The Forbes "30 Under 30" rating annually recognizes young professionals under the age of 30 who demonstrate outstanding leadership, innovative thinking, and significant impact in their fields. The rating spans multiple categories, including Finance & Investments, Entrepreneurs, Science & Technology, Management, Sports & Esports, Social Impact, New Media, Music, Arts, and Fashion & Design.
Two Financial University graduates have made the 2026 longlist:
Pavel Zhantimirov – nominated in Finance & Investments
Pavel serves as Director of Technology Practice at Trust Technologies. He graduated from both the Law and Economics faculties of Financial University and earned his PhD in Economics in 2024, defending his dissertation on "Improving the Management of Budgetary Funds."
Sergey Bugrov – nominated in Finance & Investments
Sergey is Executive Director of Sber Private Banking. He completed his master's degree in 2019 at the Faculty of Financial Markets (named after Professor V.S. Gerashchenko; now the Faculty of Finance) at Financial University.
Additionally, in the Entrepreneurs category:
Ivan Mokryshev – nominated as Founder of Solergy, a group of companies specializing in solar energy. Ivan is a PhD in Economics and Associate Professor at the Department of Industry Markets, Faculty of Economics and Business, Financial University. His dissertation, supervised by Dr. Marina Fedotova (Doctor of Economics, Professor, and Deputy Academic Supervisor of Financial University), focused on the economics of renewable energy assets.
Read more on the official Forbes website.
Voting is open until April 20, inclusive.
