Black Excellence baby, we gon let em see...

[Disanthrope]

 

[IP360]

 

[IP360]

Black Excellence.

May she continue to have success

 

[Dwayne]

 

[SeaSnake]

This why he a goat he don’t force his business on you

 

[Elzo69Renaissance]

I’m looking for those rap noodles

 

[ChiGetTheMoney]

He right af

 

[DOS_patos]

 

[DOS_patos]

 

[DOS_patos]

 

[DOS_patos]

 

[DOS_patos]

Tomide Adesanmi
Cofounder, Circuit Mind

PHOTO BY COURTESY OF TOMIDE ADESANMI

Electronics engineers spend billions of hours and dollars designing new circuit boards every single year. Adesanmi's company, Circuit Mind, aims to cut that time and cost by with software that rapidly produces circuit board designs. The company's raised $1.9 million in funding to date.

ON FORBES LISTS

30 Under 30 - Europe - Manufacturing & Industry 2020
STATS
AGE29
RESIDENCELondon, United Kingdom
EDUCATIONMaster of Arts/Science, University of Leeds

 

[DOS_patos]

Ellenor McIntosh
Cofounder, Twipes

PHOTO BY MICHAEL REDINA

Wet wipes have become increasingly popular, but they don't typically break down in sewers. Consequently, accumulations of wipes wreak havoc on municipal sewer systems, costing millions to repair. That's why McIntosh invented Twipes, a degradable wet wipe that can be safely flushed because it dissolves in just a few hours.
ON FORBES LISTS

30 Under 30 - Europe - Manufacturing & Industry 2020
STATS
AGE26
RESIDENCELondon, United Kingdom
EDUCATIONBachelor of Arts/Science, City University of London

 

[DOS_patos]

Thaddeus Anim-Somuah
Engineering Manager, Croda

PHOTO BY COURTESY OF THADDEUS ANIM-SOMUAH

Thaddeus Anim-Somuah began his career at chemical engineering company Croda with a project aimed at decreasing the company's emissions by 25%. He now oversees engineering projects such as building a new $56 million carbon-neutral plant. When he's not leading behavioural safety for 350 people, he volunteers with newly-arrived refugees.
ON FORBES LISTS

30 Under 30 - Europe - Manufacturing & Industry 2020
STATS
AGE29
RESIDENCERotterdam, Netherlands
EDUCATIONMaster of Arts/Science, University of Manchester

 

[DOS_patos]

Jacquelle Amankonah Horton
Product Manager, Google

PHOTO BY COURTESY OF JACQUELLE AMANKONAH HORTON

Horton became Google's first black Product Manager in Europe at age 26. Now she leads a team of 150+ people working on the transformation of the Google Assistant. Before her current role, Horton was a product lead at YouTube where she doubled the user base of the Creator app.
ON FORBES LISTS

30 Under 30 - Europe - Media & Marketing 2020
STATS
AGE29
RESIDENCEZurich, Switzerland
CHILDREN1
EDUCATIONBachelor of Arts/Science, University of Southern California; Master of Arts/Science, University of Southern California (completed Masters degree at age 20)

 

[DOS_patos]

Steven Bartlett
Founder, Social Chain

PHOTO BY COURTESY OF STEVEN BARTLETT

Bartlett is the Founder and CEO of Social Chain, an integrated social media company. He built the firm from his bedroom in Manchester at age 22 and took it public in 2019 with a market evaluation exceeding €200m. Bartlett has appeared as a speaker more than 400 times including at the United Nations, SXSW and Ted Talk.
ON FORBES LISTS

30 Under 30 - Europe - Media & Marketing 2020
STATS
AGE27
RESIDENCEManchester, United Kingdom
EDUCATIONDrop Out, Manchester Metropolitan University

 

[DOS_patos]

Solomon Elliott
Founder, The Student View

PHOTO BY COURTESY OF SOLOMON ELLIOTT

Elliott founded The Student View, a news literacy charity with the goal of creating a newsroom in every school. A high school teacher himself, he felt the need to combat misinformation and enable students to differentiate fact from opinion. Started in 2016, more than 1,200 students have participated and more than 80 journalist support the charity by volunteering.
ON FORBES LISTS

30 Under 30 - Europe - Media & Marketing 2020
STATS
AGE26
RESIDENCELondon, United Kingdom
EDUCATIONBachelor of Arts/Science, University of Cambridge

 

[DOS_patos]

Kumba Kpakima
Assistant News Editor, ITV News

PHOTO BY COURTESY OF KUMBA KPAKIMA

21 year old Kpamika is an Assistant News Editor at London-based ITN. She decided to become a journalist after the death of her mother in 2015 due to the consequences of a surgery. Before joining ITN, Kpamika worked at Sky News. A documentary about the knife crime epidemic in the UK got her a nomination for the UK's #30toWatch Young Journalists of the Year.
ON FORBES LISTS

30 Under 30 - Europe - Media & Marketing 2020
STATS
AGE21
RESIDENCELondon, United Kingdom
EDUCATIONBachelor of Arts/Science, Kingston University

 

[DOS_patos]

Liv Little
Founder, gal-dem

PHOTO BY COURTESY OF LIV LITTLE

Little founded gal-dem, a media company aimed at spotlighting the creative talents of women and non-binary people of colour, when she was still at university. Gal-dem has since grown to more than 10 employees and now reaches a global audience. Before founding the company, Little worked as a producer for the BBC.
ON FORBES LISTS

30 Under 30 - Europe - Media & Marketing 2020
STATS
AGE26
RESIDENCELondon, United Kingdom
EDUCATIONBachelor of Arts/Science, University of Bristol

 

[DOS_patos]

Leomie Anderson
Founder, Lapp

PHOTO BY COURTESY OF LEOMIE ANDERSON

Perhaps you know Leomie Anderson for her work as a Victoria's Secret Angel, but this model-extraordinaire is also the founder of athletic brand Lapp, which supports the salaries of the bloggers behind Lapp, her feminist media site. Through this work, she's collaborated with Nike, Kiehls and Google to host events to empower young women.
ON FORBES LISTS

30 Under 30 - Europe - Art & Culture 2020
STATS
AGE27
RESIDENCELondon, United Kingdom