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People Newspapers Celebrates Work of 20 Under 40 Honorees

The Dallas Mavericks travel schedule prevented Luka Doncic from attending the inaugural 20 Under 40 celebration on March 31 but not from congratulating other honorees.
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Carter Weinstein – 20 Under 40

At 19, Carter Weinstein has started his first business and written his first book.
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Andrea Cheek – 20 Under 40

Andrea Cheek brings the same formula for success to her nonprofit work and professional endeavors.
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Andrew Lauck – 20 Under 40

When he’s not at work as a partner with the local private investment firm RedBird Capital, you can find Andrew Lauck working to support Vogel Alcove and the Cotton Bowl Athletic Association or coaching his children at the Moody Family YMCA.
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Bora Laci – 20 Under 40

Bora Laci was 4 in 1996 when her Albanian-immigrant parents immigrated to the U.S., bringing with them an emphasis on the importance of education that would inspire her career and desire to get involved in her community.
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Bret Alexander – 20 Under 40

Bret Alexander is honoring the memory of a childhood friend by helping others through nonprofit work.
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Claire Catrino – 20 Under 40

Claire Catrino’s desire to help others prompted her to leave a career in sales.
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Heather Street Baker – 20 Under 40

As a student at Texas A&M University, Heather Street Baker realized she wanted her work to have a greater purpose.
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Holden Lunsford – 20 Under 40

Holden Lunsford has been instrumental in growing over 8 million square feet of office assets from 2014-to 2019.
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Isabelle Galko – 20 Under 40

SMU student Isabelle Galko is already teaching others about environmental issues via her research, international conference speaking engagements, and short documentary Sunburnt Reef on how traditional sunscreens affect coral reefs in the Florida Keys.
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Javier Burkle – 20 Under 40

Javier Burkle’s interest in interior design and architecture began before he started collecting Architectural Digest as a child. It runs in his family, too.
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Julie Woidneck – 20 Under 40

Julie Woidneck enjoys being at the intersection of finance and relationship building as senior vice president over corporate banking at Texas Capital Bank.
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Katherine Mason – 20 Under 40

Katherine Mason merged her love of fashion and fitness with the creation of SculptHouse, a fitness studio and boutique with shoes, athleisure wear, and accessories that opened its Dallas location in 2019.
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Kevin Lee – 20 Under 40

Kevin Lee has gone from homelessness after a snowstorm while a teenager in Pittsburgh to studying at SMU’s Dedman School of Law.
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Luka Doncic – 20 Under 40

Since joining the Dallas Mavericks after the 2018 NBA draft, the Slovenian-born Dončić has made an impact in his new home that goes far beyond the historic numbers he put up in the court through his first four NBA seasons.
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Mattson Uihlein – 20 Under 40

Mattson Uihlein worked his way up from an internship after his junior year at SMU to senior vice president and treasury services manager at Bank of Texas.
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Taylor Custer Crosby – 20 Under 40

Taylor Custer Crosby uses her marketing experience to help connect women business owners to government and corporate supply chain opportunities.
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Thomas Laughlin – 20 Under 40

Thomas Laughlin joined Kirkland & Ellis in 2018, helping found a Dallas office that has grown from five lawyers to more than 100 in the years since.
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Trey Rome – 20 Under 40

Trey Rome has always wanted his own company, so after starting a career in baking, he founded Home Tax Solutions, a property tax lending company, in 2012.
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Sebastian and Valentina Calderon – Youth on the Rise

Sebastian and Valentina Calderon may only be 6 and 9, respectively, but the siblings are already making a difference through their nonprofit Shining Brownies.
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