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Start-Ups

10 entrepreneurs under 18 who jumped on the startup fast track

By Conner Forrest March 26, 2014, 11:50 AM PDT

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10 entrepreneurs under 18 who jumped on the startup fast track

Anshul Samar

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Anshul Samar

Anshul Samar was just 13 years old when he founded Elementeo, a card game based on chemistry and the natural elements.

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10 entrepreneurs under 18 who jumped on the startup fast track

Maya Penn

Maya Penn

Maya Penn is a 14 -year-old entrepreneur and the CEO of Maya’s Ideas, a company that she started when she was 8. The company sells eco-friendly clothing and accessories. She also runs a non-profit called Maya’s Ideas 4 the Planet that donates 10-20% of her profits to charitable causes.

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10 entrepreneurs under 18 who jumped on the startup fast track

Rujul Zaparde and Kevin Petrovic

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Rujul Zaparde and Kevin Petrovic

Rujul Zaparde and Kevin Petrovic started FlightCar, a car rental service, before they were old enough to even rent a car. They started the company when they were 17 years old, but they started a nonprofit called Drinking Water for India when they were even younger.

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10 entrepreneurs under 18 who jumped on the startup fast track

Juliette Brindak

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Juliette Brindak

Miss O and Friends, a social network for tween girls was created by Juliette Brindak when she was 16. Her current net worth is $30 million.

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Matt Mickiewicz

Matt Mickiewicz

Matt Mickiewicz started SitePoint when he was 15. The company published over 70 books that have been translated into a dozen languages. He was also founder 99designs, and is currently the CEO of Hired.com.

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10 entrepreneurs under 18 who jumped on the startup fast track

Cameron Johnson

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Cameron Johnson

Cameron Johnson started his first business when he was 9 years old selling greeting cards, and became a millionaire before he graduated high school. He regularly appears on popular television shows.

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10 entrepreneurs under 18 who jumped on the startup fast track

Nick D’Aloisio

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Nick D’Aloisio

Nick D’Aloisio is the 16-year-old founder of Summly, a news app, which he recently sold to Yahoo for $30 million. He currently works for Yahoo in the UK.

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10 entrepreneurs under 18 who jumped on the startup fast track

William LeGate

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William LeGate

William LeGate created the iOS app Fake-A-Text when he was 14 years old. He was most recently a 2013 Thiel fellow.

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10 entrepreneurs under 18 who jumped on the startup fast track

Catherine Cook

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Catherine Cook

Catherine Cook co-founded myYearbook in 2005, when she was 14, with her brothers Dave and Geoff. It was one of the 25 most-trafficked websites in the US at one point and is now called MeetMe.

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