FORTY UNDER FORTY 2017 VanderMey, Anne; Griffith, Erin; Hackett, Robert ...
Fortune,
09/2017, Volume:
176, Issue:
3
Magazine Article
Young people may not run the world, but you could be forgiven for thinking they did. This article contains a litany of fresh-faced leaders upending industries and helming somi of the world's most ...important businesses, not to mention the largest global economies. To create this roster, the Fortune staff scoured the ranks of the biggest public companies, the hottest unicorns, and even world governments to create what we think is a definitive list of the most powerful people under 40. From Emmanuel Macron (who stemmed the rising tide of nationalism in France), to comedy superstar Kevin Hart (who's rewriting the television playbook), to Mark Zuckerberg (who needs no introduction), the women and men featured here have profound cultural reach, along with control over a collective several hundred billion dollars. And by all signs, they're just getting started. With ingenuity, optimism, and no small amount of youthful recklessness, these are the leaders remaking the world's business and economic landscapes.
