October 1, 2016 / Fortune Asia / Volume 174 / Number 5 / 40 UNDER 40

FEATURES

27 FORTUNE’S ALL-NEW 40 UNDER 40
These are the young stars taking us into the future熔ur 2016 list of the 40 most influential people in business under the age of 40.

38 DRIVEN IN THE VALLEY
Kyle Vogt and Daniel Kan just sold Cruise Automation to GM for $1 billion. But there’s no time to enjoy the windfall: They’re under crazy pressure as they race to bring a self-driving car to the masses.
BY ERIN GRIFFITH

46 HAMILTON, NONSTOP
Lin-Manuel Miranda, the 36-year-old creator of the hit musical, talks about trusting his instincts and how he accidentally married the oldest form of entertainment with the newest: social media.

INTERVIEW BY KIA KOKALITCHEVA

48 MEET ACTIVISM’S NEW FACE
Dianne McKeever’s hedge fund just won its first fight. The next targets are in her sights. CEOs, beware Ides Capital.
BY JEN WIECZNER

50 CAN THIS 22-YEAR-OLD CODER OUT-BITCOIN BITCOIN?
Russian-born wunderkind Vitalik Buterin, the creator of Ether, a new cryptocurrency, aims to unleash the power of his blockchain technology to spur radical change in finance, social networks, and even government.
BY ROBERT HACKETT

58 THE DEEP-LEARNING REVOLUTION
Why decades-old discoveries are suddenly changing your life and electrifying the computing industry預nd why they’ll soon transform corporate America.
BY ROGER PARLOFF

DEPARTMENTS

MACRO

8 Closer Look
The European honeymoon is over: EU regulators are escalating their battle against American business.
BY VIVIENNE WALT

10 Power to the People
This Election Day, some states are putting key policy decisions directly in voters’ hands.
BY TORY NEWMYER

12 Mouthwatering Returns
Aggressive investors are increasingly going after food-chain laggards.
BY JOHN KELL

13 I Know What You Watched Last Summer
In an otherwise humdrum season, scary movies had a strong showing.
BY MICHAL LEV-RAM

14 Calm and Carrying On
The Brexit crisis that wasn’t.
BY GEOFFREY SMITH

PASSIONS & PERKS

16 A Visit to the Homeland
Infiniti chief designer Alfonso Albaisa goes to Cuba, his parents’ birthplace, and finds inspiration.
BY SUE CALLAWAY

19 Black Book
An insider’s guide to Mumbai, India’s bustling metropolis.
BY ADAM ERACE

TECH

22 Business in the Cloud
California utility PG&E thinks virtual-reality technology may make inspecting equipment faster and safer.
BY JONATHAN VANIAN

23 A Boom With a View
Google’s parent company loved sci-fi research, until it didn’t.
BY ERIN GRIFFITH

INVEST

24 Stocks and the Art Market
Why investors are rooting for a rebound for art sales and one of the top auctioneers.
BY MICHELLE CELARIER

68 BING!

CORRECTION

In ”A Drone for Every Job Site” (Sept. 15, 2016), we misstated the value of the global construction industry. It is $8.5 trillion. Fortune regrets the error.

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Cruise Automation cofounders Daniel Kan (left) and Kyle Vogt.
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