At 19, Ben Way was already a millionaire, and one of a growing member of teenagers who have made their fortune through the Internet. What make Ben's story all the more remarkable is that he is dyslexic, and was told by teachers at his junior school that he would never be able to read or write totally. "I wanted to prove them wrong," says Ben, creator and director of WaySearch, a net search engine which can be used to find goods and online shopping malls.
When he was eight, his local authorities provided him with a PC to help with schoolwork. Although he was unable to read the manuals, he had a natural ability with the computer, and animated by his father, he soon began animated people $ 10 Jan hour for his knowledge and skills. At the age of 15 he put up his own computer consultancy, Quard Computer, which he ran from his bedroom, two years later he left school to devote all his time to business.
"By the time the company had grown and I needed to take on a couple of employees to help me, "says Ben.'That enabled to start bringing business with bigger companies. ' It was his ability to consistenly overlook difficult challenges that led him to win the Young Entrepreneur of the Year award in the same year that he formed WaySearch, and he has recently signed a deal worth $ 25 million with a private investment company, which will finance his search engine.
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