You may be familiar with many of today’s entrepreneurs because they are often featured in the news; nonetheless, there have been notable businesspeople during the last few years. These entrepreneurs transformed their fields and cultures, amassed enormous fortune, and introduced technologies that continue to impact our lives to this day. There is a depressing reality that every small company owner must come to terms with. Most small firms are unsuccessful, even when favorable economic conditions are good. In this article, we will look at five entrepreneurs who were not only successful but also featured on Forbes 30 under 30 Europe in 2016.
- Jamal Edwards
Jamal Edwards was born in Luton, England, and he resided there for most of his childhood before moving to Acton, located in West London, with the rest of his family. He was a British music entrepreneur, DJ, and the founder of the online R&B/Hip-Hop platform SB.TV. He was a pioneer in the genres of both R&B and Hip-Hop. Edwards served as an ambassador for the Prince’s Trust, a charity that assists young people in establishing their own companies. Jamal Edwards Delve was a project that Edwards initiated in 2021 to renovate and reopen previously closed youth centers. He was listed in Forbes 30 under 30 Europe in 2016.
- Yilmaz Gulum
Gülüm is a political editor for a weekly News publication in Austria. His primary concern is political matters, particularly regarding education, social welfare, and refugees. In addition to giving courses at the Journalism Institute at the University of Vienna, where he also manages the media-watch site Kobuk, he is a journalist. In 2016, he was listed in Forbes’ 30 under 30 Europe list.
- Daire Hickey
Daire Hickey is one of Web Summit’s co-founders, now the most prominent tech startup event in Europe. Web Summit’s international events draw everyone from the CEOs of Fortune 500 businesses to the founders of the most cutting-edge new firms. Daire has played a significant role in developing the Web Summit’s relationship with the media. In addition, he has collaborated with several of the Web Summit’s most important partners, such as Facebook, Google, and NASDAQ. He has assisted in producing a significant amount of the event’s editorial content throughout the past few years. Because of his outstanding contributions to Web Summit’s rapid expansion from 200 to 50,000 people in only six years, Daire Hickey was included on the Forbes list of 30 under 30.
- Luke Hodson
Luke Hodson is the founder of the Urban Nerds Collective – Youth Marketing Agency. This company was born out of London’s freshest urban lifestyle brand, Urban Nerds, which was established in East London in 2007. Urban Nerds is a family of creatives found on the streets, in clubs, on t-shirts, and online. The aim of Hodson was to be a champion for the variegated terrain of urban youth culture and to engage with businesses that had a common desire to connect with this cohort honestly. Converse and Beats by Dre were among the companies that were the first to see the potential and get on board with the Nerds’ mission. Today, Hodson continues to push the company ahead by enhancing the core services offered by Urban Nerds and making investments in goods that maintain the brand’s position at the vanguard of young culture and marketing. His exceptional culture marketing skills paved the way to get featured on Forbes 30 under 30 Europe in 2016.
- Ben Judah
Ben Judah is the director of the Transform Europe Initiative, a senior fellow at the Europe Center of the Atlantic Council, and a writer specializing in international affairs who works out of New York. His current research focuses on the European repercussions of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, transnational kleptocracy, European energy and decarbonization politics, and Britain’s efforts to reset its diplomatic posture following Brexit. He is also interested in the politics of decarbonization in Europe. In addition to being a contributor to the New York Times, the Financial Times, and the Sunday Times regularly, Judah is often invited to appear as a guest on television programs such as BBC News and CNN. He is an authority on current Russian events. 2016 saw his inclusion on the Forbes 30 under 30 Europe list.
