Born in Los Angeles in 1992, Jordan Maron found fame and fortune on YouTube, at a time when that was practically unheard of. Maron launched the CaptainSparklez channel in 2010 at the age of 18, where he discussed videogames. It was an immediate success. From early on Maron started partnering with brands in order to monetize his videos.
To date Maron’s channels have amassed over 2.8 billion views, and he has close to 10 million subscribers. He’s estimated to be worth more than $8 million, and in 2015 he splashed out $4.5 million on a swanky pad in the Hollywood Hills.
Though he is best known for CaptainSparklez, Maron is also a successful musician. He distributes his music through yet another successful YouTube channel called Maron Music. In 2015, he launched his own mobile gaming company, XREAL, too.
To date Maron’s channels have amassed over 2.8 billion views, and he has close to 10 million subscribers. He’s estimated to be worth more than $8 million, and in 2015 he splashed out $4.5 million on a swanky pad in the Hollywood Hills.
Though he is best known for CaptainSparklez, Maron is also a successful musician. He distributes his music through yet another successful YouTube channel called Maron Music. In 2015, he launched his own mobile gaming company, XREAL, too.
BRENNAN AGRANOFF
Brennan Agranoff is still in high school but last year he sold over $1 million-worth of custom-designed athletic socks. He is the founder and CEO of HoopSwagg, a start-up he founded when he was just 13 years old.
After noticing that the student athletes in his high school were all splurging on plain white designer socks, Agranoff wondered if they would be willing to shell out for better, more interesting apparel. After six months of research, he managed to persuade his parents to invest, and their $3,000 seed money helped Agranoff launch the business out of the family garage in Oregon.
HoopSwagg owes much of its success to social media, and today it employs 17 staff as well as Agranoff and his mother. The teenager manages the sock empire single-handedly, and has even taught himself to code so he could manage the website and online shop. To top it all off, he is graduating high school early with plans to grow HoopSwagg to retail in stores and offer more customized products like shoelaces and ties.