Showcasing the Future:
Meet the Top 100 Emerging Innovators
The 2025 Honorees
In 2025, hundreds of high school students from 34 countries and 25 U.S. states applied, each driving change in their communities and beyond. The Top 100 Emerging Innovators were honored at the Limitless World Summit in Wilmington, Delaware, showcasing the power of youth to shape a brighter future through leadership and innovation.
Winner Spotlight
2025 EMERGING INNOVATOR OF THE YEAR
Megana Madhurakavi, New Jersey
Through her sustainable clothing brand, she is tackling the harms of fast fashion by using innovative materials such as banana fibers from India and bamboo from Indonesia, produced ethically and responsibly. Her work reflects both entrepreneurial vision and a commitment to inspiring a new generation of conscious consumers.
2025 Emerging Innovator Awards Finalists
Abigail Goddard
Tennessee
Keyaan Shah
India
Megana Madhurakavi
New Jersey
Krishna Arun
Washington
Siddharth Shankar
New Jersey
2025 Emerging Innovator Awards Top 100
A
Nita Adebo
Meghana Aduri
Aarav Agrawal
Whitney Akinyi
Hassan Akuete
Stella Ameduite
Preyahathai Aroonvanichporn
Krishna Arun
B
Rayya Babar
Arshia Baid
Ayana Banks
Meghna Borah
Sebastien Burkhardt
C
Anastasia Carpenter
Aveer Chadha
Carmen Chen
Jamie Cheng
Ashish Chettimada
Jaylyn Chong
Daniel Chukwujekwu
D
Tejas Dahiya
Liam Dao
Barrett Deng
Mason Dwek
E
Coleene Elias
Sofia Escalante
F
Andrea Fajardo
Kylie Ford
Jewels Freedman
G
Mehak Gadh
Shubh Gangrade
Issa Geisendorfer
Abigail Goddard
Aashi Goyal
Yu Han Guo
Siya Gupta
Yudaant Gupta
Arya Gurumukhi
H
Carolyn He
Lusine Hovsepyan
I
Md Twashin Ilahi
Ananya Iyer
J
Sami Jalloud
Nolan Johnson
Anastasia Joseph
K
Dante Kanterezhi-Gatto
Chase Kantor
Eliza Keller
Devesh Khilnani
Aarav Khullar
Georgia Kolettis
Anamitra Kugapalan
Eleanor Kukes
Adarsh Kumar
L
Lucia Lecour
Daniel Lee
Cindy Lei
Raeanne Li
Zihan Li
Larry Li
Kenneth Lin
Maggie Liu
M
Megana Madhurakavi
Julia Maksimowicz
Mark Makyan
Michela Lia Maxera Vizcardo
Caroline Miller
Raajaditya Mohan
Lila Mokhtari
N
Caroline Nagayumi
O
Chimaobim Okafor
Favour Okoli
Benyapa Ongphiphadhanakul
P
Arden Pala
Andrew Passalacqua
Ariyan Patel
Gabriele Peltin
Vihaan Pol
Anshul Ponugoti
Ethan Poon
Athithi Prakash
Q
Xinyuan Qi
Chris Qin
Toby Qin
R
Sagar Raghavan
Aliyah Redding
Nicolas Richter
Brandyn Ross
S
Shikahr Saxena
Henry Scolnick
Keyaan Shah
Siddharth Shankar
Prisha Shroff
Yi Tao Shu
Angel Song
Sahana Srikanth
Vedant Srinivasan
Aarush Sudamalla
T
Poomkarn Taedullayasatit
Shreya Talwar
Eric Tang
Sofiia Tarasiuk
W
JueFei Wang
Gengshuo Wang
Apple Wang
Cindy Wang
Joshua Wang
Thanabodee Withunchettanan
Katherine Wu
Branden Wu
Y
Kavita Yadav
Tony Yao
Terry Yu
X
Yerassyl Zhumakadyr
Joseph Zogheib
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