Ingenio, self -sufficiency and inventiveness are the keys to success in the competitive current business climate. It is not necessary to serve the winners of the Forbes 30 list of 30 Europe of 2025. They are building the future while navigating a global commercial war, a live war in Ukraine and the impact of the generative AI that disrupts the rules of work, creativity and capitalism in real time. And yet, the invention abounds. They are building virtual worlds, revolutionizing fertility, reinventing retail trade and dominating the world of entertainment.
Let’s take Fabian Kamberi as an example, which is trying to relive the metach market, which is in a stagnant phase. His game startup, Slay, is the creator of the successful game Mortgages . The application allows people to create and raise virtual penguins and play with friends. It has attracted 10 million users and first level investors such as ACCcel, Scooter Braun and Harry Stebbings, who have invested 20 million dollars in the company. Kamberi, 25, states: “We are helping to restore Europe as an application and consumer games center, demonstrating that global innovation can arise from anywhere.” In addition to raising a virtual friend, Slay has also developed a social media platform promoted by AI, FRFR (really, really). The name is ironic on purpose: the application allows users to create, send and receive anonymous voice messages in the tone of a celebrity.
Back in the real world, other honored under 30 are taking advantage of AI to address important problems. Felicia von Reden, 29, is co -founder of Ovom Care, a fertility clinic that uses AI to simplify the invasive and emotional process of IVF. Ovom uses automatic learning to identify the most viable ovules and sperm for each patient. His AI software also helps doctors to determine the best medications and doses for each patient. The process advances rapidly: since the opening of the first Ovom clinic in 2024, the startup has already helped 350 women in their IVF processes. He raised about 8 million dollars in financing, with an assessment of 22 million.
Others are committed to the AI will transform the way we advertise and buy. Florerade, 26, Tristan François, 26, and Christian Kotait, 25, are developing Veeton, a tool that allows clothing vendors to show their items using hyperrealist fashion models with AI. Its technology allows clothing companies to show a wide variety of sizes and styles, and for much less. Meanwhile, Frederic Baesel and Jonas Muller are developing text technology in image with their emerging Black Forest Labs Labs. In total, companies on the 2025 Under 30 Europe list have raised more than 800 million dollars in financing.
In the entertainment industry, our presenters dominate large and very small screens. She Purnell, 28, is an actress known for her roles in television series Fallout y Yellowjackets . And India Amarteiffio, 23, is the award -winning actress of Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story of Netflix. Meanwhile, those who take the (really) girl include the content creator David Cánovas Martínez, 27, known as “Thegrefg” for their video game fans. The streamer has 48 million subscribers on YouTube, Twitch, Instagram and Tiktok. And Tamanna Kaur, 24, has more than 3 million followers and 71 million visualizations for their lifestyle content focused on women’s empowerment.
To identify this outstanding group, the Forbes editors worked with expert judges, including the musician Sam Smith, the director of Podcasts of Spotify for Central Europe Saruul Krause-Jntsch and fashion designer Stella Jean, to review more than 10,000 candidates and evaluate them based on the impact, finances and creativity.
The result: 300 young leaders leading the future of Europe, taking advantage of a moment of global uncertainty to build the great companies of the future. (Do you want to know more about our methodology? Click here ).
Total financing
More than 800 million dollars
More than 800 million dollars were collected in financing, a figure below the more than 1,000 million last year.
Average age
27
The average age of children under 30 was constant in 27 years this year, and the youngest is Frankie Corio 14 years old, from the entertainment list. Corio is a Scottish actress known for her papers in Aftersun (2022) next to Paul Mescal y Bagman (2024).
Self -identify as a color person
26%
More than a quarter of people in this year’s list are identified as colored people, compared to 23% last year.
GENDER
40% women, 58% men, 1% non -binary
This list was composed of 40% of women (compared to 37% last year and 33% in 2023), 58% of men and just over 1% of non -binary people. Gender parity reached a historical maximum in the European list this year.
Z generation (27 years or less)
44%
Almost half of this year’s list is from generation Z, that is, born in 1997 or later.
(CO) Founders
70%
Seven out of ten lists creators are founders or co -founders of a company, the same percentage as last year. Many of the others are actors, athletes, musicians or creators who build their own brands.
Main cities
London, Berlin, Paris
These are the main cities where advertisers reside, in order of popularity. Munich (Germany) and Helsinki (Finland) complete the top 5.
Followers
More than 170 million
The 24 most followed lists of this year’s class total 120 million followers on social media platforms, being Tiktok and Instagram the most popular platforms, followed by YouTube and Twitch.
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