Boys will be…millionaires.
Most adolescent boys are playing video games or with a ball outside — yet this Seattle teen has more money in his pocket than most adults twice his age have.
Alex Butler invented a wildly successful card game called Taco vs. Burrito when he was only 7-years-old — which has turned him into a 15-year-old millionaire, according to the Seattle Times.
The young entrepreneur conceptualized the game “randomly” after spending much of his childhood playing card games with his family.
Having an imagination and creating new games to play didn’t make Butler’s parents, Leslie Pierson and Mark Butler, bat an eyelash since he was always creating and experimenting with fun projects.
However, after seeing how serious their son was about creating a card game that could potentially wind up on store shelves one day — they started a GoFundMe-type site to help pay for the pricey cost of production.
The family managed to raise $25,000 — and from there they created their own business, Hot Taco Inc., chose a manufacturer and eventually put the game on Amazon to sell for $20 a piece.
What happened next was a dream come true for any entrepreneur — the response to the game was beyond anything young Butler could’ve imagined. By 2018, the family made almost $1.1 million, as explained by the outlet and it’s now Amazon’s No. 1 bestselling game.
At a certain point, the high schooler was ready to part ways with his original concept. Just last month, he sold Taco vs. Burrito in a cash deal to Wisconsin-based PlayMonster.
The family didn’t disclose how much the game sold for — but one could only imagine it had a lot of 0s at the end of it.
“It was never something that I’ve been attached to or anything,” the teen told the Seattle Times. “It’s not super important to me. I just kind of wanted to get the most money out of it.”
When asked what he wants to do with the money — the family is still deciding — the teen has his eyes on one thing and one thing only: “a Lambo.”
Butler isn’t the only teen cashing in — reportedly, 2 in 5 American teens are learning how to earn money online.
“In the past, you had to find somewhere to sell a product, set up a payment platform, network and build up a community of potential customers before you could even think about launching your own business,” said Cameron Zoub, co-founder and chief growth officer at Whop in Brooklyn, an online business platform.
“Now, all you need is a phone and an internet connection.”
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