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Taylor Lorenz

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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Show threadUlrikeNov 29, 2023
@taylorlorenz @Forbes
Do you think they learned anything?
Show threadJo - pièce de résistanceNov 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.
Show threadL'égrégore André ꕭꕬNov 29, 2023
@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.
Show threadStefanNov 29, 2023
@taylorlorenz shame both the people and the editors that picked them.
Show threadScottNov 29, 2023
@taylorlorenz @Forbes bleak
Show threadSteffen ChristensenNov 29, 2023
@taylorlorenz @Forbes I, for one, salute those future criminals in this year's cohort on their head start to the arc of their catastrophic rise and fall.
Show threadSteffen ChristensenNov 29, 2023
@taylorlorenz @Forbes 10 Most Dubious so far...
Show threadcobalt going beige todayNov 29, 2023
@taylorlorenz @Forbes Oh I wish this wasn’t in a paywall! Thanks for posting the list here, Taylor.
Show thread🦣丁斯特DingsterNov 29, 2023
@taylorlorenz @Forbes Wow, Elizabeth Holmes is not even on the list.
Show threadJohannes  Nov 29, 2023
@leftsidestory @taylorlorenz @Forbes investor fraud is par for the course here, you gotta do come up with something gnarlier to get into that new exclusive list
Show threadGemma 👽Nov 29, 2023
@leftsidestory @taylorlorenz @Forbes
Thank you, that was her name... I knew the face, totally blanking on the name... Yes, how did she not make the list?
Show threadL'égrégore André ꕭꕬNov 29, 2023
@prettyhuman @leftsidestory In the article they're very front and center about that she wasn't a 30 under 30 pick (without mentioning they let her headline their 30 under 30 summit), so they're teeeechnically in the clear.
Show thread🦣丁斯特DingsterNov 29, 2023
@Mabande @prettyhuman They have been under heavy criticism recently about quite a few 30 under 30 ending up being scams. So I guess that is how it goes.
Show threadChris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸Nov 29, 2023
@taylorlorenz The only real question the new list brings up is... did Musk ever make it on their 30 under 30 list so he can get on the Dubious list now? @Forbes
Show threadpeter sibleyNov 29, 2023
@taylorlorenz @Forbes surprised elizabeth holmes isn’t on the list.
Show threadStianNov 29, 2023

@petersibley No Elizabeth Holmes, but they include, among others, a lady who was reportedly unpleasant to work with and who "published social media posts highly critical of the media industry".

Just brilliant.

Show threadNick LupienNov 29, 2023
@taylorlorenz @Forbes 30 Serving 30
Show threadIan Brown Nov 29, 2023
@taylorlorenz @Forbes James O’Keefe?!?
Show threadItwasntmeNov 29, 2023
@taylorlorenz @Forbes dubious? So Charles Manson was anti-social.
Show threadPhil Stevens Nov 29, 2023
@taylorlorenz @Forbes Maybe these lists have jumped the shark and Forbes would be better off admitting that extreme levels of wealth and/or business cunning are nothing more than very strong indicators of sociopathy.
Show threadtinfoilhatNov 29, 2023
@phil_stevens @taylorlorenz @Forbes that could backfire and send the message that one should become more sociopathic to get ahead
Show threadPhil Stevens Nov 29, 2023
@tinfoilhat @taylorlorenz @Forbes Some might start regarding them as lists of targets.
Show threadchulsNov 29, 2023
@taylorlorenz @Forbes I appreciate the self reflection
Show threadStianNov 29, 2023

@taylorlorenz
> "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."

hmmm.

Show threadItératuresNov 29, 2023
@taylorlorenz @Forbes The choice must have been dififcult. So many candidacies
Show threadFreediverXNov 29, 2023
@taylorlorenz @Forbes
So segregating the failed sociopaths from the successful ones?
Show threadJamie KnightNov 29, 2023
@taylorlorenz @Forbes I love how "dubious" is now a euphemism for "raging criminal."
Show threadjonathanananNov 29, 2023
@taylorlorenz @Forbes
The only way to do this honestly would be to publish two lists that are exactly the same people.
Show threadstandevNov 29, 2023
@taylorlorenz @Forbes Elizabeth Holmes gets a decade in prison for fraud and doesn’t even crack the top 10, what a world