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Top young entrepreneurs under 30

Discussion in 'General Business' started by dreteh, Mar 17, 2010.

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  1. #1
    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
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    1 Mark Zuckerberg Facebook 23 $700 Million
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    2 Andrew Gower Runescape 28 $650 Million
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    3 Chad Hurley Youtube 30 $300 Million
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    4 Blake Ross and David Hyatt Mozilla 22 $120 Million
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    5 Andrew Michael Fast Hosts 29 $110 Million
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    6 Angelo Sotira Deviant ART 26 $75 Million
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    7 John Vechey PopCap Games 28 $60 Million
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    8 Alexander Levin Image Shack 23 $56 Million
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    9 Jake Nickell Threadless 28 $50 Million
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    10 Greg Tseng and Johann Schleier-Smith Tagged 28 $45 Million
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    11 Sean Belnick Biz Chair 20 $42 Million
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    12 Matt Mullenweg WordPress 23 $40 Million
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    13 Kevin Rose Digg 30 $31 Million
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    14 Aodhan Cullen Stat Counter 24 $25 Million
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    15 Markus Frind Plenty Of Fish 29 $23 Million
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    16 Robert Small MiniClips 24 $23 Million
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    17 Ryan Block Engadget 25 $20 Million
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    18 Matt Mickiewicz Sitepoint 24 $18 Million
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    19 Tom Fulp Newgrounds 29 $15 Million
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    20 Rishi Kacker and Matt Pauker Voltage 24 $12 Million
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    21 Catherine and David Cook My Year Book 17-19 $10 Million
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    22 Fredrik Neij The Pirate Bay 28 $10 Million
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    23 DAVID LEVICH Iced Out Gear 25 $10 Million
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    24 Jeremy Stoppelman and Russel Simmons Yelp 29-30 $10 Million
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    25 David Hauser & Siamak Taghaddos GotvMail 24 $8 Million
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    26 Rand Fishkin SEOmoz 29 $6.5 Million
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    27 Jermaine Griggs Hear and Play 23 $5 Million
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    28 Jay Westerdal Domain Tools 29 $5 Million
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    29 Ashley Qualls What Ever Life 17 $4 Million
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    30 Ben Way Rain Makers 27 $4 Million
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    31 Pete Cashmore Mashable 30 $3.8 Million
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    32 Seth Sternberg, Sandy Jen, and Elaine Wherry Meebo 27-30 $3.5 Million
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    33 Cameron Johnson Millionaires Secrets 22 $3.2 Million
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    34 Rob Benwell Blogging to the Bank 23 $3 Million
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    35 Alex Tew Million Dollar Homepage 22 $3 Million
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    36 Mario Lavandeira Perez Hilton 29 $3 Million
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    37 Lauris Liberts Frype 25 $2 Million
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    38 Neil Patel ACS 22 $1.8 Million
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    39 Zhang Rui Mosh 28 $1.1 Million
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    40 Matt Wegrzyn Bodis 19 $1 Million
     
    dreteh, Mar 17, 2010 IP
  2. mainhoondon

    mainhoondon Well-Known Member

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    #2
    wow.. top known companies with such young people..
    i have got inspired..
     
    mainhoondon, Mar 17, 2010 IP
  3. dynashox

    dynashox Premium Member Staff

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    #3
    Isn't Mark Zuckerberg networth already pass the $1 Billion mark?

    But all of them are very successful at a young age. Impressive!

    - Dynashox -
     
    dynashox, Mar 17, 2010 IP
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    Jalpari Notable Member

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    Small name with big income

    Impressive
     
    Jalpari, Mar 17, 2010 IP
  5. BenQ

    BenQ Active Member

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    #5
    pretty impressive list. thanks for posting.
     
    BenQ, Mar 17, 2010 IP
  6. darkknight007

    darkknight007 Member

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    wow!!!!!!!! they must have worked too hard
     
    darkknight007, Mar 17, 2010 IP
  7. hotelier

    hotelier Peon

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    Man, I just hit 30. Uh, dang!
     
    hotelier, Mar 17, 2010 IP
  8. savagemafia

    savagemafia Peon

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    I am only 24 and worth 0$ lol.. Been trying but Mental Condition makes it hard:(
     
    savagemafia, Mar 17, 2010 IP
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    mezner Peon

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    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.
     
    mezner, Mar 17, 2010 IP
  10. Kelso

    Kelso Peon

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    #10
    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..
     
    Kelso, Mar 18, 2010 IP
  11. tradester

    tradester Well-Known Member

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    #11

    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 :)
     
    tradester, Mar 18, 2010 IP
  12. Zepxs

    Zepxs Active Member

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    Whoa, by just opening websites, and providing some services (social services), this is really money making strategy. I salute them.
     
    Zepxs, Mar 18, 2010 IP
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    bhallday Peon

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    wow youtube makes less than paypal or is it cause he sold it
     
    bhallday, Mar 18, 2010 IP
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    sparkposter Guest

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    Top young entrepreneurs under 30?

    My future son who's arriving in June! LOL
     
    sparkposter, Mar 18, 2010 IP
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    ymd Peon

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    wow!!! Youngsters are bringing innovation into Business.
     
    ymd, Mar 18, 2010 IP
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    minasiin Guest

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    This list inspired me
     
    minasiin, Mar 18, 2010 IP
  17. toycat

    toycat Well-Known Member

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    #17
    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
     
    toycat, Mar 18, 2010 IP
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    This is seriously impressive
     
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    mt33 Well-Known Member

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    #19
    hopefully every young can get its goal , it is fantastic

    i'm sure that can get like them :)
     
    mt33, Mar 19, 2010 IP