Caleb Johnson is a man who has had a history of entrepreneurship. He started his first business at nine years old. Young Caleb bought and sold beanie babies, starting by purchasing his sisters collection for $100 by middle school, he had turned this into a job earning him $50,000 per year! By age 15 he had become the youngest American to be appointed the CEO of a tokyo based company! He even had a book written called “15-Year-Old CEO.” He continued with business ventures through middle school and by the end of high school he had over $1,000,000 in his bank account! After this he went to Virginia tech for one year before realizing that, because of this love for learning, he had to drop out of school! He continued starting businesses. He even started a card company which sold for 10 million dollars to other venture capitalists. Today, he resides as the chairman and CEO of Magic City Ford Lincoln which is an auto dealership in Virginia. It has been in his family for four generations now making his business one of the few fourth generation car dealerships still in business! He continues with his love for investing in real estate and his own projects. He also loves to invest in various start-ups across many different industries.
I absolutely loved Beanie Babies as a kid, it’s so nice to read about them again.