4 young millionaires: Who they are and how they got there
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4 YOUNG APP DEVELOPERS who became millionaires
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Nick A’loisio (born 1995)
English Programmer, Internet Entrepreneur
App name: Summly
Net worth: $30 million
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Nick A’loisio (born 1995)
Youngest to receive
tech venture capital
funding @ 15
2011
Raised $300,000 in
seed funding
2011
Raised $300,000 in
seed funding Raised $1.23 million
from various
A-list celebritiesFrom Hong Kong billionaire Sir Li Ka-shing’s Horizon Ventures.
March 2013 –Sold to Yahoo! for $30 million
Made it to youngest self-made millionaires list
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Nick A’loisio (born 1995)
Innovator of the year, 2013 by Wall Street Journal
For work on Summly.
Time Magazine’s top 100 One of the world’s most influential teenagers.
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Brian Wong (born 1991)
Canadian Internet Entrepreneur
App name: Kiip
Net worth: $4.5 billion
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2012
Raised more than $15 million of
venture capital
Brian Wong (born 1991)
Relay Ventures, Hummer Winblad, True ventures, Verizon Ventures, CrossLink Capital, and others.
2010
Founded
Youngest leader to receive funding
from a venture capital firm.
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Brian Wong (born 1991)
Sept 2014
Made it to the cover of
‘Entrepreneur’
One of the young millionaires
changing the world
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Robert Nay (born 1996)
CEO of Nay Games
App name: Bubble Ball
Net worth: $2 million
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Robert Nay (born 1996)
Earned over $2 million
in the game’s first two weeks.
App downloaded 2 million times
from Apple iTunes store.
@ 14 years
Developed the Bubble Ball app
Released December 2010.
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Robert Nay (born 1996)
Took #1 spot on the free list at the
Apple app store.
Jan 2011
Awarded app of the week by Ansca Mobile.
Surpassed 16 million downloads.
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Chad Mureta (born 1981)
Entrepreneur, Author, Speaker, Consultant
App name: Fingerprint Security Pro
Net worth: $6 million
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Chad Mureta (born 1981)
Fingerprint Security Pro became a
bestseller on the app store.
CEO of App Empire
Co-founder of T3 Apps, Empire Apps, and Best Apps.
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Chad Mureta (born 1981)
App peaked at number 27 in 2011.
App netted more than $500,000 in revenue.
Mureta created 46 other apps
Apps downloaded more than 35 million
times worldwide.
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