Young Innovator Nominee: Daniel Karpantschof, Copenhagen Industries

Why he is nominated: Daniel Karpantschof was named Denmark's New Creative Elite. He serves on The White House' and US State Departments Expert Council for Entrepreneurship and guest lectured at Pratt, the Danish School of Design and NYU. After several startups (in telco, clean energy, entertainment) in Denmark and the global community of young philanthropists, Nexus Global Youth Summit (founded when he lived in DC), he is now working on Copenhagen Industries; an innovative new provider of firearms and weaponry specifically for special effects.

The Young Innovator Award celebrates excellence and innovation by young professionals. See the other nominees and their backgrounds and check back to learn who has won this prestigious honor from The Advertising Club of New York and Google, with support from The Drum.