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Being young and ambitious has never paid before like the present times. Young men and women can today go out and create a succuss story in a desired field. And it's remarkable that these go-getters are all below 30 years of age. Among these 450 bright stars are 23 men and women of Indian-origin, who have found a place in Forbes' 'Brightest Young Stars' annual list.

Described by Forbes magazine as "prodigies reinventing the world right now" these young achievers have made a mark in 15 different fields ranging from finance, sports, media and education. The 23 Indian-origin achievers in Forbes share space with the likes of pop singers Miley Cyrus and Justin Bieber,tennis player Maria Sharapova, Pakistan's rights activist Malala Yousafzai and David Karp, founder and CEO of the short-form blogging platform Tumblr.

The new breed of young financial honchos include Ganesh Betanabhatla, 28, who is the Managing director of investment firm Talara Capital.

Rushabh Doshi, 29, trader at financial firm DW Investment Management, specializing in high-yield and distressed debt.

Chaitanya Mehra, 28, portfolio manager at Och-Ziff Capital Management, an investment firm.

Neil Mehta, 29, founder of investment firm Greenoaks Capital. Mehta manages almost $600 million  by investing funds in industries that range from insurance to ecommerce.

Sahil Lavingia, 21, founder and CEO of Gumroad, a web tool that allows creators to sell digital products online quickly and easily.

The social entreprenuers in the Forbes list include Karan Chopra, 29, who cofounded GADCO, Ghana's largest rice producer.

Krishna Ramkumar, 28, cofounder of Avanti, which has a chain of learning centers in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kanpur. The organisation provides education in science and math to 750 bright, low-income high school students.

Ajaita Shah, 29, founder of Frontier Markets, based in India. The organisation provides clean energy to families of lower income level.

Kavita Shukla, 29, for inventing and patenting FreshPaper a low-cost, compostable paper treated with edible organic spices, keeping the produce fresh for a much longer peried while she was still studying in high school.

In the field of sports, 28-year-old Megha Parekh made a mark. She is the vice president of Jacksonville Jaguars, the American football team.

Amir Rao, 29, studio director at Supergiant Games and co-creator of video game Bastion that allows action role-playing. Since 2011 Bastion sold over 2.2 million copies and also won multiple awards.

In the field of science 22-year-old Divya Nag made her mark by cofounding, Stem Cell Theranostics and StartX Med.

Raghu Chivukula, 29, is Resident Physician at the Massachusetts General Hospital.

Surbhi Sarna, 28, founded nVision Medical Corporation. At the age of 13, Sarna suffered from ovarian cysts, which were very painful that they made her faint. The attending doctors were unable to tell her if they were cancerous. The fact inspired young Sarna to create a technology, which would detect ovarian cancer at its early stage.

Sam Chaudhary, 27, cofounded software company ClassDojo, which helps teachers to track classroom behavior of students.

29-year-old Sayamindu Dasgupta is MIT Media Lab's PhD student and a vital part of the Lifelong Kindergarten Research Groups Scratch project. The project allows children to programme their own animated stories, games and art. Besides they can share their creativity with other kids around the world.

Pranav Yadav, 28, CEO of Neuro-Insight, which is a neuro-marketing firm. The company created a patented brain-mapping technology to investigate and improve upon the quality of programming, TV commercials and platforms.

18-year-old Eesha Khare is the winner of the Young Scientist Award at the 2013 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. Her invention, said Forbes, has the capacity to pave the way for making cell phones which can be charged in few seconds.

Aditi Malhotra, 28, founded Tache Artisan Chocolate boutique.

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