Top 40 Under 40 Award

Congratulations to the 2025 finalists! Thank you to all our fantastic sponsors.

It was a wonderful night!

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CREATIVE INFLUENCERS
Winner:

Prashant Karam
Willem Zhang
Annie Tharani
Andrew Chan

EDUCATION CHAMPIONS
Winner:

Tanya Leung
Ezza Zahoor-Malik
Carson Fong
Matthew Nguyen

Presented By: York University Markham Campus

FINANCE CATALYSTS
Winner:

Adam Nicolaou
Hasty Kiamehr
Mark Cai
Shusmita Sharma-Tiwari

Sponsor: RBC

GREEN INNOVATORS
Winner:

Jeremy Waud
Enzo Jia
Yashin Dipak Shah
Baljit Sierra

Sponsor: RBC

HEALTHCARE HEROES
Winner:

Dr. Sayyeda Mavani
Naomi Ha
Karen Rezk
Felicia Fischhoff

HOSPITALITY PRESENCE
Winner:

Michelle Nguyen
Madhur Kanumuri
Alessandra Belcastro
Chef Keith Pears

Sponsor: Destination Markham

MANUFACTURING MAGNATES
Winner:

Kerry Tam
Kendell Wood
Ganan Iyathurai
Chris Yu

Sponsor: City of MarkHam

RETAIL REVOLUTIONARIES
Winner:

Jordan Thomas
Alice To
Sandy Hsu
Gregory Calleri

Sponsor: Destination Markham

SOCIAL IMPACT SENTINELS
Winner:

Laney Lui
Iqra Awan-Malik
Dilesha Stelmach
Amandipp Singh
Andrew Hopper

TECH TITANS
Winner:

Imtiaz Mohammed Khan
Hamed Bozorgi
Maya Nathani
Umar Hayat Khan

Sponsor: City of Markham

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Presented by the Markham Board of Trade, the Top 40 Under 40 Awards recognize individual excellence every year, along with the collective strength of our city, Markham’s rising talent.