25 of Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½â€™s Fastest-Growing Alumni-Led Companies Family influences, career reinvention and lifelong friendships shaped the entrepreneurs behind Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½â€™s inaugural Ever Upward competition, proving there is no single path to building the future.
Forbes 2026 30 Under 30 Winner: Capacitech Joe Sleppy ’18 is enabling power hungry industrial facilities and AI data centers with Capacitech’s rapid-response, modular and space-conscious power resilience products.
Forbes Honors Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ Entrepreneurs on 30 Under 30 List The engineering alumni behind Orlando-based startup companies Soarce and Capacitech are capturing attention with their innovative technologies in the green energy and manufacturing industries.
Forbes 2026 30 Under 30 Winner: Soarce Four Knights are making structures 8x stronger than steel with an environmentally friendly substance crafted from seaweed.
Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ Alum Offers Innovative Solutions for Classroom Struggles Pairing her elementary education degree with the entrepreneurship skills she acquired at Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½, Kelly Shea ’23 is a business owner passionate about inspiring young inventors.
Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ Alumni Launches Ever Upward Awards to Spotlight Fastest-Growing Knight Businesses Worldwide The new annual awards program celebrates highly successful, Knight-owned or -led companies achieving exceptional growth and driving innovation.
Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ Alum Turns Passion into Profit with Virtual Tutoring Startup With a desire to spread his wealth of knowledge in both traditional academics and financial literacy, Steven Keys ’14MAT co-founded a successful virtual tutoring startup and runs a lifestyle blog to inspire others to follow suit.
Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ Students to Compete for $50,000 in 2024 Joust Business Competition The Shark Tank-style competition celebrates student entrepreneurs, introduces them to community leaders and provides key resources to help launch their ventures.
7 Questions with Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ Grad, Influencer & Entrepreneur Candice Jones ’15 Jones explains how she built her brand by embracing exactly who she is — a goal she is focused now on helping others achieve.
5 Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ Alumni Named Among OBJ’s 2021 CEOs of the Year A quarter of this year’s recipient list have ties to the university as graduates of the College of Business and College of Engineering and Computer Science.