The Mega-Millennials™ Top 20 – (Top Millennial Millionaires and Billionaires)

Who are The Mega-Millennials™?

There are hundreds of thousands, of extremely successful young people. But there are some that have reached a level of success, achievement, fame, and fortune that few people will ever attain. They are The Mega-Millennials™.

These ultra-successful, wealthy people, born between 1980 and 2000, are self-made multi-millionaires, record breakers, trendsetters, cultural icons, social media giants, recipients of huge inheritances, and exceptional entrepreneurs with a world-wide reputation that extends beyond their profession and generation. All of this before the age of 30. (Of course, none of this keeps them controversy-free.)

Here are the Top 20 Mega-Millennials™:

Real Estate Q & A: Invest in Real Estate?

Q: What’s up Al? I need some advice… I’m livin here at school and I just recently rented a house… my old land lord currently wants to sell my old house for about 78k. I was thinking if I bought the house then rented it out it would be a way to get a income… what do u think? –(Russell H., college student)

Inside The Mind Of Celeste Francine Jackson

“Tolerance leads to cooperation; cooperation leads to unity, and unity leads to progress.”

–Celeste F. Jackson

A couple of years ago I was having a great time conducting a seminar on personalities and thinking styles. During this interactive seminar I used a few of the students as examples. Out of those students, one young lady in particular stood out and the end of the seminar we started talking.

In order to find out if I was really on my game, she challenged me to identify her thinking style. (That’s what I love about Millenials—they are open to new ideas and very skeptical at the same time so you better be on point when dealing with them.)

She gave me a big smile to signal her approval as I identified the correct thinking quadrant for her and then she told me her name: Celeste Jackson.

Homeless Millennials

I recently read that the average age of a homeless person in the United States is 9 years old. What?!

There’s been some debate as to whether or not that statistic is accurate, but either way there’s definitely a problem.

Grrr…

That really irritates me. The richest nation in the world, huh?

Inside The Mind Of Anthony L. Harris

“There’s a leader, but everyone has an important role.”

–Anthony Harris

It is rare to find a student that is as committed to the success of his fellow students as he is to his own success. Most students are boggled down with taking care of the academic and personal challenges that matter most—their own. Anthony L. Harris, however, is an entirely different story.

From his days as a freshman at the University of Louisville in ’01-‘02 to receiving his master’s degree in education in May of ’08, two things consistently remain on Harris’ mind: student success and student retention.

Through program development or the daunting task of being a founding member, Harris has played a crucial role in the success of organizations such as Under Graduate Students Helping to Recruit (USHR), Collegiate 100 (a division of 100 Black Men of America), Think College Now, the Graduate Association for Professionals in Student Affairs (GAPSA), and the Student African-American Brotherhood (SAAB).

I’ll let the man himself tell you more about what’s going on inside the mind of Anthony L. Harris.

Inside The Mind Of Alicia English

“It’s not what you’re called it’s what you answer to. You have to set the standards of what you’re going to accept for yourself.”

–Alicia English

I spend a lot of time challenging young people; challenging them to grow; challenging them to elevate their thinking. Recently, a young lady turned the tables on me.

I was just beginning a session on the power of networking when Alicia English—a senior marketing major at Alabama A&M University and President of Phi Beta Lambda Business Fraternity, Inc.—walked in. All of the students were paired up and were preparing to play my networking game.

As the students began to play I introduced myself to Alicia and told her what the other students were doing. She was eager to play but she didn’t have a partner. So what does she do? She walks right up to the front of the room and says, “I’m your partner, Mr. Duncan. Let’s see how well you do at your own game.”

What nerve. But of course, a brother had to represent. So I accepted. Alicia has excellent networking skills. She was great at the game. What about me?

We’ll talk about that in a second. So, let’s find out what’s inside the mind of this powerful young lady.

The Young and Exceptional™: Ulysses W. Burley III

“See, there are a lot of smart people, brother. It’s hard work that’s going to get you over the hump.” —Ulysses W. Burley III

As I was going through the hundreds of email from students in my inbox I noticed one from Ulysses W. Burley III. His bio and curriculum vitae were so nice I had to read them twice! His incredible passion and work ethic were clearly evident as I read his amazing and truly inspiring story.

Ulysses is a medical doctoral candidate at Northwestern and Rush Universities of Chicago. He attended Morehouse College as a Packard Science Scholar (a full scholarship) and is the recipient of numerous awards and honors. He has at least a dozen medical terms on his C.V. that I have no idea how to pronounce. Ha!

Ulysses has accrued over seven years of cancer research experience, contributing to a compliment of research projects with two major first author publications as well as two co-authorships and guess what? He’s only 24 years old.

‘Nuff said. Let’s find out what else is inside the mind of Ulysses W. Burley III.