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Why Lili Reinhart Has Skin In The Beauty Game
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How We Make The Forbes Under 30 List
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Explore The Forbes 30 Under 30 2026
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Meet The Class Of 2026: 600 Go-getters Across 20 Industries-and A Sneak Peek Into Things To Come.
By The Numbers: Meet The Forbes Under 30 Class Of 2026
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These 30 Under 30 Alums Are Now Billionaires: How They Built Their Fortunes
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How We Make The Forbes Under 30 List
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Meet The U30 Alums Hosting Events For Shaq, Travis Kelce & John Summit
Event organizer Medium Rare is tapping celebrities that aren't expected to host live events. Plus, actress Lili Reinhart’s $10 million skincare brand.
ByZoya Hasan,
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Why Lili Reinhart Has Skin In The Beauty Game
The 29-year-old ‘Riverdale’ star couldn’t find a solution to her acne, so she launched her own skincare line, Personal Day. Thanks to her viral TikTok following, the Under 30 alum is now cleaning up with $40 million in sales.
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This Startup Makes Ammonia By Turning The Planet Into A Chemical Reactor
In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at a cleaner way to make ammonia, the brightest young scientists in North America, magnetically charging your care, and more.
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A Look Inside The Cover Stars Of The 2026 Under 30 Issue
Each year alongside the Under 30 list, we handpick alumni to grace the coveted cover of our magazine. Plus, the best and worst advice from this year's U30 class.
ByZoya Hasan,
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‘KPop Demon Hunters,’ Taylor Swift And Bad Bunny Top Google Year In Search Lists
Google shows which song lyrics people typed and songs they hummed, led by Bad Bunny, Taylor Swift, Doechii, Alex Warren, Ravyn Lenae and KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack.
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Emily 'Emiru' Schunk On Streamer Safety: The Dark Side Of Twitch Fame
Twitch “costume play” queen Emily "Emiru" Schunk has been playing dress-up since she was young. Today, the hobby has made her one of the most followed women on Twitch, with 2 million fans on the platform (she has another 5 million followers across Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and X). Schunk started livestreaming the multiplayer battle game League of Legends in 2015, and went viral with her cosplay, where she sports countless colorful wigs and manga-style character outfits. Her popularity makes her an advertising powerhouse—video game makers pay her big bucks both to stream their titles and to wear elaborate costumes of their characters at conventions. In August, Marvel partnered with her to host her own cosplay contest with a $100,000 purse for the best-dressed fan. Forbes estimates she earned around $1.5 million over the last 12 months from her Twitch streams, a podcast, YouTube Adsense and a variety-show series sponsored by AT&T. “When you look at the top streamers, they’re just straight-up entertainers,” Schunk says. “On stream, it’s just you...You can’t fake a personality for 12 hours a day every single day for years.”
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This 25-Year-Old Founder Wants To Kick Chinese Drones Out Of American Skies
Backed by Sam Altman and Peter Thiel, Brinc founder Blake Resnick is on his way to making his quadcopters the top choice for America’s cops—if only he can get the federal government to ban his primary Chinese competitor.
ByZoya Hasan,
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30 Under 30 Sports 2026: Meet The Athletes And Executives Changing The Game
The future of sports is already here thanks to these young all-stars who are winning on and off the field.
ByBrett Knight,
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How We Make The Forbes Under 30 List
For this year’s Forbes 30 Under 30 U.S. list, all candidates had to be aged 29 or under as of December 31, 2025 and never before named to a U.S., Europe or Asia Under 30 list.
ByZoya Hasan,
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By The Numbers: Meet The Forbes Under 30 Class Of 2026
A look behind the statistics of the 2026 Under 30 List—from $3.8 billion in funding to 200 million fans online.
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30 Under 30 Science 2026: New Discoveries From The Cosmos To The Nanoscale
These young scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs are working to build a better world at every scale imaginable.
ByAlex Knapp,
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30 Under 30 Music 2026: Meet The Viral Stars Turning Followers Into Fortune—Alex Warren, Doechii, Benson Boone Lead The Pack
Armed with millions of social media fans, these artists are redefining what success looks like in the streaming age.
ByZoya Hasan,
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30 Under 30 Media 2026: The Founders Building AI For Artists, Democratizing News, And Shaping The Future Of Video
From AI tools to social media-style news sites, Under 30 honorees like Aaron Parnas, Eli Rallo and more are shaping the media industry of tomorrow.
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30 Under 30 Hollywood & Entertainment 2026: The Actors, Producers And Financiers Ushering In A New Wave Of Entertainment
Lola Tung, Chris Briney and Mikey Madison are taking over Hollywood. Here’s a look at more young stars—on screen and behind the scenes—shaping the business of entertainment.
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30 Under 30 Healthcare 2026: Using AI To Improve Care And Cut Administrative Burdens
These young entrepreneurs, researchers and doctors are improving care, empowering patients and making healthcare more efficient.
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This Entrepreneur Made Sustainability Profitable—Here's How
One bad apple can spoil the supply chain, so Katherine Sizov uses software to find rotten ones. In 2019, she launched Seattle-based Strella, which uses machine learning models and food-sniffing sensors to monitor inventory to prevent produce from rotting. AI-connected sensors measure the hormones plants exude as they ripen. Based on the data, Strella informs vendors about the best time to ship and sell it. To date, Sizov says she has analyzed more than 1.5 billion pounds of apples, saving over 40 million pounds from going to waste. Investors Google Ventures, Yamaha Motor Ventures and Millennium New Horizons have put $18.5 million in. Sizov says her service is good for the planet—and potentially highly profitable. “A lot of sustainable solutions are profitable, driving optimization and driving more elegant solutions.”
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Where Maverick Fits Into The Future Of Energy In A Sustainable World
Using his background in biology, Eric Herrera brews up proteins in his lab that can dissolve rocks. His goal? Make harvesting valuable metals easier on miners—and the environment. The idea came to him in 2022, while on an Explorers Club expedition in the Arctic Circle. There, Herrera, who served for two years in the Navy as a medical scientist, encountered iron-eating bacteria that survived by secreting chemicals that could melt minerals, leaving behind the iron for the bacteria to absorb. Soon, he launched Maverick, based in San Francisco, which uses the same organic proteins to extract oil and minerals at scale without harmful chemicals or high-pressure systems. “Simply put, we break rocks and take out all the goodies,” Herrera says. With Maverick, companies don’t even need to dig a traditional mine. Instead, they simply drill a small hole, pump the proteins and bring the liquefied elements up as if they were water. “What we’re left with is a soup of critical elements, and we separate them,” he says. In 2025, Maverick raised a $19 million seed round led by Olive Tree Capital with participation from Y Combinator.
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