{"id":117973,"date":"2025-01-23T10:40:26","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T15:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/?post_type=bu-article&p=117973"},"modified":"2025-01-23T10:40:27","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T15:40:27","slug":"bu-alums-forbes-lists","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/news\/articles\/2025\/bu-alums-forbes-lists\/","title":{"rendered":"Six BU Alums Celebrated in Latest Forbes Lists"},"content":{"rendered":"\t
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Forbes<\/em>\u00a030 Under 30 honorees Joel Bervell (CAMED\u201919) (clockwise from top left), photo courtesy of\u00a0Forbes<\/em>; Julian Shapiro-Barnum (CFA\u201921), photo courtesy of\u00a0Forbes<\/em>; Raya Bidshahri (CAS\u201917), photo courtesy of\u00a0Forbes<\/em>; Griffin DiStefano (ENG\u201919), photo courtesy ofGriffin DiStefano; and Toshit Panigrahi (CAS\u201917), photo by Martin Zhu; and 100 Most Powerful Women honoree Shari Redstone (LAW\u201978,\u201981), photo via AP\/Evan Agostini\/Invision<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t

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This article was originally published in Bostonia<\/a><\/em> on January 22, 2025. By Alene Bouranova<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Five BU alumni\u2014a media marketplace manager, an online high school founder, a medical mythbuster, a video production phenom, and a viral playground interviewer\u2014have been named to this year\u2019s\u00a0Forbes<\/em>\u00a030 Under 30 lists<\/a>. The annual\u00a0Forbes<\/em>\u00a0magazine lists celebrate the biggest and brightest young talent across a multitude of industries.\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Julian Shapiro-Barnum (CFA’21)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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There\u2019s a very good chance you\u2019ve seen Shapiro-Barnum online. He\u2019s the founder of\u00a0Recess Therapy<\/a>, a comedic video interview series with kids that sprung out of a BU College of Fine Arts senior thesis project. Shapiro-Barnum\u2019s interviews ask the important questions\u2014Do you have any crushes right now? If you threw a party, what would it be like? What\u2019s the most magical place in New York?\u2014to unpredictably hilarious results. (Answers:\u00a0Three-and-a-half<\/em>,\u00a0one human and hundreds of skeletons,<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Jersey Mike\u2019s<\/em>.) His videos frequently spawn megaviral moments, like\u00a0Corn Kid<\/a>. Recess Therapy has more than three million followers, including celebrities who often appear as guest interviewers.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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