The New Establishment: BCBusiness Announces 2015 30 Under 30 Winners

VANCOUVER, BC--(Marketwired - March 23, 2015) - More nominations, more industries, more diversity -- and more stereotype-busting evidence that Millennials are ready to revolutionize B.C. business (and maybe just change the world). The second annual BCBusiness 30 Under 30 list is unveiled today and an event celebrating the winners will be held on April 28.

"It's not just start-ups and entrepreneurs," says BCBusiness Editor-in-Chief Matt O'Grady, though the list boasts technology innovators like wearable-monitoring pioneer Clad Innovations (2015 winner: co-founder Laura Moe) and the buzzy sharing app ShareShed (2015 winner: founder Daniel Dubois).

"This year we have winners from retail, design and the not-for-profit sector. It's a sign of how diverse B.C.'s economy is becoming." Health care and pharmaceuticals, insurance, media, accounting and engineering are among the more traditional professions getting a jolt of ingenuity from this year's winners.

The list is as diverse as the industries represented, almost equally split between exceptional young men and women, and also featuring cultural emissaries like Claudia Li (founder of the Hua Foundation, strengthening Chinese culture, heritage and sustainability) Bryce Williams (chief of the Tsawwassen First Nation).

The BCBusiness 30 Under 30 event on April 28^th will be held at The Vancouver Club, where these young corporate raiders converged this spring for a stunning photo and video shoot that captures them straight-shooting at billiards, plotting chess moves and networking like seasoned pros.

Find the winners' profiles in the April 2015 issue of BCBusiness (along with the winners' inspirations regrets and even their favourite TV shows), view the videos at BCBusiness.ca/30Under30 and join the conversation on Twitter (#30Under30).

30 Under 30 Event Information
The 2015 BCBusiness 30 Under 30 Event will be held on Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from 5:30-8:00 p.m. at The Vancouver Club, located at 915 W Hastings Street in Vancouver. A limited amount of tickets are on sale for $99 and can be purchased at BCBusiness.ca/30Under30Tickets

The 2015 BCBusiness 30 Under 30 winners are:

1. Manny Bahia - Co-founder and Chief Business Development Officer, Vancity Buzz
2. Gabrielle Bayona - Owner and Creative Director, Truvelle Bridal Ltd.
3. Marianne Black - Co-founder, Director and Advisor, Arbutus Medical Inc.
4. Leigh Boyle - Founder and Executive Director, The Lipstick Project
5. Alexander Chuang - Managing Director, Launch Academy
6. Ian Crosby - Co-founder and CEO, Bench Accounting Inc.
7. Jessica Cruise - Founder and CEO, Vibes Fitness Inc.
8. Daniel Dubois - Founder and Chief Innovation Officer, ShareShed
9. Adrian Duke - Co-founder and CEO, Skyturtle Technologies Ltd.
10. David Gens - Founder and CEO, Merchant Advance Capital Ltd.
11. Alexander Graves - Founder and CEO, Symvivo Inc.
12. Nicolas Hipperson - Owner and Founder, Farm2Fork Private Dining and Underground Restaurant
13. Jeff Jacobson - Principal, Jeff Jacobson Agency
14. Jeff Jang - Co-founder and Art Director, Boximals Studios Inc.
15. Lizzy Karp - Founder, Lizzy Karp Communications
16. Claudia Li - Co-founder, Hua Foundation
17. Laura Moe - Co-founder and CMO, Clad Innovations Ltd.
18. Agata Oskinka - Director of Product, Plenty of Fish Media Inc.
19. Alice Park - Founder and CEO, Go2Gether Inc.
20. Lukas Peet - Principal, Co-founder, Lukas Peet Designs
21. Justin Potter - CEO, Cleanify Holdings Inc.
22. Christopher Redcliffe - President and CEO, BC Benefits
23. Ashley Roulston - Co-founder and COO, Industrial Plankton Inc.
24. Eric Sloan - President, Urban Cultivator Inc.
25. Dane Stevens - Owner, Cavaleir Jewellers Ltd.
26. Trevor Styan - Co-founder and GM, Northern Civil Engery Inc.
27. Sayenden Supramaniyam - Co-founder and CEO, Realtyforsale
28. Eugene Suyum - Founder and CEO, Tinkerine Studios Ltd.
29. Chief Bryce Williams - Chief, Tsawwassen First Nation
30. Brittany Wong - Principal, Bash + Fete

About BCBusiness
BCBusiness is British Columbia's foremost business authority and was named the best business magazine in Canada at the 2014 Kenneth R. Wilson Awards. It's published by Canada Wide Media Limited, the largest independent content studio in Western Canada.