17-Year-Old Outsmarts Wall Street with T-Shirts and AI Stocks
Meet Samik Sidhu, the 17-year-old Virginia wunderkind who flipped graphic tees and e-commerce digital products into a $72,700 stock-market jackpot from February to May 2024. This teenage tycoon climbed aboard the AI gravy train, investing $53,100 into NVIDIA, AMD, and some lesser-known alphabet soup like C3.ai and SMCI, proving once and for all that your credit card bill isn’t just for avocado toast. Sidhu hustled through Etsy apparel sales ($37.4K), a paid Signal networking club ($28K), and multiple failed startups before cracking the code: AI-assisted store logos and murky merchandise niches. Samik’s big advice? 'Pick one thing, stay consistent, ignore the chaos' — words your middle school math teacher would love, and maybe your portfolio too.
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Congrats Samik: turned teen TikTok hustle into $72K stock portfolio by betting on AI while we’re all stuck trying to figure out Venmo. Meanwhile, forking CPUs and tees somehow beats your 9-to-5 chaos. Adjust your resume, adults.
A 17-year-old made more flipping tees and dabbling in AI stocks than you did crushing instant noodles during office Zooms. Time to call mom about your life choices.
Look, if Samik can juggle Etsy drama, Signal cults, and a $72K tech portfolio before finishing high school, your excuse of 'too busy' is officially retired.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 11/2/2025 | Author: Lauren Edmonds
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