SELECTED YOUTH ROLE MODELS: 1960-2014

VANITIES

Vanity Fair charts the shining beacons of hope from the dawn of the Mew Frontier to the twilight of the Twitter era

BRUCE FEIRSTEIN

HERO J.F.K. VOCATION Politician

EXHORTATION TO YOUTH

Join the Peace Corps.

HERO John Lennon VOCATION Musician EXHORTATION TO YOUTH Give peace a chance.

HEROES Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward VOCATION Journalists

EXHORTATION TO YOUTH

Follow the money.

HERO Bruce Springsteen

VOCATION The Boss EXHORTATION TO YOUTH We

were born to run.

HERO Bill Gates

VOCATION Software entrepreneur

EXHORTATION TO YOUTH

Crush the competition.

HERO Marc Andreessen VOCATION Web browser

EXHORTATION TO YOUTH Crush Microsoft.

HERO Hillary Clinton VOCATION Democratic icon EXHORTATION TO YOUTH It takes a village.

HERO Steve Jobs VOCATION Tech visionary

EXHORTATION TO YOUTH Think different.

HEROES Larry Page and Sergey Brin VOCATION Search giants EXHORTATION TO YOUTH

Don't be evil.

HERO P. Diddy VOCATION Hip-hop mogul

EXHORTATION TO YOUTH

Pass the Courvoisier.

HERO Mark Zuckerberg VOCATION Social-networker

EXHORTATION TO YOUTH

Privacy is overrated.

HERO Barack Obama VOCATION Future president

EXHORTATION TO YOUTH Hope and change.

HERO Lloyd Blankfein VOCATION Investment banker EXHORTATION TO YOUTH Own everything.

HERO Jeff Bezos VOCATION Mass marketer

EXHORTATION TO YOUTH Sell everything.

HERO Sheryl Sandberg VOCATION Woman in tech

EXHORTATION TO YOUTH

Lean in.

HERO Chelsea Clinton VOCATION Once and future First Daughter EXHORTATION TO YOUTH Money isn't everything.