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Sahil is the Founder & CEO at Gumroad, an e-commerce platform that helps over 40k+ creators do more of what they love by selling products directly to consumers.!
At 19, Sahil Lavingia has already designed scores of apps and worked at one of the hottest startups in the world–but he's only getting started.
The Most Interesting Teenager In Silicon Valley
Sahil Lavingia is 19 years old. By age 15 he was financially independent — he created 20 apps and made more than $100,000.
During his first semester at USC, Lavingia was contacted by Pinterest's founders.
He dropped out of school to become a founding member of the site.
At the peak of the Pinterest craze last August, Lavingia walked away to start his own company. Now the teen has founded Gumroad, a site that lets users sell anything directly to their social media followers with a short url link.
Lavingia raised $1.1 million in four days and investors have offered him millions more since Gumroad's mid-February launch.
We caught up with Lavingia, who is easily the most interesting teen in Silicon Valley right now.
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Business Insider:What's your story?
Why aren't you in school right now?
Sahil Lavingia: I started a
