What year did Alex Sicart Ramos make the Forbes 30 Under 30 list?

In 2017, in the Technology category of the Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe list. He was the youngest person recognised in that edition, at 18.

Which project was he recognised for?

For his role as co-founder and CTO of Sharge, a peer-to-peer electric vehicle charging platform developed in collaboration with Audi and winner of the Audi Creativity Challenge.

How can the recognition be verified?

Through the official profile published by Forbes at forbes.com/profile/alex-sicart-ramos, which is the primary source. The alexsicart.com press kit also sets out the verified timeline and other independent sources such as Crunchbase, LinkedIn and GitHub.

What does Alex Sicart Ramos do now?

He is co-founder and CEO of Bennu, founded in December 2024, whose software is built by Bennu Edge LLC (New Mexico, USA), and founder of Unicorn Payments, a software, systems and IT consulting brand with companies in Spain, the United States and the United Arab Emirates. He operates between Barcelona and Dubai.

Recognition

Forbes 30 Under 30

In 2017, Forbes named me to its 30 Under 30 list in the Technology category of the European edition, for my role as co-founder and CTO of Sharge. I was the youngest person on the list. This page explains exactly what that recognition is, how to verify it at the original source, and what I have built since.

Last updated · 26 JUL 2026

Official Forbes profile ↗ Press kit

The recognition, in facts

List: Forbes 30 Under 30
Edition: Europe
Category: Technology
Year: 2017
Age: 18 — the youngest on the list
Reason: Role as co-founder & CTO of Sharge
Awarded to: Alex Sicart Ramos (Barcelona, 1999)
Primary source: forbes.com/profile/alex-sicart-ramos

What the 30 Under 30 list is

Each year Forbes publishes a selection of people under 30 who, in the judgement of its editorial team and a panel of judges, are having a notable impact in their field. The list is organised by region —Europe, the United States, Asia— and by category, and the selection is editorial: it cannot be bought, it is not obtained through payment, and it is not a revenue ranking. Making the Technology category of the European edition means an editorial committee assessed the technical and product work and considered it significant against the rest of the continent's candidates.

Why: Sharge

The recognition came from Sharge, a peer-to-peer electric vehicle charging platform: anyone with a socket could share it so that others could charge, addressing the scarcity and cost of the public network. I co-founded the company in 2016 and served as its CTO, responsible for technology and product.

Sharge was developed in collaboration with Audi and won the Audi Creativity Challenge. That same summer I took part in the Imagine Silicon Valley programme. In 2017, at 18, I made the Forbes list for that work.

How to verify it

The primary source is the profile published by Forbes. There is no need to take this website's word for it:

Official Forbes profile — primary source for the recognition.
Crunchbase — professional profile and associated companies.
LinkedIn — roles and dates.
Press kit — verified timeline, biographies and media material.
Due diligence pack — for compliance teams that need to check the full track record.

If you are publishing about this, the correct wording is: "Forbes 30 Under 30 — Technology, Europe (2017), as co-founder and CTO of Sharge." Please do not attribute the recognition to Bennu or Unicorn Payments: those are later ventures.

What came next

A list is a snapshot of a moment; what matters is what gets built afterwards. The sequence, with links to each project's detail:

2013: Students Manager — first product, at 13. Winner of the Start-Up School in Catalonia.
2016: Sharge — co-founder & CTO. Audi Creativity Challenge · Imagine Silicon Valley.
2017: Forbes 30 Under 30 · FileNation — IPFS, 860+ GitHub stars and the Hacker News front page.
2018: Shasta — founder & CEO. International payments app.
Dec 2024: Bennu — co-founder & CEO. Software and interface of a private self-custody platform.
Current: Unicorn Payments — founder. Software, systems and IT consulting in Spain, the USA and the UAE.

Use of the recognition

"Forbes 30 Under 30" is a designation of Forbes Media LLC; this page mentions it descriptively to identify a recognition received, without claiming affiliation, sponsorship or endorsement by Forbes. For quotes, approved biographies and imagery, use the press kit.