On Monday, renown business news and analysis publication Forbes Magazine released their annual 30 under 30 list, naming the top young innovators, play makers and executives across various industries in the world. This year's list unlike year's past, however, recognized a number of prominent D.C. tech personalities as leading figures in their respective businesses.
Across venture capital, consumer technology, social entrepreneurship, marketing and advertising, enterprise tech, education, new media and e-commerce, these are the D.C.-area startup founders, tech execs, entrepreneurs and investors that made it to Forbes' 2016 class of 30 under 30 innovators.
Here's the full list of D.C.-area names per category, as determined by Forbes:
Venture Capital
- Clara Sieg, 29 - partner, Revolution Ventures
- Alexander Pessala, 28 - principal, Middleland Capital
- Aaron Jacobson, 29 - principal, New Enterprise Associates
- Amit Mukherjee, 27 - senior associate, New Enterprise Associates
Education
- Esther Tricoche, 29 - associate partner, NewSchools Venture Fund
- Eric Lavin, 28 - founding manager, Aspen Ventures
Social Entrepreneurship
- Daniel Yu, 22 - founder, ReliefWatch
HealthCare
- David Narrow, 25 - CEO, Sonavex
Consumer Tech
- Javier Aguera Renese, 23 - chief scientist for Devices, Silent Circle
Marketing & Advertising
- Allen Gannet, 24 - CEO and co-founder, TrackMaven
Media
- Chad Mumm, 29 - vice president, Vox Entertainment
- Alex Skatell, 29 - founder, Independent Journal (ijreview.com)
Law & Policy
- Andrea Castillo, 26 - program manager of technology policy Program, the Mercatus Center at George Washington University
- Tim Hwang, 23 - co-founder, FiscalNote
- Vivian Graubard, 26 - founding member, United States Digital Service at The White House
- Kori Schulman, 29 - special assistant, Digital Strategy at The White House
- Dipayan Ghosh, 27 - privacy and public policy advisor, Facebook
