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Hayley Leibson 26

Scott Wu^23

COFOUNDERS, LUNCHCLUB

The duo raised over

$5 million to make

an AI service that

matches professionals

(thousands weekly)

for lunch dates (virtual

now, natch) based

on their background

and goals.

Tyler Faux 30

COFOUNDER, SUPERGREAT

After helping to build

crime-tracking app

Citizen, this New Yorker

now hosts more than

150,000 user-generated

beauty and skin-care

product reviews. The

site’s viewership has

tripled during the

pandemic.

Ariel Pasternak 29

Atara Bernstein 30

COFOUNDERS, PINEAPPLE

COLLABORATIVE

Friends from a D.C.

farmers’ market

transformed their

potluck into this

100,000-strong

community—90%

women, including

celebrity chefs Christina

Tosi, Carla Hall—to

share recipes and host

cooking demos.

Joe Thomas 30

Vinay Hiremath 28

Shahed Khan^25

COFOUNDERS, LOOM

Slack meets Zoom:

Bay Area trio has raised

$73 million for software

enabling 5.5 million

users to record video

presentations shared

instantly via chat.

COFOUNDERS, GENIES

Akash Nigam 28

Evan Rosenbaum 28

L.A.-based pair

built some 10 apps

before creating AI

avatars that can mimic

you on messaging

services like Facebook

Messenger, WhatsApp.

With millions of avatars

created, Genies has

raised $40 million.

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Staying in touch during the

pandemic (and beyond) with

the Forbes 30 Under 30, in

30 words or less.

30 Under 30

It has never taken more

bacon to stay high on the hog,

according to Forbes’ annual

Cost of Living Extremely Well

Index (CLEWI), which has

tracked a basket of 40 ultra-luxe goods—private schools,

fancy food, haute couture—since 1982. Over the past

year, CLEWI rose 2%, more than triple the 0.6% rise in the

Consumer Price Index. GOOD: A Sikorsky S-76D helicopter

($16 million) is 9% cheaper than a year ago. BAD: The Gucci

Horsebit leather loafers ($750) you’ll wear in the cockpit are

9% costlier. No sweat for The Forbes 400 jet set, though:

Their aggregate wealth is up 8% over the last 12 months.

For the full luxurious picture, please visit forbes.com.

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