Ten years ago, Forbes began chronicling the world’s most promising entrepreneurs under the age of 30. Now, their companies have grown up and become industry juggernauts. Here are seven of 2020’s best stories from the Under 30 world.
The Anti-Facebook: 12 Years In, Facebook Cofounder Dustin Moskovitz’s Slow-Burn Second Act Asana Finally Has Its Moment
Nearly a decade ago, Mark Zuckerberg’s college roommate became the world’s youngest self-made billionaire by moving fast and breaking things. But success can also happen slowly. In September, Moskovitz took his radically more relaxed cloud standout Asana—a software success story powered by patience and the pandemic—public.
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I Scream, You Scream: The Meltdown At The Museum Of Ice Cream
Maryellis Bunn, 28, built a business that promised customers happiness, sprinkles and ice cream. The playground-meets-art installation was an instant hit with the Instagram generation. But ex-employees say that a darker reality lives under the gauzy filters.
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Meet The 23-Year-Old Guinean Immigrant Who Photographed This Year’s Forbes Under 30 Standouts
Mamadi Doumbouya has photographed everyone from Padma Lakshmi to Stephen Colbert to Melinda Gates—just six years after picking up his first camera.
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How A Former Pizza Hut Delivery Guy Used TikTok And Instagram To Build Gymshark Into A Billion-Dollar Sportswear Brand
Let Nike pay billions for superstars to rock the swoosh. Ben Francis, 28, has become a near billionaire by paying social media fitness fanatics relative pennies to pump up his brand.
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Why All-Star Investors Think $350 Million Video Startup Loom Is The Next Big Thing In Remote Work Tech
Loom lets you easily record your screen and your face before instantly sharing the link via email or message. The company counts Ashton Kutcher, Instagram’s Kevin Systrom, Atlassian’s Jay Simons and Figma’s Dylan Field as fans (and investors).
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How Two Young Scientists Built A $250 Million Business Using Yeast To Clean Up Wastewater
Houston-based Solugen is making cheaper, more effective industrial chemicals to help scrub everything from pools and hot tubs to oil and gas companies’ wastewater. Up next: fertilizers.
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Cleaning Up: How A 27-Year-Old College Dropout Turned His Late Dad’s Business Into A Laundry Service Worth $150 Million
Yaakoub Hijazi dropped out of college at age 19 to save his late dad’s faltering business, transforming it into New York City’s premier hotel laundry service. When the pandemic hit, we caught up with him to hear how his hotel-reliant company was staying afloat.
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