More than 75 Indians feature on the eighth annual Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia list which was announced early on Thursday. The list includes 300 young entrepreneurs, trailblazers, disruptors, innovators, and young leaders across the Asia-Pacific region, all under the age of 30. Among the Indian winners, 16 were featured on Forbes India"s 30 Under 30 2023 list released in January this year. The list also features Tokyo 2020 Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra and, Elwinder Singh, cofounder of Connect and Heal who featured on Forbes India"s list in 2019 and 2022, respectively.
The Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia Class of 2023 features 30 notable honorees selected for each of the 10 categories, including The Arts (Art & Style, Food & Drink) Entertainment & Sports Finance & Venture Capital Media, Marketing & Advertising Retail & Ecommerce Enterprise Technology Industry, Manufacturing & Energy Healthcare & Science Social Impact and Consumer Technology.
Harsh Agarwal, founder of Jaipur-based fashion label Harago Misbah Ashraf, cofounder of Jar musician Ambika Nayak aka Kayan: Arun George, Vimal Govind MK, Rashid Karimbanakkal, Nikhil NP of Genrobotics Jayesh Gadewar, cofounder of Scrut Automation Mehul Jindal, Shyam Murugan, Eeshan Sharma of BharatX Anuvrat Jain, VP at Lightspeed Venture Partners Manish Agarwal, Atulya Kaushik, Aashay Mishra of Prepinsta, Avinash Ramanathan, VP at Kalaari Capital Siva Teja Kakileti of Niramai Health Analytix Pulkit Baldev of Metalbook Harsh Agrawal and Nikita Tiwari of agrotech startup NEERX Romita Mazumdar, founder of beauty brand Foxtale Kaushal Shetty, cofounder of Nostos Homes Aashti Miller, founder of MillerInk, chef Niyati Rao who is the co-founder of Ekaa, are part of this year"s Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia list. They have all featured on the Forbes India 30 Under 30 list too.
Actor Siddhant Chaturvedi, baker and food influencer Shivesh Bhatia, Mayank Kale and Amrit Singh, cofounders of Loop Health which is working to change how healthcare insurance is offered in India, Akshay Rampuria and Yashovardhan Poddar, cofounders, Openhouse, finfluencer Sharan B Hegde, Akarsh Shroff, founder of YuvaSpark, a social venture that works towards improving baseline literacy and numeracy are some of the notable Indian names on the list.
“Despite a challenging year marked by global economic uncertainty and a drop in VC funding, this year’s 2023 Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia entrepreneurs continued to innovate and thrive across industries," says Rana Wehbe Watson, Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia Editor. “Some deploy AI to streamline tasks. Others promote financial literacy inclusion and craftsmanship-based and adaptive fashion. Ranging from startup founders to artists, athletes and scientists, their collective creativity and determination inspire optimism."
Honorees were vetted and selected by a panel of accomplished and acclaimed judges in each category. They include Roshni Nadar Malhotra, chairperson of HCL Technologies and trustee of Shiv Nadar Foundation SD Shibulal, cofounder of Infosys and Axilor Ventures Kishin RK, founder and CEO of RB Capital Allan Zeman, founder and chairman of Lan Kwai Fong Group Meena Ganesh, cofounder and chairperson of Portea Medical, and many more.
More than 4,000 submissions were evaluated by the Forbes Asia team and a panel of independent, expert judges on a variety of factors, including (but not limited to) funding and/or revenue, social impact, scale, inventiveness and potential.
View the "Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia" click here.
| Name | Age | Title/Company |
|---|---|---|
| Harsh Agarwal | 27 | Founder, Harago |
| Radhika Agarwal | 28 | Investor, Blume Ventures |
| Shubham Agrawal | 29 | Founder, Vyapar |
| Vinay Anand | 29 | Cofounder, Aer Media |
| Sai Araveti | 26 | Investor, Susquehanna International Group |
| Misbah Ashraf | 29 | Cofounder, JAR |
| Sharan B Hegde | 27 | Founder, The 1% Club |
| Vidit Bahri | 28 | Cofounder, Sukoon Health |
| Shreya Bakliwal | 29 | Principal, Aureolis Ventures |
| Pulkit Baldev | 28 | Cofounder, Metalbook |
| Utkarsh Singh Vikrant Singh | 27 25 | Cofounders, BatX Energies |
| Dev Abhilash Gayathri Reddy | 27 27 | Cofounders, Bellplus Media |
| Mehul Jindal Shyam Murugan Eeshan Sharma | 22 21 22 | Cofounders, BharatX |
| Shivesh Bhatia | 26 | Content Creator, Bake with Shivesh |
| Rajat Jadhav Rahul Krishnan Harsh Singh Mohit Yadav | 26 26 26 26 | Cofounders, Bold Care |
| Rahul Nambiar Prashant Trivedi Singaram Venkatachalam Nikhil Venkatesh | 26 27 28 26 | Cofounders, Botsync |
| Siddhant Chaturvedi | 29 | Artist |
| Kaviya Cherian | 28 | Founder, Green Heirloom |
| Neeraj Chopra | 25 | Athlete |
| Palash Golecha Abhishek Kankani Kushagra Vaish | 26 25 26 | Cofounders, Dyte |
| Pritam Khan Mainak Sarkar | 27 29 | Cofounders, Explorex Technologies |
| Rahul Raj Rakesh Yadav | 29 27 | Cofounders, FloBiz |
| Jayesh Gadewar | 23 | Cofounder, Scrut Automation |
| Karishma Gangwal | 29 | Content Creator |
| Samanyou Garg | 25 | Founder, Writesonic |
| Arun George Vimal Govind MK Rashid Karimbanakkal Nikhil NP | 29 28 28 29 | Cofounders, Genrobotics |
| Paridhi Goel | 27 | Cofounder, Love Earth |
| Jibran Gulzar | 25 | Founder, Gatoes |
| Richa Shivangi Gupta | 26 | Cofounder, Labhya Foundation |
| Azra Ismail | 25 | Cofounder, MakerGhat |
| Anuvrat Jain | 28 | Vice president, Lightspeed Venture Partners |
| Ashwini Jain | 29 | Cofounder, ForeignAdmits |
| Sambhav Jain | 27 | Cofounder, Nakad |
| Siddhanth Jayaram | 29 | Cofounder, Climes.io |
| Siva Teja Kakileti | 28 | Director, Niramai Health Analytix |
| Nitika Khaitan | 28 | Human Rights Lawyer |
| Mansoor Rahimat Khan | 28 | Cofounder, Beatoven.ai |
| Dhruv Khurana | 27 | Founder, Almost Gods |
| Dhruv Kohli | 28 | Cofounder, Geezy |
| Kartik Kumra | 22 | Founder, Karu Research |
| Sulay Lavsi | 28 | Founder, Bummer |
| Aniket Bajpai Nikhil Gupta | 26 25 | Cofounders, LimeChat |
| Mayank Kale Amrit Singh | 27 27 | Cofounders, Loop Health |
| Pranav Malhotra | 26 | Founder, TruNativ |
| Romita Mazumdar | 28 | Founder, Foxtale |
| Rhea Mehta | 28 | Founder, Rhea Mehta Design |
| Rishabh Jain Kushal Prakash | 26 25 | Cofounders, Mewt |
| Aashti Miller | 29 | Founder, MillerInk |
| Kunal Kothari Tejas Rathod | 29 29 | Cofounders, Mobavenue |
| Shubhodeep Mukherjee | 27 | Head of Engineering, Winuall |
| Kavya Nair | 29 | Director, Advay Capital |
| Ambika Nayak | 28 | Musician |
| Harsh Agrawal Nikita Tiwari | 27 26 | Cofounders, NEERX |
| Drishti Gupta Bani Singh | 25 25 | Cofounders, Now&Me |
| Rishabh Gupta Akash Wadhwani | 26 27 | Cofounders, OatMlk |
| Yashovardhan Poddar Akshay Rampuria | 29 28 | Cofounders, Openhouse |
| Aishwarya Choudhary Ishaan Shrivastava | 29 29 | Cofounders, Pine & Lime |
| Kavya Potluri | 28 | Founder, Kavya Potluri |
| Iesh Dixit Shubham Goyal | 29 26 | Cofounders, Powerplay |
| Manish Agarwal Atulya Kaushik Aashay Mishra | 29 27 28 | Cofounders, PrepInsta |
| Vishnupriya Rajgarhia | 28 | Artist |
| Avinash Ramanathan | 29 | Vice president, Kalaari Capital |
| Niyati Rao | 28 | Cofounder, Ekaa |
| Prateek Sachdeva | 29 | Drag performer |
| Md Masood Sarwer | 29 | Photographer |
| Arnav Sharma | 29 | Cofounder, Enterpret |
| Kaushal Shetty | 27 | Cofounder, Nostos Homes |
| Akarsh Shroff | 22 | Founder, YuvaSpark |
| Elwinder Singh | 29 | Cofounder, Connect and Heal |
| Parveen Singhal | 29 | Cofounder, STAGE |
| Mayur Bhangale Vikas Garg Divyaanshu Makkar | 26 29 29 | Cofounders, Sourcewiz |
| Ashwin Swaminathan | 28 | Founder, Mojocare |
| Yashoraj Tyagi | 27 | CTO, CASHe |
| Vikas Chandrawat Karan Shaha | 27 29 | Cofounders, Vahak |
| Sonia Vora | 29 | Director of Product, Acko |
| Abhinav Warrier | 27 | Cofounder, Rightbot Technologies |
First Published: May 18, 2023, 13:51
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