Youth Not Wasted on the Young

When most of us think of 20-somethings in the workplace we picture interns, mail sorters and errand runners.

But the nominees who made up this subset of our 40 Under 40 awards program defy those expectations completely.

Of the 83 nominations received, 15 percent were under the age of 30.

The Business Journal talked with three of these nominees who are all achieving high levels of success within industries that are often perceived to be the domain of more, let’s say mature, individuals.

It’s not always easy, they all agreed.

“You don’t know how many times a day people ask how old I am,” said Marcus O’Bryant, 25, marketing coordinator for accounting firm Miller, Kaplan Arase