It has been for long be argued that age is just a number. At a very tender age, we have witnessed many people prevailing in the business sector and being the CEOs of huge global companies. The 2015 most influential young people under the business category list has been updated. The long list stretches from finance, food, comedy, real estate, autos, health care as well as ultimate fighting (represented by Ronda Rousey).

The 40 Under40 is basically a means through which influence and power is measured among the prominent rich people below the age of 40 years. It was initiated in 1999 and had Marc Andereessen, Jeff Bezos, Michael Dell as well as Pierre Omidyar making the cover page of the “Really Young, Really Rich” magazine in 2000.

Nonetheless, back in 2008, the financial crisis struck across many young rich who indulged in crazy stuff in financial world, tech world and even in other industries. This prompted the founders of the 40 Under40 initiating a protocol that will not only rank these young rich depending on their wealth status but also in regards to their power, aspirations as well as accomplishments. This forms the seventh installment of the list.

You may wonder who comes up with this list of the 40 Under40. Basically, the team comprises of editors, writers as well as reporters. Each chooses his area of expertise or where one feels comfortable in. from here they indulge in an investigation scheme involving making interviews to key sources, sharing a word with professionals as well as perusing through documents for more information. This is where the participants would come up with a long list of potential candidates. All selected names are tabled together with a hard process of cutting down the list to 40 names comes knocking.

The 2015 list of 40 Under40 has incorporated several new and old names in the platform. Some of these includes; Andrew Muscat, Luke O’Brien, Dan Primack, Leena Rao, Erika Fry, Stephen Gandel, Ben Geier, Daniel Roberts, Rupali Arora, Scott Cendrowski, Chris Matthews, Tory Newmyer, Patricia Sellers, Benjamin Snyder, Claire Groden, Robert Hackett, Kia Kokalitcheva, Beth Kowitt, Jonathan Chew, Jason Cipriani, Heather Clancy, Erin Griffith Adam Lashinsky, Michal Lev-Ram, Laura Lorenzetti, and Jen Wieczner.