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40 Under 40

Welcome to Fortune’s 2017 40 Under 40, our annual ranking of the most influential young people in business. Read on to meet these disruptors, innovators, rebels and artists—and prepare to be inspired.
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    Emmanuel Macron
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    Mark Zuckerberg
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    Cheng Wei and Jean Liu
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    Brian Chesky, Nathan Blecharczyk, Joe Gebbia
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    Leo Varadkar
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    John and Patrick Collison
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    Serena Williams
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    John Zimmer and Logan Green
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    Daniel Schwartz
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    Brian Armstrong
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    Vitalik Buterin
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    Tobias Lütke
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    Adam Neumann
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    Daniel Ek
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    Ben Silbermann
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    Pei-Chun Tsai
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    Geraldine Buckingham
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    Kevin Hart
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    Jared Cohen and Yasmin Green
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    Drew Houston
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    Hu Weiwei and Xia Yiping
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    Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy
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    Katrina Lake
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    Conor Flynn
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    Susan Fowler
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    Seth Moulton
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    Elise Stefanik
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    Dmitri Alperovitch
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    Divya Nag
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    Philip Krim
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    Chance the Rapper
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    Bryan Sheffield
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    Amber Baldet
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    Ernie Garcia, Ryan Keeton, and Ben Huston
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    Tristan Walker
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    Michelle Zatlyn
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    Ryan Cohen
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    Julia Hartz
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    Helmy Eltoukhy and AmirAli Talasaz
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    Rishi Shah and Shradha Agarwal
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    Emily Weiss
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    Leila Janah
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