Meet the ‘kidpreneurs’ making more money than you

Imagine if the app you developed was bought by Yahoo for millions, or if you had POTUS tweeting at you to hang out… then having to ask you mum if it’s OK to go to the White House after school.

Nick D’Aloisio

In 2013, 15-year-old British school boy, Nick D’Aloisio, developed Summly, an app that summarises news articles for smartphones. Two years later, Yahoo bought the app that her created in his spare time for a $30 million. Now in his early twenties, Nick is studying at Oxford University in London and is set for life.

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Bella Tipping

Labelled as one of Australia’s youngest entrepreneurs, Bella Tipping was barely out of primary school when she launched travel website Kidzcationz in 2015. Only 12 at the time, Bella came up with the idea of creating a website that allows members, including kids to rate and review accommodation based on their kid-friendly options. It is now known as the ‘Trip Adviser’ for kids.

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Ahmed Mohamed

Fourteen year old Ahmed Mohamed was arrested in 2015 when his Texas school mistook the clock he invented for a bomb. While his arrest triggered nationwide concerns of Islamophobia, it caught the attention of some of the world’s most high profile figures. President Obama offered the teenager to bring his clock to the White House and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, NASA and Hillary Clinton wanted to meet the whiz kid.

Cool clock, Ahmed. Want to bring it to the White House? We should inspire more kids like you to like science. It's what makes America great.

— President Obama (@POTUS44) September 16, 2015

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Moziah Bridges

Moziah Bridges started his own bow tie company, Mo’s Bows at just nine. His success was forged on the TV series Shark Tank, where he was mentored by investor John Daymond. Now 15 years old, Moziah’s Tennessee-based business has skyrocketed. He has sold $200,000 worth of handmade bow ties and men’s fashion accessories and holds the title of 2013 Black Enterprise Teenpreneur.

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