Montgomery County Native Kahlil Greene, 24, is founder and CEO of “Gen Z Historian.” He has made the 2025 Forbes 30 Under 30 list under the ‘social media’ category.
Greene, a Germantown native, was born at Holy Cross Hospital, attended Daly Elementary School and Fox Chapel Elementary School before moving on to Neelsville Middle School (all in Germantown) and then Poolesville High School. He then attended Yale University and became the school’s first Black student body President.
Per Forbes, His social media channel (various platforms), “Gen Z Historian” is an educational media company dedicated to uncovering “hidden history” often overlooked in standard curricula. “He is the winner of a Peabody Award and two Emmy nominations; he also has a book deal with Penguin Random House and is producing a docuseries for National Geographic, which boasts over 23 million subscribers on its YouTube Channel. All while having secured over $1 million in brand deals and contracts in just three years. Last year, the State Department sent Greene to Angola, Africa to help teach young people to create history videos about the dangers of government corruption”
Greene told us the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Washington (specifically the Germantown branch) played a big role in his childhood. In addition to going nearly every day after school, he would also attend all of their summer camps. He is now a big advocate for the program.