A list of the best minds in the Tech space under 40 that are reshaping the way we see the industry
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This report is the culmination of months of exhaustive research, debate, and deep-dive analysis into the global tech ecosystem. We moved past the PR and the viral headlines to identify the leaders who are truly moving the needle. Our team analyzed market shifts, scrutinized product roadmaps, and tracked the real-world impact of hundreds of candidates to arrive at this final selection.
The list is a curated chronicle of the most consequential minds in technology today. These are the architects, the disruptors, and the titans who are not just navigating the future—they are writing the code for it. Selected for their substance, their resilience, and their ability to execute at scale, this is the class that defined 2025.
1. Aravind Srinivas
Co-founder & CEO, Perplexity
2. Ives Van Hoorne
Co-Founder at CodeSandbox & Engineering Director at TogetherAI
3. Whitney Wolfe Herd
CEO at Bumble
4. Rodrigo Fontes
Head of Mobile, Scene Health
5. Prateek Saxena
Co-founder & Director at Appinventiv
6. Lucas Bonatto
Founder at Wabee AI
7. Nenad Zaric
CEO and Co-founder at Trickest
8. Danish Ahmed
Founder of Startuptools.ai
9. Mike Starr
Founder and CEO at Beyond Identity
10. Harshil Mathur
Co-founder & CEO at Razorpay
11. Gaurav Khatri
CEO & Co-Founder, Noise
12. Alexandr Wang
Founder, Scale AI (and Chief AI Officer at Meta)
13. Mudassir Sheikha
Co-founder & CEO at Careem
14. Henrik Grim
CEO & Co-founder at Mimo
15. Ankit Nagori
Founder & CEO, CureFoods
16. Evan Spiegel
CEO, Snap Inc.
17. Melanie Perkins
CEO and Co-founder of Canva
18. Austin Russell
Founder, Russell AI Labs
19. David Karp
CEO, Tumblr, Angel Investor
20. Luana Lopes Lara
Founder at Kalshi
21. Charlotte Melkert
CEO and Co-founder at Equalture
22. Matt Strauss
Founder and CEO at RiseKit
23. Li Haslett Chen
Founder and CEO, Howl
24. Alejandro Perez
Co-founder at Fracttal
25. Ted Ko
President at Techko Group
26. Camilo Martinez
Co-founder of Leal.co
27. Harold Diaz
CEO & Co-Founder at Ressolve
28. Patrick Hill
CEO and Founder of Disctopia
29. Tarun Mehta
Co-founder and CEO, Ather Energy
30. Varun Khaitan
Co-founder and COO, Urban Company
31. Victor Riparbelli
Co-Founder & CEO, Synthesia.io
32. Gadi Eliashiv
CEO and Co-Founder, Singular & Extract
33. Rajan Bajaj
Founder and Executive Director, slice
34. Siddhant Saurabh
Co-Founder, Zupee
35. Vidya Madhavan
Founder and CEO, Schmooze
36. Sharvin Shah
Founder, MTechZilla
37. Arindam Paul
Founding Member and Chief Business Officer, Atomberg
