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An Irish Teen Has Made Forbes’ '30 Under 30' List For 2018

An Irish Teen Has Made Forbes’ '30 Under 30' List For 2018

What was the highlight of your teenage years? Your first disco, the big Leaving Cert holiday in Crete, passing the actual Leaving Cert? Or maybe it was making the Forbes’ '30 Under 30' list? No? Just this fella then.

Shane Curran (17) who is still in school, has made the acclaimed '30 Under 30' list.

The Dublin native is founder and CEO of qCrypt, a company that promises next-generation post-quantum security solutions to businesses.

Shane won BT Young Scientist of the year 2017 for his qCrypt project and as cited in Forbes, Shane is expecting $5 million in revenue in 2018.

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Also flying the flag for the Irish on Forbes' '30 Under 30' list is Simon Phelan (28) founder and CEO of Hometree, a London based start-up.

Congratulation lads! Massive achievement.

We suddenly feel very unaccomplished...

Also Read: Irish University Ranked Among The Top 10 Most Beautiful in Europe

Niamh Burke

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