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Finance Reported by Nathan Vardi, Agustino Fontevecchia, Halah Touryalai   Lucas Duplan 22 Founder, Clinkle Justover a year after receiving his undergrad computer science degree fromStanford, Duplan is running one of the most hyped and controversialstartups in the nation, Clinkle, which seeks to disrupt the wayfinancial transactions are done—with a digital wallet used on mobilephones. He has shocked Silicon Valley with his ability to raise $30million from the likes of Richard Branson, Peter Thiel and AndreessenHorowitz for an unreleased secret product and attract talent like formerNetflix CFO Barry McCarthy, who is now Clinkle's COO. At the same timeDuplan has been slammed by tech bloggers, who have pointed to the largenumber of departing employees—one of whom anonymously posted a harshcriticism of Duplan—and made fun of some of his decisions, like theover-the-top video ad Clinkle produced. "At the end of the day only onething will matter: Do people like and use our product?" says Duplan."Our focus is not on the press or who is backing it. Our focus is onproduct." Jim Breyer Partner, Accel Partners Billionaire venture capitalist who backed Facebook and has served on corporate boards ranging from Wal-Mart to Etsy. Anthony Scaramucci Founder, SkyBridge Capital Managing partner of $8.6 billion New York fund of hedge funds that hosts the hedge fund industry's annual SALT conference. Adam Zoia CEO, Glocap CEO and founder of Glocap, a leading executive search firm for the investment management industry. 30 Under 30 Who Are Changing The World 2014 Luis Alvarado 29 Investment research analyst, Wells Fargo Private Bank Youngestmember of Wells Fargo Private Bank investment team, which decides theallocation for $170 billion in managed assets. Solely responsible forbuilding capital market assumptions, forming the foundation ofrecommendations for virtually every client account.   George Bachiashvili 28 Founder, Georgian Co-Investment Fund Runsa $6 billion private equity fund in Georgia that amounts to about 40%of the country's GDP. Backed by Georgia's own billionaire primeminister, who invested the initial $1 billion, creating some controversyaround its investments in the Georgian economy. UAE's Abu Dhabi Groupand China's Milestone International are among other big investors. Lucy Baldwin 29 Managing director, Goldman Sachs Directorof Goldman's European research management team and serving on theinvestment review committee. Previously headed Goldman's European retailand consumer equity research. Sam Barnett 24 Founder, SBB Research Group Partscientist, part mathematician, Barnett started his quant hedge fundwhile still a CalTech undergrad and has since grown it into a $115million firm with 15 employees. Returns have been solid. Ganesh Betanabhatla 28 Managing director, Talara Capital FormerJPMorgan oil gas investment banker and vice president at PineBrook Partners, now backed with up to $500 million heading Talara'sprivate equity efforts in the energy sector. Tracy Britt Cool 29 Financial assistant to the chairman, Berkshire Hathaway Emergingas an influential figure in Warren Buffett's organization. Chairman atBenjamin Moore, Johns Manville, Larson-Juhl and Oriental Trading. Alsoon the board of H.J. Heinz. Rushabh Doshi 29 Trader, DW Investment Management FormerMorgan Stanley and Brevan Howard trader, specializing in high-yield anddistressed debt at Brevan's external credit asset manager. Born inMumbai; spent his teens in Topeka, KS.   Leigh Drogen 27 Founder, Estimize Foundedcompany becoming popular on Wall Street by essentially crowdsourcingestimates for key data points on financial earnings releases. In anattempt to achieve greater precision, Estimize gathers information fromindependent, buy-side and sell-side analysts, together with those ofprivate investors. Fred Ehrsam 25 Cofounder, Coinbase AsBitcoin gradually becomes a mainstream phenomenon, Coinbase is tryingto make it easy to use. The former Goldman Sachs currency trader isattempting to build "the PayPal for Bitcoin"; Coinbase is trying to makecryptocurrency accessible to the everyday consumer and merchant. Hasraised $30 million from high profile VCs like Andreessen Horowitz,making it the top-funded Bitcoin start-up. Eric Eisner 29 VP, Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global Banking and Markets Managesall Latin America low-beta sovereign debt trading for BofA Merrill.Low-beta trading was viewed as unprofitable and boring before he tookover. He's since turned it into a revenue generator for BofA tradingover $30 billion in bonds and transforming the unit into a top-threetop-franchise among big bank competitors. Stephen Ensley 29 Principal, Hellman Friedman FormerJPMorgan mergers acquisitions investment banker, now a principalfor one of the most well-respected private equity firms. Has helped leadportfolio investments in companies like Pharmaceutical ProductDevelopment. Sits on the board of CarProof, a Canadian vehicle historyreport provider.   Brian Feinstein 28 Partner, Bessemer Venture Partners Startedas an analyst and moved up to become the youngest partner in BVP's 100+year history. Now runs its Brazil and Russia investment team while alsofocusing on Internet and software opportunities in U.S. and Europe. Leda $10 million investment in a Brazilian mobile gaming company that'ssince doubled its revenue. Eugene Gokhvat 28 Portfolio manager, BlueCrest Capital Management Workedfor Boaz Weinstein on Deutsche Bank's prop desk. Now, manages his ownlarge corporate bond portfolio at the U.S. outpost of a $35 billionEuropean hedge fund. Cameron Horwitz 29 Research director, U.S. Capital Advisors Headsoil gas exploration and development research at boutique Texasfinancial firm. Big calls on companies like Pioneer Natural Resourceshelped get him singled out as a"rising star" on Institutional Investor'sinfluential research rankings. Kevin Kaiser 26 Managing director, Hedgeye Risk Management Hasrecently managed to spark the ire of two billionaires withhigh-profile, negative calls on two major stocks. Following hisrecomendation to short Kinder Morgan, CEO Richard Kinder held aconference call to dispute his allegations. His comments on Linn Energyhelped provoke hedge fund manager Leon Cooperman, a major shareholder ofthe MLP. Katie Keenan 29 Principal, Blackstone Group Arising star in the world's largest real estate investment managementbusiness. Helped launch Blackstone's first mortgage lending program,which has closed $2 billion of originations in five months. Ledunderwriting of $1.2 billion of real estate debt investments for variousBlackstone vehicles.  Eric Khrom 28 Founder, Khrom Capital Management Valueinvestor backed by a major universtiy endowment. College dropout hasposted some good returns while keeping a big chunk of his portfolio incash. He manages some $40 million at the hedge fund he founded in 2008. Maximilian Kuss 27 Founder, European Media Holding AG Usedthe proceeds of a gaming company and software publisher he helped foundto start European Media Holding, an investing vehicle that now manages250 million euros and looks to merge digital technologies with "oldeconomy" companies. In September, online tire retailer Tirendo, in whichEMH was a founding shareholder, sold for 50 million euros to publiclytraded Delticom, in which EMH later took a substantial equity stake. John Locke 29 Principal, Accel Partners Venturecapital investor focusing recently on growth-stage investments in areaslike cyber security. Previously led investments in payment companieslike Braintree, which is being purchased by eBay for $800 million.Played golf at Princeton. Carryn McLaughlin 29 Vice president, JPMorgan Chase EarnedCFP at 23 before moving to JPM Private Bank to manage a $2.7 billionbook of biz as wealth manager for real estate moguls and their families. Chaitanya Mehra 28 Portfolio manager, Och-Ziff Capital Management FormerGoldman Sachs trader, now a portfolio manager focusing on energy at DanOch's $39 billion firm, one of the largest hedge funds in the world. Neil Mehta 29 Founder, Greenoaks Capital Formerinvestor at D.E. Shaw, helping to open the hedge fund's Hong Kongoffice. Founded Greenoaks and now manages some $600 million, investingin industries ranging from ecommerce to insurance. Hit home runs withearly investments in Palantir and Coupang. Vivek Ramaswamy 28 Investment analyst, QVT Financial Co-managingone of the hedge fund industry's largest biotech-focused portfolios forDaniel Gold's hedge fund. Well known for successful investments incompanies developing antiviral drugs, including for the treatment ofhepatitis C. Got a Yale law degree while working at the hedge fund. Adam Rodman 29 Founder, Segra Capital Management Formerportfolio manager at Mark Hart's Corriente Advisors, now backed by hisold boss and other Texas money men like Harlan Korenvaes in new macrohedge fund. Matthew Schoenfeld 26 Associate, Morgan Stanley Specialistin Morgan Stanley's risk arbitrage group. Working for years withLawrence Summers; the duo are currently co-writing their second papertogether. Has interviewed people like Dan Loeb, Robert Rubin and DavidRubenstein through a Harvard Law School speaking series he founded. Sam Shikiar 28 Vice president, Goldman Sachs HeadsU.S. electronic commodities trading team that focuses on metals andenergy options. Previously worked in the asset management division for aquant hedge fund team on the Global Alpha and Equity OpportunitiesFunds. Andrew Silverman 28 Vice president, Goldman Sachs Starcredit derivatives and bond trader has become one of the top distresseddebt market makers in the world. Recent promotion to managing directorgoes into effect in 2014. Jeffrey Sun 29 Executive director, Morgan Stanley Primarytrader at Morgan Stanley in oil products options, managing theinvestment bank's exposure to things like jet fuel and diesel. Alsotrades crude oil options. Chris Yetter 29 Head of Latin American Investments, Falcon Edge Capital Spearheading some very profitable investments in Latin America for $2 billion hedge fund. Former trader at QVT. Taught in Spain http://www.forbes.com/special-report/2014/30-under-30/finance.html

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