Age when they started these businesses:

Bill Gates, Microsoft: 19
Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook: 19
Michael Dell: 19
Jim Casey, UPS: 19
Richard Branson, Virgin: 19
Steve Jobs, Apple: 21
Walt Disney, Disney: 21
Vernon Rudolph, Krispy Kreme: 22
Daniel Ek, Spotify: 23
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Revenue generated per hour:

Amazon:   $66.3 million per hour
Apple:        $42.0 million per hour
Alphabet: $37.3 million per hour
Microsoft: $28.6 million per hour
Meta:   $16.9 million per hour
Nvidia:       $12.1 million per hour
Tesla:          $9.9 million per hour

On this day in 1985: AOL was founded.

A decade later, it was charging $20 a month for dial-up internet access.

By 1999, it was worth 10 times more than Apple.

In 2000, Palm was worth more than Apple, Nvidia & Amazon combined.