Tomorrow’s leaders are already making moves today.
With greater access to technology than ever before, coupled with the ongoing urgency to address global challenges, today’s next-gen leaders are ready to take action. They have the tools to explore, collaborate, and showcase their work on the big stage, and leaders are paying attention.
Business Insider’s “Young Geniuses” explores the big ambitions behind the next generation’s brightest.
They’re putting passion into progress, turning curiosity into action, and asking big questions that lead to groundbreaking solutions.
From teenage inventors and one-of-a-kind discoveries to startup founders and award-winning ventures, each story offers a look into the future through the eyes of those building it.
Meet the Silicon Valley college dropouts throwing their own graduation
An award-winning invention by 3 teens could help get plastic out of shipping boxes. They want to pitch to Amazon and Home Depot.
3 teens invented a salt-powered refrigerator that doesn’t need electricity. They’re building 200 of them for hospitals to use.
A teen won $12,500 for building a playground out of recycled tires. She plans to build 3 more parks across Nigeria.
An 18-year-old won $250,000 for discovering over a million objects in space. Some could help unravel one of the universe’s biggest mysteries.
Teens won $50,000 for inventing a flood forecasting technology they hope can help millions of people at risk worldwide
A 10-year-old girl found 220-million-year-old dinosaur footprints on the beach
This high schooler won $10,000 because he saw a mysterious outbreak killing sea turtles in his Hawaii hometown and decided to do something about it
2 teens won $50,000 for inventing a device that can filter toxic microplastics from water
A 13-year-old girl helped unearth an ancient Roman town. She’s finally getting credit for it over 90 years later.
A 17-year-old took home $250,000 for his award-winning discovery in computer ‘brains’ that could make AI smarter and safer
A 13-year-old built a ‘death ray’ using a 2,000-year-old concept from Greek inventor Archimedes
A 13-year-old found a 5-million-year-old fossil, and now there’s a new species of walrus named in his honor
A high schooler’s award-winning algorithm could help Elon Musk’s company Neuralink and pave the way for neural implants that never need replacing
