NYU Alumni on Forbes' "30 Under 30" 2020
Join us in congratulating the NYU alumni and students who were named on Forbes' "30 Under 30" 2020 list! NYU is number four of schools with the most alumni honored. NYU alumni were honored in 16 of the 20 categories.
Check out the honorees below.
2020 NYU Honorees
Celebrities and Hollywood & Entertainment
- Cole Sprouse (GAL ’15), Actor
- Dylan Sprouse (GAL ’15), Actor
Celebrities and Music
- Maggie Rogers (TSOA ’16), Musician
Consumer Technology
- Diesel Peltz (CAS), Co-Founder, Twenty
Education
- Rebecca Fleischman (LS ’11, CAS ’13, WAG ’17), Associate Director, National Programs and Outreach, Child Mind Institute
- Samantha Pratt (LS ’14, STEINHARDT, LS ’15), Founder, KlickEngage
Food & Drink
- Meng Ai (TANDON ’16), Co-Founder, MáLà Project
- Issey Kobori (STEINHARDT ’15), Co-Founder, Golde
- Trinity Mouzon Wofford (CAS, MEYERS ’15), Co-Founder, Golde
Games
- Mary Kenney (TSOA), Writer, Insomniac Games
Healthcare
- Samantha Gerson (SSSW ’15, ’16), Founder, UnBroken
Hollywood & Entertainment
- Anita Gou (TSOA ’13), Founder, Kindred Spirit
- Niki Montazaran (GAL ’12), Agent, ICM Partners
- Phillip Youmans (TSOA ’22), Filmmaker, Denizen Pictures
Law & Policy
- Kyleigh Russ (WAG ‘20), Co-Founder & Chief Operations Officer, Govern for America
Marketing & Advertising
- Rylee Ebsen (TSOA ‘13), Founder, Ebsen Enterprises
Media
- Adam Butterfield (TSOA ‘12), Senior Programming Producer, Snap
Music
- Nija Charles (TSOA), Songwriter
- Lauv (STEINHARDT ’16), Musician
Retail and Ecommerce
- Jessica Assaf (GAL ’12), Co-founder, Prima
- Olivia Landau (STEINHARDT ’13), Co-Founder, The Clear Cut
- Lia Winograd (STERN ’19), Co-Founder, Pepper
Science
- Estibaliz Blanco-Elorrieta (GSAS ’20), PhD Candidate at NYU
Social Entrepreneurship
- Wemimo Abbey (WAG ’15), Co-Founder, Esusu Financial
- Samir Goel (CAS ‘16, STERN ’16), Co-Founder, Esusu Financial
- Lauren Singer (CAS ’13), Founder, Package Free
Sports
- Melissa Schiller (STERN ’22), Director of Community Relations, National Football League
Venture Capital
- Catharine Dockery (LS ’12, GAL ’14), Founding Partner, Vice Ventures
There are so many amazing alumni blazing trails, sometimes it's hard to keep track! Did we miss someone? Please let us know! Send an email to alumni.info@nyu.edu.