An exciting look at 75 contributors under age 20 who have done remarkable things, from entrepreneurship to athletics to music and more.
Welcome to the future!
2 Billion Under 20 is a book, online community, and movement inspired by the 2 billion people in the world currently at or under the age of twenty. We stand for Millennials, Gen Z'ers, and those who want to better understand them and their unique potential. This book shows how we can all act on our passions and make a difference at any age.
Young entrepreneurs Stacey Ferreira and Jared Kleinert have brought together 75 stories from ambitious young people like Paige McKenzie, who started her own YouTube channel at sixteen that now has more than 55 million views; Sam Mikulak, who's represented Team USA in the Olympics and is a seven-time NCAA champion in Men's Gymnastics; Jack Andraka, who developed an early detection test for pancreatic cancer at fifteen; Tallia Storm, a Scottish singer who was discovered by and opened a concert for Elton John, on her way to signing a record deal with Virgin Records; Dau Jok, who escaped civil war in South Sudan to become captain of the University of Pennsylvania's Division 1 basketball team and founder of a nonprofit to help youth in his native country, and many other accomplished and inspiring Millennials from all walks of life.
Join the movement and change the world!
An exciting look at 75 contributors under age 20 who have done remarkable things, from entrepreneurship to athletics to music and more.
Welcome to the future!
2 Billion Under 20 is a book, online community, and movement inspired by the 2 billion people in the world currently at or under the age of twenty. We stand for Millennials, Gen Z'ers, and those who want to better understand them and their unique potential. This book shows how we can all act on our passions and make a difference at any age.
Young entrepreneurs Stacey Ferreira and Jared Kleinert have brought together 75 stories from ambitious young people like Paige McKenzie, who started her own YouTube channel at sixteen that now has more than 55 million views; Sam Mikulak, who's represented Team USA in the Olympics and is a seven-time NCAA champion in Men's Gymnastics; Jack Andraka, who developed an early detection test for pancreatic cancer at fifteen; Tallia Storm, a Scottish singer who was discovered by and opened a concert for Elton John, on her way to signing a record deal with Virgin Records; Dau Jok, who escaped civil war in South Sudan to become captain of the University of Pennsylvania's Division 1 basketball team and founder of a nonprofit to help youth in his native country, and many other accomplished and inspiring Millennials from all walks of life.
Join the movement and change the world!
ABOUT THE EDITORS
STACEY FERREIRA is a tech entrepreneur who co-founded MySocialCloud.com when she was in high school. After selling to Reputation.com in 2013, she started AdMoar and co-founded 2BillionUnder20.com with Jared Kleinert, with whom she coauthored the book 2 Billion under 20: How Millennials Are Breaking Down Age Barriers And Changing the World. Ferreira co-founded and is now CEO of Forge.
JARED KLEINERT started an edtech startup at 15, and at 16 he founded Synergist. Forbes consequently dubbed him the "Definition of a Social Entrepreneur". Kleinert came up with the idea for 2 Billion Under 20 at the 2012 Under 20 Summit in New York City, where he met Stacey Ferreira, with whom he coauthored the book 2 Billion Under 20: How Millennials Are Breaking Down Age Barriers and Changing the World.
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