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Fresh Faces in Tech: 10 Kid Entrepreneurs under 21 to Watch

Here are 10 people—one only 15 years old and none yet of legal drinking age—who have created companies that in some cases are already bringing in millions of dollars in revenues.

Bill Gates was 19 when he came up with the idea for Microsoft. Michael Dell was the same age when he started selling computers out of his dorm room. Who are the teens of today that are trying to hatch the big tech and media ideas of tomorrow? We talked with venture capitalists, tech executives, college professors and entrepreneurs to find out.

In looking at the next generation of would-be Bill Gateses and Steve Jobses, one thing quickly becomes clear: how much the world has changed for tech innovators. First of all, new distribution platforms are popping up all the time. If previous generations of tech entrepreneurs were all about the computer, the current crop of can draw on everything from mobile phones to social networks to user-generated sites for business ideas.

Full Story and Slideshow: http://www.contentnext.com/econaffinity/list_intro/top-10-kids-in-tech/

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