The 2020 ForbesUnder30 Consumer Technology stars are leaders who are changing the way we live for the better
Facebook and Instagram may dominate social media, but many Under 30 winners are challenging their dominance and finding new ways to connect. Brothers Alex and Austen Ma created TTYL, which lets people chat if they have headphones like AirPods connected. Twenty founder Diesel Peltz, 26, is helping people in the same location meet up, while Wildfire cofounders Hriday Kemburu , Jay Patel and Vinay Ramesh are helping students stay safe and in the know about what’s happening on campus around them.
This year’s Consumer Tech call-out is Devon Townsend, 29, cofounder of Cameo. A former Microsoft employee turned Vine star, he decided to build an app that lets people buy custom video messages from celebrities. One of its earliest customers sent them a video of their daughter literally crying after watching the Cameo video. “It’s the most powerful video we’d ever seen,” Townsend says. “This is really cool validation that this is something that could work.
Technology is also changing the way we shop. Fetch Rewards cofounders Tyler Kennedy, 28, and Wes Schroll, 26, realized grocery store loyalty programs only rewarded people for going to the same physical store over and over again. Wisconsin-based Fetch Rewards instead gives people points based on what brands they buy, no matter where they shop. Tyler Faux, 29, of Supergreat is also changing how beauty lovers find the best products thanks to his review website.
Some list winners aren’t founders of companies but entrepreneurs within larger companies, from Uber to Google to Instagram. For example, Twitter product manager, Jesar Shah, 25, helped create Twitter Lite , launched Bookmarks in 2018 and most recently helped lead the redesign efforts. At Uber, Nikhil Goel, 28, moved from the emerging markets team to become a cofounder of Uber Elevate and head of product, running the team that oversees its Uber Copter service.
This year’s winners show that consumer tech is continuing to innovate every part of our life with the goal of making it better than ever.I’m a San Francisco-based staff writer for Forbes with a focus on Uber, the sharing economy, and startups. I previously worked for Business Insider, Gigaom, and Wired. I...I'm an associate editor at Forbes covering Facebook and social media.
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