From Teen to Tycoon: The Youngest CEOs in the World

Jan 22, 2025 Khushi Kumari

A CEO (Chief Executive Officer) is the highest-ranking executive in a company or organization, responsible for major corporate decisions

[{"selector":"#anim-5dbe72cd-a7ea-4c1f-ae51-1aa44dcd0ddb [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-41.27374987780644%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-5bcf85d5-6f76-4239-b451-a76894c035c5","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-7eb0cd9d-61b6-4481-8d99-bc86ff3d3022","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, -506.00173%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-0d586ba9-89ce-4122-a0bb-202c4765eb94","keyframes":{"transform":["rotate(-540deg) scale(0.1)","none"],"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":1000,"fill":"both","iterations":1}]

Meet the youngest CEOs who achieved success at an Early age

[{"selector":"#anim-2271324b-ee83-4aee-857c-47dfa531e60f [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-31.45263662408625%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-f2306604-d807-4669-b0dc-11252fff5108","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-8e7e003c-c82c-4565-a274-2b153969f321","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, -506.00173%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-f75a7b30-c639-4f81-800d-8b925bf0d989","keyframes":{"transform":["rotate(-540deg) scale(0.1)","none"],"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":1000,"fill":"both","iterations":1}]

Advait Thakur, CEO of Apex Infosys India. He began using computers at 6 and built his first website at 9

[{"selector":"#anim-f9fa1380-40de-45d9-a224-436e6ab07eee [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-5.312499829338621%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-6cecf5ed-d732-4386-908e-fcff206cf8c1","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-1550f873-fd57-48e2-9732-02a373620a5c","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, -506.00173%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-936b1986-1d83-4b86-ba59-f1b015eb42f2","keyframes":{"transform":["rotate(-540deg) scale(0.1)","none"],"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":1000,"fill":"both","iterations":1}]

Hillary Yip named as the world's youngest CEO and founder of Minor Mynas, a social learning app

[{"selector":"#anim-780ccdd9-5209-4a69-9f80-a2f081e93dec [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-24.6874998293386%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-e23fc9f9-bbb4-424d-8701-46991b41ffcf","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-5c3a7fc5-dca7-4429-9bf5-c1f32f81c66e","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, -506.00173%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-f3df2c92-e3ef-4a6f-a280-b126cd670897","keyframes":{"transform":["rotate(-540deg) scale(0.1)","none"],"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":1000,"fill":"both","iterations":1}]

Suhas Gopinath, founder of Global Inc., a multinational IT company. He became CEO at the age of 17

[{"selector":"#anim-76db728e-e87b-43e8-a39b-d328326b1bc0 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-19.291338367670665%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-c5843a75-fd6d-44ef-a8f9-48b3c7ada250","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-e1caeb91-a619-4798-87c7-c1be0c4de295","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, -506.00173%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-de92a258-3801-47a5-a21a-532cc4159598","keyframes":{"transform":["rotate(-540deg) scale(0.1)","none"],"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":1000,"fill":"both","iterations":1}]

Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, was titled as the youngest CEO ever

[{"selector":"#anim-a10bdeae-9dd9-4507-9775-4447efc02627 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-35.058593654002955%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-2b6e5c00-ed8a-4563-a234-ee2eefe053f1","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-28696b1b-cb7b-46bf-9ea3-c660380e2fad","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, -506.00173%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-74144e70-0f9c-45a5-9b61-da5a53a39913","keyframes":{"transform":["rotate(-540deg) scale(0.1)","none"],"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":1000,"fill":"both","iterations":1}]

Evan Spiegel became the youngest CEO when Snap went public in 2017

[{"selector":"#anim-dd8938eb-dfe3-42ac-8ca4-926d223c0c8b [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-22.922851453770015%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-d8dfb0bd-34b8-4f2c-9a17-99e3252299a7","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-3b1db0c4-a60c-4b46-a177-60a2c6fe7f28","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, -506.00173%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-0e194f01-c72f-4b0e-84a3-64c71a7899a4","keyframes":{"transform":["rotate(-540deg) scale(0.1)","none"],"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":1000,"fill":"both","iterations":1}]

Ben Pasternek, at an age of 16, becomes the CEO of Flogg, a social networking app

[{"selector":"#anim-317a6b79-f34a-4d16-a83d-ef4383650c6d [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-31.658393387979437%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-7d0ad5ef-5083-4ef3-8593-0cc326438798","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-352b1423-5878-4657-99d8-1111a120efcb","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, -506.00173%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-8f787687-6995-494d-9cd7-3f4eaea14b0c","keyframes":{"transform":["rotate(-540deg) scale(0.1)","none"],"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":1000,"fill":"both","iterations":1}]

Ritesh Aggarwal got the title of youngest CEO at the age of 18. He was a panelist on Shark Tank India

[{"selector":"#anim-260496e5-5030-4113-b368-031e2752923f [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-7.812499744007886%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-ce12272d-2bf4-49c7-a652-8605328d89ed","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-3fcecd22-bffa-493f-86b7-b866cd21880f","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, -506.00173%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-4042f5f0-521a-4da2-82fa-93fa29f2ca56","keyframes":{"transform":["rotate(-540deg) scale(0.1)","none"],"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":1000,"fill":"both","iterations":1}]

Mathew Mullenweg, co-founder of WordPress and CEO of automattic

[{"selector":"#anim-c74fbd4b-0c2e-4963-ae84-e80f76c1e451 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-22.812499872003936%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-830b74e4-0bb5-4c20-b9b2-5b3f2ac436e1","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-cc18e577-fcc7-4c69-bbba-11f0e8a4fc5d","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, -506.00173%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-3cbfcf89-e414-4238-bb8a-125e930d3186","keyframes":{"transform":["rotate(-540deg) scale(0.1)","none"],"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":1000,"fill":"both","iterations":1}]

Tilak Mehta became CEO of Paper N Parcel, a logistics startup company in India

[{"selector":"#anim-38e36dfc-d736-4ffa-a49a-44f961b88982 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-31.24999987200394%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-abb9f026-21d9-4d70-b396-95551dfc1205","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-9c68cb91-04f2-4bc4-b8e1-a024e5eba9da","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, -506.00173%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-f68b1ee6-245c-440d-86c7-116b5e10011f","keyframes":{"transform":["rotate(-540deg) scale(0.1)","none"],"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":1000,"fill":"both","iterations":1}]

Neha Narkhede, co-founder and former CTO of Confluent, later serving in a leadership role

[{"selector":"#anim-c2d179ed-2184-4d96-9c2a-206329b4bd13 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-21.80468732891194%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-67099c7b-177b-48bb-a6df-cd660a570842","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-32bb78c1-1a1a-4e36-a439-1e670d890b91","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, -506.00173%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-f96ed306-20f2-4db1-96ac-3aa3b4d2001e","keyframes":{"transform":["rotate(-540deg) scale(0.1)","none"],"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":1000,"fill":"both","iterations":1}]

Read More Lights, Camera, Controversy: 29 Celebs Under ED Scanner UNESCO Removes 3 African Sites from “In Danger” List Earth Spins Faster: July 9, 2025 Sets Record for Shortest Day McDonald’s Revamps U.S. Menu with Global Favorites