By
Rob Cooper
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Power base: Lucy Baldwin, 29, who has rapidly risen to the rank of managing director at Goldman Sachs
Their names may still be relatively unknown – but these are the potential billionaires-to-be who are expected to shape the world’s affairs for decades to come.
While most people quietly grow older, these individuals have are quickly amassing vast power bases – and they are all aged under 30.
Forbes magazine – a respected American business publication – has put together 15 lists of 30 young leading lights who are seen as the names to watch out for in 2014.
The list includes Amir Taaki, the
25-year-old associated with Dark Wallet, which is an online service that
allows people to trade Bitcoins anonymously.
Also on the power list is Pete Cashmore, the Aberdeen-born founder of the website Mashable.
Lucy
Baldwin, 29, a London-based Goldman Sachs managing director was also
named. She has risen rapidly through the ranks at the banks after
graduating from Birmingham University in economics in 2004.
Evan
Spiegel, the co-founder of