9 CEOs Who Started Companies as Kids

Jason Finger, Seamless Web

Can you resist yourself from a glass of lemonade, as soon as you finished your run? That could be the best thing available to quench your thirst that time. A very similar idea struck into nine year old Jason’s mind, which resulted him to set up a lemonade stand next to a jogging path in downtown Manhattan. He and his cousin were very optimistic to get business selling lemonade and Kool-Aid punch. In 1999, Finger founded Seamless Web, a New York based online food delivery service and was sold to Aramark in 2006. Users have the option of ordering from the website or from a Seamless mobile app for iPhone, Android, or BlackBerry. On June 8, 2011, Spectrum Equity Investors made a $50 million minority investment in Seamless and the company has now been spun out of Aramark into an independent entity. On June 28, 2011, SeamlessWeb notified their clients that they will change their name to “Seamless”.