Hayden Bowles, a high school dropout, has claimed to have retired as a millionaire at the age of 22 by building a successful online business empire. With 300,000 followers on YouTube and

100,000 on TikTok, Bowles said he has built a real estate portfolio and created online courses on topics such as Performance Dropshipping and TikTok Ads Blueprint, which have brought him considerable wealth.

He also advised his followers to focus on a single scalable venture rather than splitting their attention across multiple businesses. Despite dropping out of school, Bowles claimed to have earned a substantial income in the e-commerce industry and has grown his businesses ever since.

Mon Kumar, another young entrepreneur from Melbourne, has also built up her wealth through investments, which she believes is a way to attain financial independence and retire early. Photo by Flying Logos, Wikimedia commons.