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21-Year-Old Makes $1.9M With Online Crime Game

by Caleb Johnson on October 7, 2009 at 08:22 AM


The Internet has made it much easier for intrepid young folks to make a ton of money. All you need is a good idea, which is exactly what Joe Chedburn had when he was just 16-years-old. Chedburn decided to build a text-based online crime game that a "self-confessed geek" like him would enjoy. Not only did he accomplish that goal, but Chedburn built quite a nice bank account, too.

According to the Telegraph, the now 21-year-old is a millionaire thanks to revenue from 'Torn,' which hauls in around $80,000 each month. It's free to play the game in which players operate an imaginary crime syndicate, but many of the 41,000 active users spend money on extras and upgrades. It's a business model that other similar online crime games, like 'Mobsters,' have proved is very successful, as evidenced by Chedburn's fat wallet.

Stories like this make us ashamed of our teenage years. At an age when we were trying to sneak alcohol and girls into our parents' basement, Chedburn was building the foundation of his financial future. [From: The Telegraph]

Tags: entrepreneur, financial, games, internet, money, online, top, videogames, web

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