RITAM BANERJEE FOR FORBESLiam Bates, Jessica Lam, 28, 28 China
Cofounders, Origins Technology
Adam Brimo, 29 Australia
Founder, OpenLearning
Raghav Chandra, Varun Khaitan, 27, 29 India
Cofounders, UrbanClap
Dai Wei, 25 China
Founder, Beijing Bikelock Technology
Eric Gnock Fah, 29 Hong Kong
Cofounder, Klook Travel
Guo Lei, 28 China
Founder, Shenzhen Lianmeng Technology
Hu Tao, 29 China
Founder, XunQiu
Kodai Kawase, 27 Japan
CEO, Photosynth
Min Q Kim, 28 South Korea
Cofounder, Ediket
Yuka Kojima, 30 Japan
Cofounder, FOVE
Sanjay Kumaran, Shravan Kumaran, 15, 17
India
Cofounders, GoDimensions
Sharndre Kushor, Jamie Beaton, 22, 22
New Zealand
Cofounders, Crimson Education
Liu Jingkang, 25 China
Founder, Shenzhen Arashi Vision Co.
Looi Qin En, Seah Ying Cong, Oswald Yeo, 23,
24, 24 Singapore
Cofounders, Glints
Lu Wenyong, 29 China
Cofounder, Edaixi
Kavin Bharti Mittal, 29 India
Founder, hike Messenger
Hai Nguyen, 26 Vietnam
Founder, Canavi
Trung Nguyen, 24 Vietnam
Founder, Lozi
Sonam Pelden, 28 Bhutan
Regional head of marketing, ServisHero
Titipong Pisitwuttinan, Ekachat Assavarujikul,
29, 29 Thailand
Cofounders, SkillLane
Ahmad Shiina, 30 Japan
Cofounder, Timers Inc.
Adam Stone, 22 Australia
Founder, Speedlancer
Justin Sun, 26 China
Founder Peiwo Technology
Sun Tianqi, 27 China
Founder, Vincross
Iman Usman, Adamas Belva Syah Devara,
25, 26 Indonesia
Cofounders, Ruangguru
Anvitha Vijay, 10 Australia
Founder, Smartkins Animals
Tyovan Widagdo, 27 Indonesia
Founder, Bahaso
Yang Jianbo, 26 China
Founder, KEYI Technology
Yu Jia, 28 China
CEO, UniCareer
Zhang Bohan, 26 China
Founder, PoputarConsumer Technology
Kavin Bharti Mittal, 29
FOUNDER, HIKE MESSENGER INDIA
When Kavin Mittal (the son of billionaire Sunil Mittal,
founder of Bharti Airtel) moved back to India in 2011, the
Imperial College engineering graduate had already built
two startups: AppSpark and MoviesNow. But according to
Mittal it was a trip to a street-food stall with friends in New
Delhi that sparked the idea for hike—an instant-messaging
service designed to rival WhatsApp. Noting the prevalence
of basic mobile handsets at that time, he thought of
the potential impact smartphones could have on India’s
enormous population. “I had an iPhone 4S at that time,
with apps and Edge, not even 3G.... There were all these
people who had no clue what the internet actually meant,”
he says. “India has a population of over 1 billion people, how
would they come online?”
Today, hike has over 100 million users, is valued at
$1.4 billion and has raised $175 million. —Ambika BehalJUDGES
Jenny Lee, managing partner, GGV Capital
Jean Liu, president, Didi Chuxing30 UNDER 30http://www.ictsi.comThe Manila International Container Terminal combines leading-edge
technologies and decades of port management expertise to provide
the country with port services at par with the world’s best.
The MICT is one of the best examples of Public-Private Partnerships,
offering the best value for the government and the Filipino people.PHILIPPINESMICTTHE FILIPINO, SETTING A GLOBAL
STANDARD IN PORT MANAGEMENT.
MICT is the flagship operation of ICTSI,
the Philippines’ leading port operator with a
portfolio of 28 terminals in 18 countries.