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Cameron Johnson may just be the first millionaire high school graduate the world has ever seen. Starting his first business at age 9, Johnson went on an entrepreneurship spree, making and selling five separate businesses by age 19. “I was 15 years old and receiving checks between $300,000 and $400,000 per month,” says Johnson. By the time he graduated high school, he had a net worth of over $1 million.
His business model focuses on creating new businesses, establishing their value, and selling them off to other investors. As mentioned, he made five separate business ventures by the age of 19. He does not want to keep with an idea to make it something great, but rather to create anew.
Interestingly, Johnson does not make many new products. His main gift lies in taking other people’s products and marketing them. 3 of his 5 ventures were advertising companies, using online adds or even greeting cards.
Although it’s not clear what drives this superhuman entrepreneur, he makes a point of saying, “True prosperity isn’t something you take from the world: it’s something you share with the world.” Perhaps he simply wants to lift himself and the people around him through his spectacular ideas. Maybe he does it just for the thrill of the new idea. But no one can dispute – he is a genius, and he has made the world a better place.
Johnson may be an inspiration to us all, reminding us that you are never too young to build something amazing. He was only 9! But genius though he was, he mostly focused on selling other people’s products. He didn’t expect himself to invent the next lightbulb, airplane, or smartphone. He just did what he was good at, and never asked any permission.
https://www.forbes.com/2008/02/09/teen-millionaires-startups-ent-johnson-cx-ml_0211johnson.html?sh=21c2e8227eef
https://www.investopedia.com/10-successful-young-entrepreneurs-4773310
Nice post, Ransom!
Very interesting read on how someone so young could find his niche and thrive in it. I was really surprised at how young he started and was able to continue that throughout his coming years. He didn’t just stop at one he kept finding new ways to innovate the market and add a new perspective to others’ ideas.
This was a very interesting post to read. It’s awesome to see someone so young become so successful with multiple business ideas.
Good post! Achieving those things at such a young age is very impressive. You highlighted well the fact that entrepreneurship and innovation can be demonstrated outside of just making new products–Johnson was a successful entrepreneurial marketer.