How I dropped out of school at 17 and became a millionaire at 19

He was a teen-trepreneur.

A US high school dropout has set social media’s eyes pinwheeling after he revealed that he retired at 22, after becoming a millionaire in his teens.

“I had started to make a pretty substantial income from my business when I was 17 years old, and that was in the e-commerce industry,” Hayden Bowles said in a recent TikTok video. “I still work, I love to work but I am technically retired because of the money I’ve set aside from real estate.”

He added, “The money that pays me does support my lifestyle.”

Bowles frequently shares the secrets to his meteoric success on TikTok and YouTube, where he boasts nearly 107,000 followers and over 300,000 subscribers, respectively.

After dropping out of high school at 17, the budding businessman founded the platform EcommSeason, which charges up to $575 for courses on how to make money online.

These get-rich-quick tutorials discuss everything from dropshipping — the practice of accepting customers’ orders without keeping any stock on hand — to mastering TikTok’s advertising algorithm.

Bowles then invested earnings from EcommSeason into real estate to help bolster his portfolio.

Through this double-pronged approach, Bowles was able to buy a Lamborghini at 18, thereby achieving the apparent litmus test for manhood set by fellow TikTok millionaire Sebastian Ghiorghiu.

By 19, he was a bona fide millionaire.

Bowles has continued to add to his millions — earning $15 million in revenue and $3 million in profit last year from e-commerce alone, LadBible reported.

Throw in his real estate and EcommSeason earnings, and the rich-fluencer raked in a total of $7 million in 2022.

Bowles frequently details the spoils of his success on social media, inundating his feeds with footage of his luxury whips and trips to Bali and other exotic locales.

What’s the secret to making boatloads of cash in a flash? The mogul claimed in another clip that it’s paramount “to have a singular focus.”

Rather than pursuing a million different ventures — the trend among today’s side-hustling youth — the social media star advises pursuing “something scalable that you want to do long term.”

Budgeting is also important to keep in mind when riding the road to riches, per the wealth guru.

“Wealth is a ratio between our income and our expenses. It’s not a flat number,” explained Bowles, who claims that successful people live on only 20 percent of what they earn.

“If you can do that, you’re going to be able to save and invest and double down so aggressively,” Bowles said.

Ultimately, the youngster declared he doesn’t regret missing out on university experience.

In one clip, he described his earlier years as having all the “stupidity” of college “but you take it up like 20 levels further because everyone has money.”

“Instead of a practical joke where I throw a pie in your face, it involves a private jet and there’s $10,000 behind it and you’re hiring people to help you pull off a prank,” he said.

Bowles’ isn’t the first Zoomer to go from rags to riches at a young age, thereby bucking the popular stereotype of Gen Zers as Snapchat-addicted layabouts.

Virginia’s Andy Kong became a millionaire by age 20 by starting a variety of ventures, including e-commerce firm Project Wifi and cryptocurrency mining firm BlackWater (not to be confused with the controversial private military contractor of the same name).