Celine Chai – NinetyEight
Putting to action the words of a professor who said, “If you can’t find a job, go out and make your own,” a small team of Gen-Z-ers became entrepreneurs by starting a marketing consultancy company in their senior year of college while Covid hit job markets hard. Their shared birth year of 1998 became the…
Palmer Luckey
Palmer Luckey is a visionary American entrepreneur whose groundbreaking work has reshaped both virtual reality and defense technology. Born in 1992 in Long Beach, California, Luckey was homeschooled and developed a passion for electronics at an early age. At just 16, after upgrading old video game consoles to make them mobile, he started collecting bulky…
Tiffany Zhong
CEO TZ (Tiffany Zhong) is the CEO of noplace, which ranked #1 app on Apple Top Charts, and backed by prominent VCs. She was coined the ‘Gen Z Whisperer’ and formerly the youngest VC in the world, becoming an investor at a $300M fund at only 18 years old. TZ is also widely recognized for…
Emily Brooke- Beryl
Emily Brooke is a British inventor, industrial designer and entrepreneur whose journey began with a simple yet bold idea: make cycling in cities safer and more accessible. Born in November 1985, she attended the Royal High School in Bath and then went on to study physics at University of Oxford. After finding physics less fulfilling…
Bejay Mulenga
Bejay Mulenga was born in London in 1995, and had the beginnings of an entrepreneur early. He went from selling candy at his school, to his most notable entrepreneurial venture: founding Supa Network, a company that connects brands with young creative talent while helping train and employ them. What makes him special is how his…
Deni Darenberg
Deni Darenberg is a young entrepreneur that founded dogAdvisor at just 17 years old. DogAdvisor is a pet care platform that simplifies and provides helpful information to dog owners. Deni Darenberg came up with this idea after seeing one of his friends struggling to take care of their dog. DogAdvisor is a blog-turned-platform that makes…
Phill Knight and Nike
Phill Knight was born in 1938. His entrepreneurial journey started in college at the University of Oregon. He was on the track team and very into running and also intramural sports. He found a problem in his niche, and that problem was discomfort and the horrible quality of running shoes at the time. Knight wanted…
Joshua Browder – DoNotPay
Joshua Browder is a 28-year-old, British, gen z entrepreneur who founded the company DoNotPay. DoNotPay is an online artificial intelligence legal services company. In 2015, Joshua fought his first parking ticket in London. While in London, he had received numerous parking tickets that he had to fight. At the time Joshua was a student attending…
Palmer Luckey- Oculus VR
In 2009, at the mere age of 16, Palmer Luckey kickstarted what would be a daunting task for many: creating a VR headset in his parents garage. For Lucky though, this was just another project of his. From his early teenage years and on, his parents recall him experimenting with tesla coils, railguns, high-powered lasers…
Gabrielle Jordan
Gabrielle Jordan is the owner of Jewelz of Jordan. She started her luxury jewelry business at the age of 9. Jewels of Jordan is popular for its bright natural colors, making modern, classic and elegant designed jewelry that lets women express their confidence. She started out selling items to her friends and family, which later…