10 Indians Among Forbes List of 'tomorrow's brightest stars' Under 30 years

In a report released by Forbes magazine in Washington, ten Indians share the centrestage in Forbes list of 'tomorrow's brightest stars' with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, human rights activist Ronan Farrow and pop stars Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber. ‘30 under 30’ lists profiles about 360 young 'ultra impressive up-and-comers' that the companies should either 'hire today' or would be working for them in the future as they are the young people of today 'who matter'.

The 'tomorrow's brightest stars' Indians on Forbes magazine’s ‘30 under 30’ list come from 12 diverse fields spanning energy, finance, media, law, entertainment, science, design and technology.

The first among them is said to be 'reinventing the world'. Kunal Shah, 29 years old is the youngest managing director at Goldman Sachs.

Also on the list is Param Jaggi, 17 years, an 'award-winning high schooler' at Austin College, who created an algae-filled device that fits over a car's tailpipe and turns carbon dioxide into oxygen.

Vivek Nair, 23 years, chief executive of Damascus Fortune, is developing a technology that transforms industrial carbon emissions into carbon nanotubes.

Vikas Mohindra, 25 years, financial advisor at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch gathered $38 million in three years from scratch, while Manvir Nijhar, 28 years, co-head of European Equity Derivatives Sales at Citigroup, gave 'Citi's derivatives business a jolt.'

Raj Krishnan, 29 years, chief executive of Biological Dynamics is developing blood tests that use electric fields to detect key signals that a patient has cancer from the blood.

Sidhant Gupta, 27 years, a graduate student at the University of Washington, is developing new sensors and software for the home that conserve electricity, heat and gas.

Nikhil Arora, 24 years, co-found a business that sells 'grow-your-own-mushroom' kits using one million pounds of recycled coffee grounds and Maneet Ahuja, 27 years, a producer at CNBC and a hedge fund expert has been on Wall Street since she was 17.

Others in the list include actors Jonah Hill and Jaden Smith, NBA star LeBron James, ‘Community’ star Donald Glover, Jane Levy of ABC’s ‘Suburgatory’, 14-year-old ‘Hugo’ actress Chloe Grace Moretz, Oscar-nominated ‘Winter’s Bone’ actress Jennifer Lawrence and ‘The Secret Life of the American Teenager’ (ABC Family) actor Shailene Woodley.

Source: Inputs from Arun Kumar, IANS