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MEDIA & MARKETING           TECHNOLOGY                     SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS          TOP ROW:
                                                                                             Erik Gatenholm
                                                               GERT VAN VUGT                 Cotton shirt by Drake’s ($170),
    JAMIE BOLDING               OLIVER DLOUHÝ                  29, NETHERLANDS
    27, U.K.                    30, CZECH REPUBLIC                                           wool sport jacket by Maison
    FOUNDER                     FOUNDER                        COFOUNDER                     Kitsune ($580).
                                                                                             Anaïs Barut
                                                                                             Jumpsuit by M&S Collection
                                                               SUSTAINER HOMES
    JUNGLE CREATIONS            KIWI.COM                       The building industry accounts for
    Clients such as Disney and Apple   With no more than a high                              ($80), velvet heels by Charlotte
    pay Jungle Creations to create viral   school education, Dlouhý   one third of global CO2 emissions.   Mills ($270).
                                                                                             Jamie Bolding
    video ads; those campaigns added   built a flight-booking   Sustainer Homes has developed a   Cotton-blend sweater by Ralph
    up to $14.3 million in revenue for the   website that delivers the   line of sustainable prefab dwellings   Lauren ($180).
    company over the last calendar year.   lowest fares using a propri-  that have only 10% of the emissions   Oliver Dlouhý
                                                                                             Cotton sweater by John
    Thanks to an average of more than    etary algorithm to combine   of a typical house. In addition to   Smedley ($200), jeans by R.M.
    5 billion video views each month,    flights from carriers that   having designed or constructed   Williams ($170).
    that figure is expected to nearly   do not typically cooperate   nearly 200 homes already, Van   Gert van Vugt
                                                                                             Cotton sweater by Farah ($100).
    triple, to $38.5 million, for 2018.   with one another. Kiwi   Vugt plans to begin construction on
                                really took off in 2017,       three entirely sustainable neighbor-  BOTTOM ROW:
                                grossing $700 million in       hoods in the Netherlands this year.   Negin Mirsalehi
                                                                                             Shirt and jacket by Paul & Shark,
                                revenue, double its take                                     skirt by Kye x Yoox ($194),
                                two years prior.                                             leather boots by Louis Vuitton
                                                                                             ($1,750), 18kt yellow gold ring
                                                                                             and diamond by Allison Bryan
                                                                                             ($2,340), 18kt yellow gold and
                                                                                             diamond ‘Oui’ ring by Dior
                                                                                             ($900).
                                                                                             Susie Ma
                                                                                             Satin mules by Minna Parikka
                                                                                             ($450), gold earrings by Jane
                                                                                             Koenig ($170), 18kt pink gold,
                                                                                             diamond and onyx necklace
                                                                                             ($1,950) and 18kt yellow
                                                                                             gold and diamond bracelet
                                                                                             ($20,200) by Dior.
                                                                                             Vyacheslav Polonski
                                                                                             Cotton shirt by Sunspel ($80)
                                                                                             and jacket by YMC ($250).
                                                                                             Victoria van Lennep
                                                                                             Blazer by Racil ($1,150), sweater
                                                                                             by John Smedley ($180), gold
                                                                                             bracelet ($310) and choker
                                                                                             ($370) by Sophie by Sophie.
                                                                                             Rita Ora
                                                                                             Jacket by Thom Browne,
                                                                                             vintage Chanel skirt and vintage
                                                                                             Chanel earrings from Found and
                                                                                             Vision, tights by Wolford, shoes
                                                                                             by Christian Louboutin, ring
                                                                                             by Cartier.
















    LAW & POLICY                            FINANCE                            ENTERTAINMENT
                                                                               RITA ORA
    VYACHESLAV POLONSKI                     VICTORIA VAN LENNEP
    28, GERMANY                             28, BELGIUM                        27, U.K./KOSOVO
    COFOUNDER                               COFOUNDER                          MUSICIAN
                                                                               (See p. 17.)
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    Polonski founded a political consultancy that grew from his   able, an online lender that automates credit decisions
    Ph.D. research project, which used social media to predict   and delivers funds within an hour. It has given out some
    the U.K.’s Brexit vote a month before it occurred.   $160 million in loans over three years to more than
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