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Taylor Lorenz Nov 29, 2023

As @Forbes publishes its latest "30 Under 30" lists, it also premieres a "Hall of Shame: The 10 Most Dubious People Ever To Make Our 30 Under 30 List."

Sam Bankman-Fried
Caroline Ellison
Charlie Javice
Nate Paul
Martin Shkreli
Cody Wilson
James O'Keefe
Phadria Prendergast
Steph Korey
Lucas Duplan
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesunder30team/2023/11/28/hall-of-shame-the-10-most-dubious-people-ever-to-make-our-30-under-30-list/

Hall Of Shame: The 10 Most Dubious People Ever To Make Our 30 Under 30 List

Many Under 30 alumni have gone on to become tech titans, CEOs, and even billionaires. A few have turned out to be duds, or far worse. Below, from SBF to Martin Shkreli: the Under 30 picks we wish we could take back.

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Jo - pièce de résistance Nov 29, 2023

@taylorlorenz @Forbes
they could probably do hundreds, and are only doing this because others have already made memes of how garbage their selections have been.

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L'égrégore André ꕭꕬ

@JoBlakely @taylorlorenz @Forbes Oh, yes, They're trying to downplay the issue by setting it up as just 10 out of 100 000 candidates they've gotten wrong, leaving out that a lot more that the 10 they've picked for this list are far from the total number of duds and far from the 100 000 were good candidates to start with.