THE NEW CHANGE AGENTS

MILLENNIALS frequently start companies that confront problems unique to their generation. But Inc.’s 30 Under 30 inductees for 2016 are tackling problems that have vexed society for generations, such as nefarious stock trading, hospital-borne illnesses, medication nonadherence, and reliance on nonrenewable energy sources. These young founders are taking on the planet’s biggest challenges one innovative, elegantly creative solution at a time. They’re setting out to change our world for the better, and not one of them doubts his or her ability to make it happen. They hail from cities large and small, have combined revenue of more than $77 million, have collectively raised more than $444 million in funding, and are shaking things up in health care, consumer products, financial services, food, transportation, energy, and more. You might not know their names now, but you will soon. In the following pages, you’ll glimpse the better future they’re helping create.

Making Hospitals Safer

COLLEEN COSTELLO, 25

VITAL VIO TROY, NEW YORK

In 2011, when Colleen Costello