Top Teen Tycoons
of 2004
The 2007
List coming shortly - New
Teen Moguls, and update
"where's 2004 moguls now?"
| Rank |
Name |
Business |
1
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Jeffrey
Arnold
|
WEBMd - At age
29, Jeff Arnold is an Internet fairy tale if there ever was one. Arnold
has become, in less than one year, one of the most powerful players, if
not the most powerful, in Internet health care. The startup he founded
is now valued at $3.5 billion, thanks to its merger with Healtheon. |
2
|
Michael
Furdyk
|
Michael
Furdyk is the Co-founder and Director of Technology for
TakingITGlobal.org, a global online community for young people,
engaging members in over 200 countries and territories. In the past, he
has turned his interest in technology into a series of successful
online companies, co-founding MyDesktop.com in 1997 (later sold to
Internet.com in 1999) and BuyBuddy.com in 1999. Over the last few
years, Michael has consulted for many Fortune 500 companies, including
a 6-month engagement with Microsoft in Seattle, Washington.
|
|
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|
3
|
Cameron
Johnson
|
At age nine,
Cameron started his Internet Enterprise thats now generates over a
million dollars in revenue. Projects include, CertificateSwap.com
and Zablo.com. |
4
|
Brett
Klasko
|
Brett Klasko,
17, is an editor, publisher and president of his own financial
dot-com company. In a few short years, he built his
Internet business, Investors Alley Corp. (www.investorsalley.com)
into an award-winning Web site. In 2004, Investors
Alley could show a $50 million. |
|
Related Story:
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5
|
Farrah
Gray
|
By the age of 12, he
had founded a venture capital firm that raised $1 million from private
investors to help teen-agers start their own businesses. For
Gray, who is now 17 and a self-made millionaire, that pre-teen foray
was just the beginning of a rewarding career in finance. Today, he has
offices on Wall Street, Las Vegas and Los Angeles, commands up to
$10,000 as a public speaker, has been the chief executive of four
companies, and is one of two youth members on the South Nevada United
Way Board of Directors. |
6
|
Paul
Scandariato
|
At age 13, founded
Intelli Innovations, a highly profitable Macintosh software development
company that has evolved into a consulting company. He started by
selling shareware that he created using REALbasic. His business, which
includes both consulting and developing commercial software, now
provides him with a six-figure income. "He's not just a good software
developer, he's a good businessperson," says Geoff Perlman, CEO of REAL
Software.
|
| 7 |
Anand
Lal Shimpi
|
The 17-year-old high
school senior who is the CEO and creator of an Internet company
(www.anandtech.com)
that reviews hardware, juggles school and 60-hour workweeks, a steady
girlfriend, time with friends and, as their only child, a close
relationship with his parents. He's site averages over 1.5
million readers a day and over 1 million in ad revenue. |
|
Related Story:
Amazing success story of a teen techie |
8
|
Nate
Turner
|
Partnered
with Cameron Johnson, to create CertifcateSwap.com.
|
9
|
Jayson Meyer
|
At 17, Jayson
and his company has reen revenue over 1.5 million. He is
currently the president of Meyer Tech builds customized computers,
which Mr. Meyer and his team make from hardware parts they buy. His
employees also write a variety of software programs, including
customized accounting and billing programs, and design and maintain
communications systems for business clients. |
10
|
Ryan
Patterson
|
Designed and built a
glove that translates the American sign language alphabet into
characters on a small computer screen, reducing the need for
translators for the deaf. The invention, which has a patent pending,
earned him first prize at the national Siemens Westinghouse Science and
Technology Competition, the Young Scientist award from Intel, more than
$300,000 in scholarship and prize money, and an invitation to attend
the 2001 Nobel Prize awards ceremony. He plans to attend Stanford
University or the University of Colorado and major in electrical
engineering. |
|
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11
|
Ryan
Allis
|
Ryan
is the president of the Carolina Entrepreneurship Club at the
UNC-Chapel Hill, CEO of Broadwick Corporation, the developers of the
IntelliContact Pro email list management software, CEO and President of
Virante, Inc., a North Carolina based web marketing consulting
firm. Also, publisher of ZeroMillion.com.
|
12
|
Daniel
Anstandig
|
Lauched
DAER Internet radio, has over 17 million impressions a month.
|
13
|
Matthew
Chaifetz
|
CEO of Innovative
Travel Concepts (ITC) is a travel booking service that Matthew started
when he was 13. That year he had to spend a lot of time at home because
he was sick. Instead of loading up on MTV, he educated himself on the
travel biz. |
14
|
Ephren
Taylor and Michael Stahl
|
Harnessing the Web
to match job-seeking teens with short-staffed companies is the secret
of success for GoFerretGo, the first and largest company owned by
Ephren Taylor and Michael Stahl. GoFerretGo.com is valued at
3.125 million. |
15
|
Will
Thurston
|
PayBar.com is making
everyone's pay day a happy event indeed. People who sign up to be
members of PayBar get paid to view ads on the Internet. |
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