Here's your Forbes Daily Briefing bonus story of the week. Today on Forbes, these 30 under 30

alums are now billionaires, how they built their fortunes. The 26 Forbes 30 under 30 list was

released this week, the 15th and latest installment of the iconic franchise, which has celebrated the top young

talent in 20 different industries who are shaping the future of business and culture.

In January 2012, Forbes launched the inaugural 30 Under 30 list to highlight the founders and

leaders building the next big thing.

Countless listers have since gone on to achieve stunning success in business,

science, technology, and showbiz. But just 46 alumni have been so successful that they

have leapt into the rarefied ranks of the world's billionaires. Over the last 15 years,

the brightest of these young global stars have made their 10-figure

fortunes in everything from social media and fintech to retail, and in Taylor Swift's case,

worldwide stardom. But nothing has created as much wealth at such an unprecedented rate as

today's AI fervor, which has minted new billionaires at an unprecedented rate,

and is a big reason why a stunning 19 of these super-rich alums have become billionaires

since the start of the year.

Among the breakout stars are eight alumni who all became billionaires in the past year,

and are still under 30 years old.

That includes the four co-founders of

Ennisphere, the parent company behind AI coding tool Cursor, Swale-Aasif, Amens Sanger, and Michael

Truel, all age 25, and Arvid Lunamark, who is 26. Paul and Markets Shane Coplin,

who recently landed a big investment from the global stock exchange

operator, Intercontinental Exchange, and the three 22-year-old co-founders of AI recruiting

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