From a girl group under 88rising to a Deutsche Grammophon composer. Eighteen Indonesians made Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia 2026. Here is every name.

India had 78. China had 46. Australia had 38. Japan had 32.

Indonesia had 18. Equal with Singapore and South Korea. Across entertainment, art, technology, finance, agriculture, real estate, environmental impact, and the fragrance counter.

On May 27, 2026, Forbes Asia published the 11th edition of its Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia list, recognizing 300 outstanding young people across the Asia-Pacific region, selected from close to 4,000 nominations, all under the age of 30. The list spans 10 categories and is curated by Forbes Asia editors, independent judges, and industry experts, including alumni of previous editions.

Eighteen of those 300 were Indonesian.

Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia is an annual list published by Forbes magazine that recognizes 300 of the most outstanding young entrepreneurs, leaders, and innovators across the Asia-Pacific region, all aged 30 and under. First launched in 2016, the list is now in its 11th edition. Each year, Forbes Asia editors, independent judges, and alumni of previous editions evaluate close to 4,000 nominations before selecting the final 300 honorees.

The honorees are divided across 10 categories: AI, Consumer and Enterprise Technology, Entertainment and Sports, Finance and Venture Capital, Healthcare and Science, Industry, Manufacturing and Energy, Retail and E-Commerce, Social Impact, Social Media, Marketing and Advertising, and The Arts. Every honoree in every category is selected on the basis of measurable impact, whether that is revenue generated, funds raised, audiences built, communities served, or industries disrupted.

The 2026 edition was released on May 27, 2026, with the average age of honorees sitting at 26 and roughly a quarter being women. Forbes Asia Editorial Director Rana Wehbe Watson described the honorees as "a fresh wave of young minds from across Asia Pacific, who continue to innovate and disrupt their industries at a time when artificial intelligence is reshaping our daily lives."

The Eighteen Indonesians and What Each of Them Built

Entertainment and Sports

Tiara Andini, 24, runner-up on Indonesian Idol 2020, now has approximately 7 million monthly Spotify listeners. She won Best Newcomer at Anugerah Musik Indonesia Awards and Best New Asian Artist at the Mnet Asian Music Awards in 2020. In 2025, she won Social Media Artist of the Year at Indonesian Music Awards. Forbes recognized her as one of the most significant young voices in Indonesian pop. She is also, for the record, a runner-up who built a career that has outlasted most winners.

No Na is a girl group under 88rising comprising members Christy, Baila, Esther, and Shaz. The group debuted in 2025 and performed at 88rising's Head in the Clouds festival in Los Angeles. Their single "Rollerblade," released in April 2026, reached 3.3 million YouTube views. They have accumulated more than 1.4 million monthly Spotify listeners. No Na is the answer to the question of what Indonesia sounds like when it goes global on its own terms.

No Na . One year after debut. One Forbes list. 

Social Media, Marketing and Advertising

Erika Richardo has more than 18 million TikTok followers. She became widely known after a video of her painting a Garuda Indonesia Boeing 737 went viral in 2025, featuring batik elements and 16 ethnic groups from across the archipelago to commemorate 80 years of Indonesian independence. She and Jerhemy Owen co-founded Rumah Mimpi Indonesia, a nonprofit that has raised approximately Rp1.7 billion to build schools and provide art supplies to children in remote areas. She did not start with a strategy. She started with art.

Erika Richardo.Started with art. Built Rumah Mimpi Indonesia

Retail and E-Commerce

Rinaldi Dharma Utama and Christian Wilfandio founded Se'Indonesia, a fast food chain that brought eastern Indonesian se'i cuisine to price points starting at Rp25,000. Se'Indonesia now operates more than 200 delivery and takeaway outlets and 23 dine-in restaurants, and in April 2025 secured Series A funding of USD 9.7 million led by Insignia Ventures. The argument they made with Se'Indonesia is simple: food from eastern Indonesia is good enough to scale.

Santi Tan, 28, founded Saff and Co in Jakarta in 2020 as a local fragrance alternative to international brands. Starting on Shopee, the company expanded to offline stores and beauty retailers across major Indonesian cities. A local fragrance brand competing with the internationals. Forbes noticed.

Consumer and Enterprise Technology

Farrel Alvian Purnama, 28, co-founded Remind in 2020, a Banten-based startup that extracts copper and other metals from electronic waste for reuse. The company raised USD 1.3 million in May 2025 from Bali Investment Club and BEENEXT. Electronic waste is one of the fastest-growing waste streams in Southeast Asia. Remind is in the business of turning it into material.

Industry, Manufacturing and Energy

Deryl Lu, 29, founded DayaTani and built Pak Dayat, an AI-powered farming assistant that delivers crop guidance through WhatsApp. DayaTani raised USD 2.3 million in 2024 from Ares Management, GenTree, and Redbadge Pacific. The plan for 2026 is expansion to Thailand and Vietnam. The method is a conversational AI deployed through a messaging app that Indonesian farmers already use every day.

Finance and Venture Capital

Six Indonesians made the Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia 2026 finance category, the most concentrated showing of any sector from Indonesia this year.

Elice Jesslyn Ongko, 28, joined B Capital in Jakarta in 2024 and has since deployed USD 60 million across three investments: Eureka Robotics, Ninja Van, and MoEngage. Nisrina Firyal Fadhlannisa, 27, represents Arsari Group. Dharmadi Gusanto, 29, is from Alpha JWC Ventures. Athaya Kadzima, 27, is from BNI Ventures. Larry Susanto, 29, is from ACV Capital. Kelvin Sutedja, 27, is from Wavemaker Partners. Six people. Six firms. One country.

Lau Xin Yuan, 23, founded MilikiRumah, a proptech platform helping underbanked Indonesians acquire their first home through a rent-to-own model in partnership with banks. The problem she is solving is one of the most significant in the country: most Indonesians who want to own a home cannot access the conventional financing system to do so.

The Arts

Eunike Tanzil, 27, graduated from Berklee College of Music and The Juilliard School, collaborated with Grammy-winning artist Laufey, and in 2024 became the first Asian female composer to sign with Deutsche Grammophon. Her compositions have appeared in The Addams Family 2 and the DreamWorks film Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie. She is the kind of artist who makes people reconsider what Indonesia is capable of producing in classical music.

Social Impact

Brigitta Gunawan, 22, runs the 30x30 Indonesia campaign and the Diverseas marine education program, teaching students about ocean ecosystems through workshops and virtual reality technology. National Geographic Society and The Nature Conservancy support the construction of a 30x30 Coral Garden in Tulamben, Bali. She is 22. She is already working with National Geographic.

Brigitta Gunawan, 22. She is already working with National Geographic

What Eighteen Names Add Up To

The eighteen Indonesians on Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia 2026 do not add up to a single story. They add up to eighteen separate ones, each built from a different starting point, in a different industry, with a different argument about what Indonesia can produce.

A girl group performing in Los Angeles. A composer at Deutsche Grammophon. An artist with 18 million TikTok followers who builds schools. A farming assistant on WhatsApp. A fragrance brand competing with the internationals. A 22-year-old working with National Geographic on a coral garden in Bali.

None of these stories were inevitable. Each of them was a choice, made by someone under 30, to build something that did not exist before they decided to build it.

That is the list. That is Indonesia in 2026.

For the full Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia 2026 list, visit forbes.com.

 
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Sources of Photos
Forbes Asia Official — forbes.com

No Na Official Instagram — @nonawav

Erika Richardo Official Instagram — @erikarichardo

Brigitta Gunawan Offical Instagram - tata_andrea28