Syed Balkhi is a millennial entrepreneur originally from Karachi, Pakistan.  Presently, he is most well known for his business WPBeginner. Balkhi started his first business when he was 7 years old selling holiday cards for Muslim holidays.  His mother was the initial investor in this business, however, he tripled her investment in a month.  At 9 years old, Syed, with the help of his mom and grandmother, started an extremely profitable snack shop for his neighborhood.

At 12 Balkhi’s family immigrated to the United States and his family began to struggle financially.  Syed quickly got involved in the domain industry and began buying and selling domains to earn a little cash on the side.  In 2009, after graduating college, Balkhi created WPBeginner – the largest free WordPress Resource site.  In 2011, he and his roommate developed List25, an entertainment site that currently has 1.3 million viewer.

Balkhi is only 25 years old now, and is sure to continue his love for entrepreneurship in the future.  While he has had many failures along the way, Syed has learned from these and continues to move forward.