A BONE-IDLE 29-year-old with no experience or prospects is beginning to have serious doubts he will appear on Forbes’s prestigious 30 Under 30 list.
Joe Turner of Leeds was always confident he would one day appear in the magazine’s round-up of the most accomplished young people, despite not yet achieving anything of note.
But, months from his 30th birthday, Turner is beginning to fear that Forbes have completely overlooked his unique though as yet unexercised genius and potentially brilliant entrepreneurial mind.
He said: “I used to think I was on the shortlist but got knocked off by more deserving candidates, like Kylie Jenner. But now I’m starting to worry.
“Sure, I’m between jobs, failed my A-levels and haven’t raised millions in seed capital for my disruptive start-up, but that doesn’t mean I’m not one of this generation’s brightest young stars.
“I’ve worked in supermarkets, in bars, in call centres, in warehouses. I’ve grown my own weed and sold it. I’m a renaissance man compared to those muppets on the list. If that doesn’t deserve recognition, what’s the world coming to?
“It’s my 30th in March so the clock’s ticking. If they don’t get me in it’s their loss.”
A spokesman for Forbes said: “Mr Turner called us to complain. We offered him an internship but he said he couldn’t be arsed.”
