Forbes just released its "30 Under 30" list last Monday. According to Forbes, the list is comprised of young makers and movers who are under 30 years old and have already achieved the American dream.
People on the list are either immigrants (19%), never attended college or have dropped out (16%), or came from low income or middle-class families (83%). They have also pursued their dream jobs at a tender age and knew what they wanted in life early on.
New mom and good girl Blake Lively is on the list. Lively has been open on how shy she was when she was younger. "I didn't have a boyfriend until I was 17. There were boys at school that I would find out later had a crush on me but I was too shy to talk to them," she once said.
Youth role model Emma Watson also made it into the list. Despite her busy schedule, Watson earned a college degree and is also a United Nations ambassador.
The list is not confined to Hollywood actors alone. Young entrepreneurs who made it big are also on Forbes' list.
Forbes did not include those who were on the "30 Under 30" list in the previous years. The candidates were nominated by various sources as well as Twitter suggestions.
Here are some of those who made it into the list:
- Blake Lively, 27, actress and entrepreneur
- Bo Burnham, 24, comedian, writer, and musician
- Zac Efron, 27, actor
- Damien Chazelle, 29, actor and director
- Jason Fuchs, 28, actor, writer, and producer
- Ansel Elgort, 20, actor
- Rooney Mara, 29, actress and humanitarian
- Keira Knightley, 29, actress
- Elisabeth Holm, 28, writer and producer
- Ilana Glazer, 27, actor, producer, and writer
- Tatiana Maslany, 29, actress
- Emma Stone, 26, actress
- Emma Watson, 24, UN Women Goodwill Ambassador, actress
- Keke Palmer, 21, actress
- Miles Teller, 27, actor
- Nikki Fancy, 23, Maker Studios Senior Director of Programming Strategy
- Susie Fox, 29, agent, CAA
- Walter Garcia, 26, stunt-fight coordinator
- Hannah Hart, 28, actress, My Drunk Kitchen author, creator
- Harley Morenstein, 29, EpicMealTime creator
- Daron Nefcy, 29, executive producer and creator, Star vs The Forces of Evil
For the complete list, visit the Forbes 30 Under 30 Gallery.
