Palmer Luckey has created a super successful business that has made hundreds of millions of dollars at such a young age. Luckey, who is the founded of and CEO of Oculus VR, has raked in nearly $100 million from venture capitalists and an addition $2.4 million from a Kickstarter site. His company, Oculus VR, is a set of virtual reality goggles that you can play video games on. The thought of being inside some of your favorite video games is something Luckey wanted to witness himself, and put his work to the test. Luckey developed his vision for this product in his teen years, and he crafted his first prototype when he was 16. He entered and explored the world of virtual reality, which was becoming more and more popular as technological advances increase. He started designing and creating virtual reality headsets when he was just 16, at 19 he founded his company, Oculus VR, and at 21 he sold it to Facebook for $2 billion. Millions of people were amazed at the thought of virtual reality and how technology has advanced so much, tempting them to indulge in the product and purchase it. And now, at just 22, Palmer Luckey is on the verge of doing what generations of technologists before him tried and failed, bringing virtual reality to the masses. Expansion in virtual reality can reach crazy heights, Luckey believes. He thinks VR can apply to jobs, being able to see the doctor by putting a pair of goggles on, and even having medical workers practicing and perfecting their surgery procedures in virtual reality. Virtual reality is the future and will continue to prosper, changing the world in a positive way. Luckey, who created something that will forever be remembered, creating a net worth of over $500 million, which no one this young has ever accomplished.
Nick, I think it was super cool how this entrepreneur was so successful at such a young age and how he reached so many people. It is crazy to think how impactful and how much of an influence our ideas can become, sometimes it just takes the right idea to make a big difference.
It’s amazing how so many of these entrepreneurs aren’t even in college, yet they creating products that are in demand by the masses.