Kenan Pala: Kids4Community
One day on a beach in California, a less-than-10-year-old Kenan Pala and his dad were running on the beach when they noticed a sick baby seal surrounded by people giving it blankets and calling Park Rangers. On the way back, though, they noticed a sick homeless person on the side of the road going entirely…
Emil Barr – Step Up Social & Flashpass
Emil Barr is a 22-year-old gen z entrepreneur who immigrated to the United States from Russia. He attended the Farmer Business School at the University of Miami studying Economics and International Business. In 2021, when Emil was only a freshman in college, he began his first startup called Step Up Social. Step Up Social was…
Steven Wang – Aelfric Eden
Steven Wang is an Asian American fashion enthusiast and entrepreneur from Taiwan. Steven loved fashion at a young age. He started to learn that you can create any design and put it into fashion. The problem Steven saw was that a lot of the clothes were plain and didn’t have a lot of design. Another…
Jaffry Jan Mallari
Jaffry Jan Mallari’s story is a true Gen Z success tale one that blends creativity, resilience, and community. Born in 1998, Jaffry turned his love for design and streetwear into Resurgence Supply, a thriving clothing brand that started from his bedroom and grew into a six-figure business. What makes his journey exemplary is how he…
Mikaila Ulmer: Me & the Bees Lemonade
Mikaila Ulmer’s story is special because she didn’t just start a business to make money. She started her business to solve a real problem. When she was only four years old, she learned about how bees were going extinct and how that would change our environment in major ways. She came across her grandmother’s old…
Mikaila Ulmer: Turning a Bee Sting into a Business
In 2016, at the age of 15, while preparing for a local children’s business fair, Mikaila Ulmer was stung by two bees. Most kids would have been scared, but for her, this moment became a turning point. After learning how important bees were to the environment and that they were dying at a rapid rate,…
Felix Finkbeiner – Plant-for-the-Planet
Sparked by an elementary school project when he was nine years old, Felix Finkbeiner grew passionate about the issue of climate change and deforestation. From there, he founded his organization Plant-for-the-Planet, inviting fellow children to plant a million trees with him. They managed to hit that milestone a little more than three years later. Today,…
Rachel Zeitz and Gladiator lacross
In 2012 at the age of 13 while practicing lacrosse in her backyard Rachel Zeitz launched a ball into her lacrosse rebounder however the net broke on impact. To many this might not seem like a big deal because she could just go out and get a new one. For her though this was a…
Kate Barton – Fashion for the Future
Kate Barton did not set off in the fashion industry looking to start a brand, in fact, she wasn’t even sure how to start a singular piece of clothing. Having never played around with design, Barton didn’t see it as an option when heading into college and instead pursued a business degree until switching to…
Ben Pasternak
Ben Pasternak is another great example of a young entrepreneur, as he started his career at the early age of 15. Ben used his skills to create games and social apps, Impossible Rush and Monkey which were both popular amongst many. Using his newfound fame as a young game and app designer, Ben continued to…