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Kevin Dao is rich. No, he didn’t win the lottery. He wasn’t on the ground floor of a get-rich-quick scheme. He didn’t even inherit money from a mysterious relative. At 18 years old, the Wichita Southeast High School senior competed against 617 other... read more

YE alum Adreon Horn is now a senior at Topeka High School. After graduation, he looks forward to attending Evangel University in Springfield, Missouri, where he will major in Business Management and minor in Marketing. Adreon always considered business something he... read more

“Youth Entrepreneurs taught me that there are people out there who are working hard to ensure I have a prosperous future,” says YE alumna Sierra Brown. “YE exposed me to my full potential.” Today, Sierra is thriving as a freshman at Wichita State... read more

YE alum J.D. Young is the proud owner of a growing shaved ice empire: Funky Monkeys Shaved Ice. “Because of the knowledge I gained in YE, today I’m years ahead of where I would have been.” Hear J.D.’s entrepreneurship story.As a YE student: J.D... read more

Akinbola | Grady High School, 2010 | Atlanta, GeorgiaArmed with the confidence and tools gained through YE, Akinbola graduated high school as the owner of his own business, Bola Films. His video work helped him get accepted into Howard University, and he relocated to... read more