Forbes names 2017 manufacturing '30 Under 30'

Jan. 3, 2017
Sixth annual list highlights disruptors, innovators and entrepreneurs from Tesla, Caterpillar, Fusiform, Hubble, Leka and more.

Forbes has released its sixth annual “30 Under 30” list, featuring what it considers 600 young innovators, entrepreneurs and leaders who are "challenging the conventional wisdom and rewriting the rules for the next generation."  Included in the list are 30 honorees for each of the 20 categories that make up the list, which includes manufacturing.

This year, one in every six list members are immigrants, originating from 44 different countries.  Additionally, 36 percent of these list members live and work on the East Coast and 39 percent on the West Coast. More than 15,000 online submissions were received, making the lists a 4 percent acceptance rate.

Below is the full list of manufacturing professionals:

Rhae Adams

Director of Energy & Mining

Planetary Resources

Chad Amonn

Cofounder

Inova Drone

Justin Barozie

Associate Manager of Manufacturing Engineering, Battery

Tesla Motors

Jeremy Blum

Head of Electrical Engineering

Shaper Tools

Chase Feiger

Cofounder

Parsable

Param Shah

Cofounder

Fusiform

Alex Mathews

Cofounder

Fusiform

Anurag Garg

CEO

Dattus

Sean Warner

Cofounder

Grubbly Farms

Patrick Pittaluga

Cofounder

Grubbly Farms

Caroline Guenther

Integrated Business Planning Manager

Cisco Systems

Neha Gupta

Business Operations

DAQRI

Jesse Horwitz

Cofounder

Hubble Contacts

Ben Cogan

Cofounder

Hubble Contacts

Noah Snyder

Cofounder

Interphase Materials

Kasey Catt

Cofounder

Interphase Materials

Cody James

Robotics Programmer

Self-Employed

Lane Konkel

Lean Leader

General Electric

Curren Krasnoff

Founder

Cortex Composites

Hasier Larrea

CEO

Ori

Ladislas de Toldi

Cofounder

Leka

Marine Couteau

Cofounder

Leka

Marco Mascorro

Cofounder

Fellow Robots

Kayla McDonell

Exterior Lighting Design Release Engineer

General Motors Company

Cam Murphy

Managing Director

FEAM Aero

Jake Kassan

Cofounder

MVMT

Kramer LaPlante

Cofounder

MVMT

Kurt Workman

Cofounder

Owlet Baby Care

Jordan Monroe

Cofounder

Owlet Baby Care

Zack Bomsta

Cofounder

Owlet Baby Care

Sean Petterson

Founder

StrongArm Technologies

Mike Radenbaugh

Cofounder

Rad Power Bikes

Tyler Collins

Cofounder

Rad Power Bikes

Marimar White-Espin

Cofounder

Rad Power Bikes

Rad Power Bikes

Cofounders

Rad Power Bikes

Coby Kabili

Cofounder

Robo 3D

Braydon Moreno

Cofounder

Robo 3D

Jonathan Saperstein

CEO

TreeTown USA

Gaurab Chakrabarti

Cofounder

Solugen, Inc.

Sean Hunt

Cofounder

Solugen, Inc.

Drew Tolly

Data Scientist

Caterpillar

Justin Wenning

Welding Engineer

Fabrisonic LLC

Will Ahmed

Cofounder

Whoop

Aurelian Nicolae

Cofounder

Whoop

John Capodilupo

Cofounder

Whoop