BENJAMIN MAH

WHY HIM? With a giant like Alipay—the payment processor started by Alibaba founder Jack Ma—as one of his main investors (through its operating company Ant Financial Services Group) and an official endorsement from Singapore’s government, Benjamin Mah is a star entrepreneur. THE BIZ V-Key, the venture he co-founded in 2011 and of which he’s now CEO, secures any app from malicious attacks through a patented cryptographic virtual technology, providing security to banks, governments and mobile payment providers. IT’S HOT Among its clients are ChinaPNR and Deloitte— oh, and Alipay, obviously, which handles 80 million transactions a day. Peanuts!