial world descends on Boston this week for the Forbes 30 Under 30 Summit, as the influencer world welcomes the 30 Under 30 class of 2017 into their ranks.
Forbes 30 Under 30 is an annual list composed and released by finance and industry publication Forbes. A panel of experienced judges are brought together to select 30 of the most influential up-and-comers in 20 different industries.
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The result? A list of 600 influencers under the age of 30 that are expected to dominate their fields in the future.
This year’s list includes popular YouTuber and LGBT activist Tyler Oakley, HashiCorp founder Mitchell Hashimoto, who includes PayPal, Disney and eBay among his clients, as well as Periscope co-founders Joseph Bernstein and Kayvon Beykpour.
There rising stars have been selected as the industry leaders of the future, but how likely are they to succeed?
Forbes has been compiling this list since 2011. So far, their guesses have been fairly accurate. In fact, many Forbes 30 Under 30 alumni have gone on to place on Forbes 400, the publication’s flagship list of the world’s richest people.
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By GlobalDataWith categories such as sport, tech, music and retail, Forbes 30 Under 30 has included a range of successful individuals in the past. Here are some of the biggest that each year has produced:
Class of 2016
John Boyega
Industry: Hollywood & Entertainment
Role: Actor, Star Wars
Stephen Curry
Industry: Sport
Role: Basketball player, Golden State Warriors
Ashley Graham
Industry: Art & Style
Role: Model
Nate Mitchell
Industry: Games
Role: Co-founder, Oculus Virtual Reality
Malala Yousafzai
Industry: Social
Role: Women’s rights activist, Nobel Prize laureate
Class of 2015
Felix Kjellberg
Industry: Games
Role: YouTube personality, PewDiePie
Mike Krieger
Industry: Consumer Technology
Role: Co-founder, Instagram
Sam Altman
Industry: Venture Capital
Role: President, Y Combinator
Alan Schaaf
Industry: Consumer Technology
Role: Founder, Imgur
Chancellor Bennett
Industry: Music
Role: Rapper, Chance the Rapper
Class of 2014
Evan Spiegel
Industry: Technology
Role: Co-founder, Snapchat
Bobby Murphy
Industry: Technology
Role: Co-founder, Snapchat
Palmer Luckey
Industry: Games & Apps
Role: Co-founder, Oculus Virtual Reality
Eric Migicovsky
Industry: Technology
Role: Founder, Pebble
Caterina Fake
Industry: Technology
Role: Co-founder, Flickr
Class of 2013
Robyn Rihanna Fenty
Industry: Music
Role: Singer, Rihanna
Mark Terebin
Industry: Technology
Role: Co-founder, Ask.fm
Donald Glover
Industry: Entertainment
Role: Rapper, Childish Gambino/Actor, The Martian, Spider-Man: Homecoming
David Karp
Industry: Media
Role: Founder, Tumblr
Matt Mullenweg
Industry: Social & Mobile
Role: Founder, Automattic (WordPress)
Class of 2012
Kevin Systrom
Industry: Social & Mobile
Role: Co-founder, Instagram
Alexander Wang
Industry: Art & Style
Role: Designer, Alexander Wang
Ben Silbermann
Industry: Social & Mobile
Role: Co-founder, Pinterest
Evan Sharp
Industry: Social & Mobile
Role: Co-founder, Pinterest
Ariana Grande
Industry: Entertainment
Role: Actress, iCarly/Singer, Ariana Grande
Class of 2011
Mark Zuckerberg
Industry:
Role: Co-founder, Facebook
Jennifer Lawrence
Industry: Entertainment
Role: Actress, The Hunger Games
Justin Bieber
Industry: Music
Role: Singer, Justin Bieber
Daniel Ek
Industry: Technology
Role: Co-founder, Spotify
Drew Houston
Industry: Technology
Role: Co-founder, Dropbox
