I found this list couple days ago on http://www.retireat21.com/top-young-entrepreneurs/. I am gonna share with DP just to inspire people who want to become an entrepreneur. Rank Name Website Age Networth ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Mark Zuckerberg Facebook 23 $700 Million ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 Andrew Gower Runescape 28 $650 Million ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 Chad Hurley Youtube 30 $300 Million ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 Blake Ross and David Hyatt Mozilla 22 $120 Million ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 Andrew Michael Fast Hosts 29 $110 Million ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 Angelo Sotira Deviant ART 26 $75 Million ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 John Vechey PopCap Games 28 $60 Million ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 Alexander Levin Image Shack 23 $56 Million ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 Jake Nickell Threadless 28 $50 Million ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 Greg Tseng and Johann Schleier-Smith Tagged 28 $45 Million ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 Sean Belnick Biz Chair 20 $42 Million ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 Matt Mullenweg WordPress 23 $40 Million ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 Kevin Rose Digg 30 $31 Million ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 Aodhan Cullen Stat Counter 24 $25 Million ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15 Markus Frind Plenty Of Fish 29 $23 Million ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16 Robert Small MiniClips 24 $23 Million ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17 Ryan Block Engadget 25 $20 Million ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18 Matt Mickiewicz Sitepoint 24 $18 Million ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19 Tom Fulp Newgrounds 29 $15 Million ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20 Rishi Kacker and Matt Pauker Voltage 24 $12 Million ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21 Catherine and David Cook My Year Book 17-19 $10 Million ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 22 Fredrik Neij The Pirate Bay 28 $10 Million ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23 DAVID LEVICH Iced Out Gear 25 $10 Million ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 24 Jeremy Stoppelman and Russel Simmons Yelp 29-30 $10 Million ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 25 David Hauser & Siamak Taghaddos GotvMail 24 $8 Million ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 26 Rand Fishkin SEOmoz 29 $6.5 Million ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 27 Jermaine Griggs Hear and Play 23 $5 Million ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 28 Jay Westerdal Domain Tools 29 $5 Million ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 29 Ashley Qualls What Ever Life 17 $4 Million ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 30 Ben Way Rain Makers 27 $4 Million ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 31 Pete Cashmore Mashable 30 $3.8 Million ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 32 Seth Sternberg, Sandy Jen, and Elaine Wherry Meebo 27-30 $3.5 Million ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 33 Cameron Johnson Millionaires Secrets 22 $3.2 Million ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 34 Rob Benwell Blogging to the Bank 23 $3 Million ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 35 Alex Tew Million Dollar Homepage 22 $3 Million ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 36 Mario Lavandeira Perez Hilton 29 $3 Million ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 37 Lauris Liberts Frype 25 $2 Million ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 38 Neil Patel ACS 22 $1.8 Million ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 39 Zhang Rui Mosh 28 $1.1 Million ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 40 Matt Wegrzyn Bodis 19 $1 Million
Isn't Mark Zuckerberg networth already pass the $1 Billion mark? But all of them are very successful at a young age. Impressive! - Dynashox -
Its funny, because when you most of these young peoples success stories started out as small websites NOT aimed at making money. I believe Facebook was started as a social site for Marks college friends and it grew popularity at his school and then eventually spread to other colleges and then to millions around the world.
Where did they get this list? 39 Zhang Rui Mosh 28 $1.1 Million I am worth more than him and I am under 30..? I know quite a few people who are worth more than him and under 30..
Ya, this is old and incomplete list. For one thing Mark Zuckerberg is now worth $2 billion http://www.forbes.com/lists/2009/54/rich-list-09_Mark-Zuckerberg_I9UB.html And if those with at least $1 million is included in list then they left out tonnes of people who started million $$ startups. Like Shawn Fanning , napster founder who made nothing with the iconic Napster but recently hit millions with SNOCAP http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SNOCAP How about this list of teenager millionaires http://www.promotionalcodes.org.uk/6359/young-entrepreneurs-top-25-teenage-millionaires/ many of whom were not included
Whoa, by just opening websites, and providing some services (social services), this is really money making strategy. I salute them.
I'll sum up my views with lists. Ones i expected to be on there: Facebook one Newgrounds one Ones which i didn't think would be on there: Runescape one (over 30 for sure.. :S) The pirate bay (how much of that got sued of him?) Why isn't google on there? Ones I didn't think would be on there