Top 30 Internet Websites Run by People 30 and Under

photography by kurtxio

The next time you hear someone say you’re too young to blah blah blah, tell them to shut up. Take a look at these web wunderkinds who are doing big things and proving that age ain’t nothing but a number.

Name [ Website ] Age – Company Revenue in Millions

1. Mark Zuckerberg [ Facebook ] 23 years old – $700MM
2. Andrew Gower [ Runescape ] 28 years old – $650MM
3. Blake Ross and David Hyatt [ Mozilla ] 22 years old – $120MM
4. Chad Hurley [ YouTube ] 30 years old – $85MM
5. Angelo Sotira [ Deviant Art ] 26 years old – $75MM
6. John Vechey [ PopCap Games ] 28 years old – $60MM
7. Alexander Levin [ WordPress ] 23 years old – $57MM
8. Alexander Levin [ ImageShack ] 23 years old – $56MM
9. Jake Nickell [ Threadless ] 28 years old – $50MM
10. Sean Belnick [ BizChair ] 20 years old – $42MM
11. Kevin Rose [ Digg ] 30 years old – $31MM
12. Robert Small [ MiniClips ] 24 years old – $23MM
13. Ryan Block [ Engadget ] 25 years old – $20MM
14. Aodhan Cullen [ StatCounter ] 24 years old – $18MM
15. Tom Fulp [ Newgrounds ] 29 years old – $15MM
16. Rishi Kacker and Matt Pauker [ Voltage ] 24 years old – $12MM
17. Markus Frind [ Plentyoffish ] 29 years old – $10MM
18. Catherine and David Cook [ myYearbook ] 17 & 19 years old – $10MM
19. Fredrik Neij [ The Pirate Bay ] 28 years old – $10MM
20. David Levich [ Iced Out Gear ] 25 years old – $10MM
21. David Hauser & Siamak Taghaddos [ Gotvmail ] 24 years old – $8MM
22. Jermaine Griggs [ Hear and Play ] 23 years old – $5MM
23. Jay Westerdal [ Domain Tools ] 29 years old – $5MM
24. Ashley Qualls [ Whateverlife ] 17 years old – $3MM
25. Mario Lavandeira [ Perez Hilton ] 29 years old – $3MM
26. Ben Way [ Rain Makers ] 27 years old – $2.2MM
27. Lauris Liberts [ Frype ] 25 years old – $2MM
28. Alex Tew [ Million Dollar Homepage ] 22 years old – $1.6MM
29. Rob Benwell [ Blogging to the Bank ] 23 years old – $1.2MM
30. Matt Wegrzyn [ Bodis ] 19 years old – $1MM

Hey what are you still doing reading this? Shouldn’t you be brainstorming your next million dollar idea?

Thanks to Michael over at Retire@21 for posting the original article here.

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