John Ducas (investor)

Ducas speaking at a conference

John Ducas (born January 13, 1998) is a teen-aged investor and entrepreneur.

Ducas is from New York City but currently lives in Europe with his family. At the age of 9 he started investing with play money at Marketwatch. When he was 13 his parents gave him 3,000 euros to invest, and he opened a trading account with an online broker.[1][2] At age 15, he founded Ducas Capital Management, which specializes in financial research.[3] According to Forbes magazine, he serves over 110 clients.[2]

He is a member of a global community of young investors and entrepreneurs and the creator of an online stock market instruction course called The Beginners Guide to the Stock Market, with over 5,000 enrolled students.[4]

Ducas was the youngest person on Business Insider's list of the most powerful people in finance.[5] He created and is a political analyst on The Young Informer, a YouTube channel devoted to news and current events, which has more than 30,000 subscribers.[6] He is one of the youngest contributors to The Huffington Post.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "The 20 under 20: Meet the teen traders trying to take over the finance world". Business Insider. 2013. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
  2. 1 2 Strauss, Karsten (September 4, 2014). "16 Year-Old Investor Plays Video Games, Basketball And The Stock Market". Forbes. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
  3. ↑ CNBC, CNBC (November 20, 2014). "Are you ever too young to trade?". CNBC. Retrieved November 22, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Millennial profile of the week: John Ducas". Future Forbes List. September 13, 2014. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
  5. ↑ Yang, Stephanie (July 3, 2014). "The Most Powerful Person In Finance At Every Age". Business Insider. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  6. ↑ "The Young Informer". YouTube. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  7. ↑ "John Ducas Author Profile". Huffington Post. September 13, 2014. Retrieved October 1, 2014.
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