The 40 coolest people under 40 in Silicon Valley

Silicon Valley revolves around the minds of techpioneers that are striving to burst through the industry ceiling each year.These innovators have the power and ambition to change the way we think and live.Business Insider recently released its annual Silicon Valley 100 list, highlighting the people in tech who have made a big impression this past yearand it's teeming with impressiveandaccomplished CEOs and founders under 40years old.From virtual reality to self-driving cars,these ventures are shaking up the tech world with these leadersat the helm.Read on to check out some of the youngest people who've left an imprint onSilicon Valley in the past year.Additional reporting by Julia Naftulin, Tanza Loudenback, and Alexa Pipia.Edited by Alex Morrell and Matt Rosoff.SEE ALSO:THE SILICON VALLEY 100: The most amazing and inspiring people in tech right nowDON'T MISS:The 35 coolest CEOs in Silicon Valley right nowJess Lee, 34Cofounder andCEO, PolyvoreYahoo bought the social shopping site Polyvore last July reportedly fora price of about$200 million, saying the company'sexpertise in community-driven experiences and retailer-supported commerce pairedwith Yahoo's premium content showed "amazing potential." Lee said Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer had a part in shaping her career when she interviewed Lee forGoogle's elite associate product manager program back in the early 2000s.Since it joined the Yahoo family, Polyvore expanded in February to include a new menswear category, an area that Pinterest is also aggressively going after.Joe Lonsdale, 33Founding partner, 8VCOncedubbed one of the "hottest VCs since Andreessen Horowitz," Formation 8 broke up in November, with its founding partners, including Lonsdale, the Palantir cofounder, allleaving to start their own firms. The turnaround for Lonsdale was fast. Four months later, he had already raised $300 million for his new firm, 8VC. He now sits on the board of several hot startups including Oscar, Hyperloop One, and Wish.Chris Wanstrath, 31CEO, GithubDescribed as the "Facebook for code," Github's rapidly growing software development network is made up of over 15 million users. With more than 38 million projects available on the site, Github has become one of the largest communities of software developers on the web. Last summer, Github raised $250 million in series B funding, bringing total funding to $350 million and raising its valuation to $2 billion.As for the future' Wanstrath told Business Insider in October that he wanted to make it easier for anyone to become a developer, and to do that he wants to focus on improving Github's service.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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