I'm currently fifteen years old, a junior in high school. I've been doing a lot of research into jobs and salaries. I've got the grades and the determination to get into almost any college (except maybe the most elite Ivy League schools.) I have a goal: To be worth $10,000,000 by the age of thirty, and $100,000,000 by the time I retire. Obviously, this is a rather lofty goal. I've scoped out many different jobs, and while some pay more than others, none seem to be able to bring me to my goal. I've deduced that the only way is to start a successful business. I'm right now at a point where I can (almost literally) do anything at all with my life. I don't want to spend my life asking other people for raises or trying to start up the cooperate ladder. What should I do? Should I complete high school, eventually get an MBA and try to climb the ladder? Or should I start a business? Hopefully, by the time I graduate college (in 2014), the economy should have started going upward again.
Just to repeat: I'm an intelligent 15-year-old. I've got the financial support to go to almost any college I want. I don't want to lead a simple 'upper middle class' life, though. I need to be a multimillionaire. At this early in my life, what should I be thinking? Is there any particular college or major I should look for?
Thanks for your help!
EDIT: I don't want to to make some money and get it 50 years later, or something. Firstly, when I'm 65, almost everybody will be a millionaire. Secondly, when I'm 65, I won't enjoy being a millionaire nearly as much.
Just to repeat: I'm an intelligent 15-year-old. I've got the financial support to go to almost any college I want. I don't want to lead a simple 'upper middle class' life, though. I need to be a multimillionaire. At this early in my life, what should I be thinking? Is there any particular college or major I should look for?
Thanks for your help!
EDIT: I don't want to to make some money and get it 50 years later, or something. Firstly, when I'm 65, almost everybody will be a millionaire. Secondly, when I'm 65, I won't enjoy being a millionaire nearly as much.
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