
The decision in 2012 to expand our long-running Power Players special feature 30 Under 30 with a revised age criteria has allowed us to highlight the achievements of a greater number of established executives who, nonetheless, are still at a relatively early stage in their careers.
The change had another result; a surge in reader nominations when the call when out this spring on billboard.biz. With the added exposure of this project on Twitter, we received well over 400 reader suggestions for execs to recognize.
Billboard editors then set about reviewing those nominations in detail, a process lasting several weeks. From those nominations, we chose the executives for the 40 slots on this list. As always, we recognize that we could easily print a list of scores of accomplished young executives in our industry. But this year’s selection represents the collective judgment of Billboard’s editors.
We congratulate all those nominated for this year’s 40 Under 40 list, a promising sign of the depth of young executive talent in the music business. – Thom Duffy
For the next four business days (Friday, July 26 through Wed., July 31), Billboard.biz will each day reveal the names and write-ups of ten honorees, which you can read in full by clicking on the individual below. The list is unranked and presented alphabetically.
Billboard subscribers, of course, already have this information in-hand, which you can too by clicking here for your own subscription. You can also order this special issue of Billboard at the new Billboard Shop.
![]() MARCIE ALLEN
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![]() AARON BAY-SCHUCK
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![]() EVAN BOGART
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![]() SCOOTER BRAUN
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![]() JAY BROWN
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![]() CORTEZ BRYANT & GEE ROBERSON
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![]() RIO CARAEFF
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![]() MIKE CAREN
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![]() BRADFORD COBB
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![]() JONATHAN COHEN
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![]() BRANDON CREED
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![]() ALEX DA KIDD
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![]() DANIEL EK
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![]() MIKE FLYNN
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![]() MATT GALLE
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![]() LUKASZ “DR. LUKE” GOTTWALD
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![]() PETER GRAY
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![]() BENJY GRINBERG
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![]() ETHIOPIA HABTEMARIAM
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![]() RYAN HARLACHER & LAURA HUTFLESS
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![]() NATHAN HUBBARD
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![]() TODD JACOBS & SARA NEWKIRK SIMON
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![]() JOHN JANICK
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![]() ALEXANDER LJUNG
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![]() RICHARD LOM
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![]() JONATHAN MAYERS
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![]() ROBB MCDANIELS
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![]() RYAN MCELRATH
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![]() RICK MUELLER
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![]() RON PERRY
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![]() JULIE PILAT
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![]() BENJI ROGERS
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![]() AARON ROSENBERG
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![]() BOZOMA SAINT JOHN
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![]() RYAN SEACREST
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![]() NIR SEROUSSI
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![]() EMANUEL SEUGE
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![]() ANNE STANCHFIELD
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![]() TIFANIE VAN LAAR-FREVER
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![]() BEN VAUGHN
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