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Three of the cofounders of Windborn Systems are included in Forbes' 30 Under 30 list.
- Some of the oldest Gen Zers will graduate college in 2020 and many are choosing to start their own businesses.
- Forbes released its "30 Under 30" list and it features 20 entrepreneurs, 22 years old or younger, who belong to Gen Z, which includes anyone born after the year 1996.
- Business Insider rounded up the 20 Gen-Z entrepreneurs on the list who founded or own a for-profit business. (We did not include founders of nonprofit businesses or social activism organizations.)
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The young entrepreneurs on this year's Forbes' "30 under 30" list aren't wasting any time. The list includes inventors, designers, and technologists shaking up their industries and leading social impact ventures.
This year the list features 20 entrepreneurs, 22 years old or younger, in the US and Canada, who belong to Gen Z, which includes anyone born after the year 1996, according to the Pew Research Center. Gen Z is the youngest, most ethnically-diverse, and largest generation in US history.
While many millennials, or anyone born between 1981 and 1996, have turned to side gigs and freelance, Gen Z values working for themselves. A report from the student resource site Online School Center found about 41% of Gen Z plans to become entrepreneurs and 45% plan to invent something that will change the world.
The Forbes' list features a number of Gen Z entrepreneurs including Charu Thomas, 21, who created Oculogx, a company that makes augmented-reality glasses for order-picking in warehouses. Danya Sherman, 22, also made the list. Sherman invented KnoNap, a napkin that can test if a drink has been laced with drugs.
We rounded up the Gen-Z entrepreneurs who founded or own a for-profit business. (We did not include founders of nonprofit businesses or social activism organizations.)
Here are the 20 young entrepreneurs trailblazing their industries, in order from oldest to youngest.