10 Teenagers Who Built Million Dollar Companies

By siliconindia | Wednesday, 19 February 2014, 13:09 Hrs

Suhas Gopinath

Globel INC

This 19 year old entrepreneur is the founder, chairman and CEO of a multinational company, Globel INC. He founded the company at the age of 16, which deals with building websites and web portals for brick and mortar organization in the U.S. The world Economic Forum declared him the Young Global Leader for the year 2008-2009.

Matt Mullenweg

WordPress

He developed the open source software WordPress when he was a 19 year old college student. He developed bbPress in 2004 after dropping out of college. Hes the founder of the angel investment firm, Audrey Capital, through which he supports start-ups. In 2012, WordPress supported 70million sites world over. Forbes listed him in their Most influential Angel Investors list. He is considered as one of the 10 most influential people who can change the face of internet.

Anand Lal Shimpi

AnandTech

Anand Lal Shimpi started AnandTech as a hobby when he was a 14 year old. It was hosted on a Geosites website. The website which was started in 1997 is now counted as the leading web resource on computer hardware. In 2005, AnandTech registered 50million page views per month. He was featured in Fortune magazine and USA Today. Besides, he has authored a book AnandTech Guide to PC Gaming Hardware.