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NYU Alumni on the Forbes 2025 30 Under 30 List

Posted By Ashley Garrett
on Mon, Dec 9, 2024

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The NYU Entrepreneurial Institute is excited to congratulate the NYU alumni who were named on the Forbes 2025 30 Under 30 list!

In total, 23 members of the NYU community earned spots this year for their outstanding accomplishments across AI, Education, Healthcare, Hollywood & Entertainment, Media, and more. Meet them below:

AI

  • Ethan Perez (GSAS '22), Research Team Lead, Anthropic

Arts & Style

  • Anatola Araba (TISCH SCHOOL OF THE ARTS '21), Artist, Reimagine Story Lab
  • Aidan Cullen (TISCH SCHOOL OF THE ARTS), Co-Founder, NOVA
  • Kiara Ventura (CAS '18), Founder, Processa

Education 

  • Krystal McLeod (CAS '16), Executive Director, New York University Center on Violence and Recovery

Finance

  • Apoorva Ramesh (STERN '17), Vice President, Investment Banking, J.P. Morgan

Food & Drink

Games

  • Noelle Mazurek (TSOA '18), Game Producer, Blizzard Entertainment

Healthcare

Hollywood & Entertainment

  • Phillip Braun (TISCH SCHOOL OF THE ARTS '17), Head of Development and Production, Mucho Mas Media

Manufacturing & Industry

Marketing & Advertising

  • Justin Chae (GALLATIN '22), Co-Founder and CEO, Meridian Strategies
  • Sarah L. Nesheim (STEINHARDT '17), Co-Founder, Crafted
  • Ma Qing (GALLATIN '19), CMO, Firstcard
  • Valerie Zhang (TANDON '20), Co-Founder, VX Media

Media

  • Akili King (GALLATIN '17), Senior Beauty Editor, Essence
  • Devin Lewtan (GALLATIN '20), Co-Founder, Mad Realities
  • Aija Mayrock (GALLATIN '19), Author
  • Chloe Xiang (STEINHARDT '23), Founder, Keke Magazine

Music

  • Daniel (Danny) Garcia (TISCH SCHOOL OF THE ARTS '19), Founder, Songtools
  • Zoe Wrenn (TISCH SCHOOL OF THE ARTS), Founder, TAMBER

Retail & Commerce

  • Hamza Ramzan (SPS '20), CEO, Zoyava

Additionally, a special congratulations to:

  • Justin Bui, Incoming Assistant Professor, New York University

Click here to view all of Forbes' 2025 30 Under 30 honorees!

And check out a few other profiles of past NYU honorees on Forbes' 30 Under 30 lists:

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