Millionaire Fast Track: 18 CEOs Under 27 ~!

Millionaire Fast Track: 18 CEOs Under 27 ~!

1. Mathilde Collin, 26 years old, CEO and co-founder of FrontApp

The company Collin launched after quitting her desk job was FrontApp. The app is an email inbox with features that are specifically meant for teams. The company did $1 million in 2015 revenue and now has 1,210 customers and $242,000 in monthly recurring revenue.

2. Iddo Gino, 19 years old, CEO and co-founder of RapidAPI

Gino founded his company in Israel at the age of 16. RapidAPI initially started as an open-source project that allowed developers to easily find and use APIs online. He now makes money by charging a processing fee ranging from 10 to 25 percent.

3. Nathan Barry, 26 years old, CEO of ConvertKit

Barry came up with the idea of ConvertKit after he grew tired of the agency work he was doing. The team of 20 helps over 10,000 paying customers manage their email lists. The company is self-funded and did $300,000 in 2015 revenue. As of mid 2016, the company does $480,000 in revenue per month, all from its headquarters in Idaho and Nashville.

4. Nick Kullin, 26 years old, CEO of Second Flight Consultancy

Kullin started his first business at the young age of 13 by connecting people to new artists. From that business, he made over $20,000. After high school, he took on lots of different jobs and realized soon that he had a burning desire to be an entrepreneur again, even though he had a job that paid him $120,000. 

5. Sahil Arora, 18 years old, CEO of Tabverts

Arora launched Tabverts to help put advertising in the back seats of taxis in India. His many customers include SnapDeals.

6. Laura Behrens Wu, 25 years old, co-founder and CEO of Shippo

Behrens Wu started her business Shippo at the age of 21. The idea was born after she faced shipping obstacles with her previous ecommerce product. Shippo makes money by charging customers a “pay as you go” fee and is currently shipping over 1 million packages per month for over 10,000 unique customers.

7. Brian Wong, 25 years old, founder and CEO of Kiip

After being laid off, Wong found two co-founders and landed $300,000 in seed capital to set up Kiip, an advertising tool that rewards its users for achievements inside of applications.

8. Wyatt Jozwowski, 21 years old, CEO and co-founder of Demio

Jozwowski invested $500,000 to re-invent webinars with Demio, a smart webinar platform. He made his original money through his company Drip Apps, where 470 people paid $47 per month to take digital courses about digital marketing. Drip Apps did just shy of $1 million in 2015 revenue. He’s now doubling down and going all in on Demio.

9. Tommy Gibbon, 25 years old, partner at Piper

Gibbon and his partners created Piper to teach young children how to build their first computer. Following a $280,000 Kickstarter campaign, the product was an instant hit, quickly passing 4,000 units sold and nearly $1.2 million in revenue.

10. Alex Saidani, 21 years old, founder and CEO of Indemand

Saidani got off to an early start, learning to code at the age of 11 and launching his first business at 13.His company Indemand provides businesses with online ordering software and an hourly delivery network. He’s managed to find success even with a small team of three that has raised $125,000 with 25 paying customers.

11. Shashank Murali, 23 years old, co-founder and CEO of TapChief

Murali already has one win under his belt, selling his first company at 20 years old. Using that money, he founded TapChief, a platform that connects experts with students. To date, 5,000 experts are listed on TapChief, and 1,000 students have paid to use the service. Murali makes money by charging experts $4 to get listed, and then takes a 20 percent cut of payments from students to experts.

12. Andrew Myers, 23 years old, CEO of Ripple Recruiting

Myers grew up in Denver and decided to leave Yale before the start of his senior year to launch his company, Ripple Recruiting. The company connects thousands of Ivy League resumes with employers who pay Ripple Recruiting an average fee of $300 per month.

13. Douglas Lusted, 24 years old, CEO and co-founder of Linkett

In 2013, 20-year-old Lusted founded his company, Linkett, and did $100,000 in first -year revenue. The company specializes in out-of-home advertising: Google AdSense for physical billboards.

14. Vu Hoang Anh, 23 years old, founder and CEO of Avocode

Anh founded Avocode, a tool that allows front-end designers to connect with back-end developers to make it easier for designers to pass off designs to development teams. He has grown the service to over 2,800 customers paying, on average, $18 per month.

15. Looi Qin En, 23 years old, COO and CMO of Glints

Before Looi turned 20, he had published 20 behavioral science research papers in international journals. He used this expertise to launch Glints, a platform for graduates to find jobs they love.

16. Tatyana Mitkova, 24 years old, CEO and founder of Claim Compass

Mitkova has had many frustrating experiences with airlines. With her legal background, she decided to do something about it by launching Claim Compass. The business helps airline passengers submit a claim online for delayed, cancelled or overbooked flights. Claim Compass has helped 1,000 airline passengers get $420 each back from airlines for lost items and cancelled tickets.

17. Slater Victoroff, 24 years old, CEO and founder of Indico Data Solutions

Indico is a text and image analytics provider that helps financial firms process data faster. Victoroff has grown his Boston team to 10 people and has raised $4.5 million. The company did $500,000 in 2015 revenue and passed $1 million in 2016.

18. Dominik Vacikar, 24 years old, associate at Hummingbird VC

Vacikar was the co-founder of a bootstrapped lead generation company called Spaceship after stints driving growth at other startups. He has since become one of the world's youngest venture capitalists by joining Europe-based Hummingbird VC. He’s focused on building a tech platform at the VC firm that will help surface fundable startups.