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R.J. Scaringe
AGE 36
CEO and founder,
Rivian
Scaringe stole the
spotlight at the Los An-
geles Auto Show in No-
vember. In a theatrical
nighttime unveiling at
L.A.’s Griffith Observa-
tory, Scaringe pre-
sented his gleaming
silver creation, 10
years in the making—
the R1T electric pickup
truck—with more bat-
tery range than any-
thing from Tesla and
yet fast enough to keep
up with the zippiest
sports cars going zero
to 60 mph in three sec-
onds. Now, with $1 bil-
lion in backing from
Ford and Amazon, he’s
ready to take on that
other genius electric-
car- making executive
over at Tesla.Nadiem
Makarim
AGE 34
CEO and founder,
Go-Jek
Go Everything!
In 2010, Makarim
created Go-Jek to
connect Indonesia’s
buzzing moto-taxi
drivers with passen-
gers. He has since ex-
panded into Go-Send,
Go-Food, Go-Pay, and
Go-Massage.Joy
Buolamwini
AGE 29
Founder, Algorithmic
Justice League
If you’re vaguely aware
of A.I. bias, you proba-
bly have Buolamwini to
thank. She authored a
landmark study on ma-
chine-learning bias,
which led to Microsoft
and IBM improving their
facial-recognition
technologies to better
analyze the faces of
darker-skinned women.
She has recently
taken on Amazon’s
algorithms.Ian Goodfellow
AGE 34
Director of machine
learning in the special
projects group,
Apple
Known as the “GAN”
father, Goodfellow in-
vented so-called gen-
erative adversarial
networks, which can
create more realistic-
sounding audio voices,
among other tasks.
Expect him to work his
magic on Siri soon.Arjun Bansal
AGE 35
VP of artificial intel-
ligence software and
the AI Lab, Intel
Brought to Intel in
2016 when his com-
pany was acquired,
Bansal oversees a
team of 100 aiming to
make Intel’s chips work
swimmingly with the
latest A.I. software.FoodNathaniel Ru,
Jonathan
Neman,
Nicolas
Jammet
ALL AGE 34
Founders,
Sweetgreen
Read all about the
trio behind Sweet-
green in this issue’s
feature story.Laura Kliman
AGE 35
Senior flavor scientist,
Impossible Foods
The organic chemist
was working as a pas-
try chef in 2016 when
she heard about Im-
possible Foods on
NPR. Intrigued, she
landed a job there as
a flavor scientist
tasked with minimiz-
ing the off- flavors
that come with using
plant-based ingredi-
ents to replicate the
taste and texture of
meat. Her researchled to the Impossible
Burger 2.0, which
launched in January.
Now a key leader on
the R&D team, Kli-
man is working on
new products like the
Impossible Sausage.
If she’s successful,
she’ll have convinced
a population of meat
eaters that the com-
pany’s products
are not just better
for their health and
planet but also
just as good as the
real thing.James Rogers
AGE 34
CEO and founder,
Apeel Sciences
In 2012, the materials
scientist got a grant
from the Gates Foun-
dation to start Apeel,
which is attempting to
prolong the shelf life of
produce. The startup
makes an edible sub-
stance out of plant
material, which suppli-
ers apply to the out-
side of fruits and vege-
tables to slow the rate
of water loss and keep
oxygen from getting
in—two key causes ofspoilage. He has raised
more than $110 mil-
lion from the likes of
Andreessen Horowitz
and hedge fund Viking
Global Investors. Look
for Apeel’s avocados
at Costco and Kroger.Marisa
Bartning
AGE 39
Director of marketing,
Bubly, PepsiCo
The future is clear:
In 2018, Bartning led
the launch of Bubly in
an attempt to disrupt
the sparkling water
category. Quickly hit-
ting $100 million in
sales, Bubly has be-
come one of the big-
gest names in the
business.A.I.
Where Are They Now?
SEVERAL PAST 40 UNDER 40 HONOREES HAD AN EVENTFUL YEAR:Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige is bringing his superheroes to Disney+.
Jennifer Hyman’s Rent the Runway hit unicorn status. Zhang Yiming’s
ByteDance and TikTok became global sensations. Macy’s hired Rachel
Shechtman of Story as its brand experience officer. Andy Katz-Mayfield
and Jeff Raider sold their razor startup, Harry’s, to the owner of Schick
for $1.37 billion. Rihanna became the first woman to create a brand for
LVMH. Privacy concerns continued to plague Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook.
Elizabeth Holmes’s scandal-riddled Theranos officially dissolved. Production
woes dragged down Tesla stock, while CEO Elon Musk attracted SEC scrutiny.M