The San Francisco Business Times has released its third annual 40 under 40 award winners, a group of CEOs, entrepreneurs, and top executives making a difference in the local business community. In all, nine Cal alumni made the list, four of those Haas alumni. They will be honored at an event on March 18 at AT&T Park.
Haas alums who made the list:
Nikhil Arora and Alejandro Velez, both BS 09
Co-founders
Back to the Roots, which sells mushroom-growing kits and Aquafarm, a self-cleaning fish tank that also grows an herb garden
Read more Haas news about Back to the Roots
Danae Ringelmann, MBA 08
Co-founder and chief customer officer
Indiegogo, the world’s largest global crowdfunding platform
Read news articles and a magazine profile about Ringelmann and watch a video about how her Berkeley MBA experience helped her build Indiegogo.
Shivani Sopory, BS 05
Audit senior manager, emerging technology practice
KPMG LLP, a professional services firm that provides audit, tax, and advisory services
Cal alumni on the list:
Jason and Matthew Goldman, both BA 10 (Interdisciplinary Studies)
Co-founder and principal
G2 Insurance, an insurance brokerage for high-net-worth individuals, nonprofits, real estate, and technology firms
Daniel Lurie, MPP 05 (Public Policy)
CEO and founder
Tipping Point Community, which screens nonprofits to find, fund, and partner with the most effective poverty-fighting organizations in the Bay Area to support people in need
Kristen Law Sagafi, JD 02
Partner
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, which represent plaintiffs in individual, group, whistleblower, and class-action lawsuits in state and federal courts nationwide
Ije-Enu N. Udeze, BA 95 (Economics)
Chief of Staff
Kaiser Permanente health care provider
See the 40 Under 40 article in the San Francisco Business Times