How 12-year-old Erik Finman turned a $1,000 Bitcoin (BTC USD) investment in 2011 into $1.09 million by age 18

Erik Finman was only 12 years old, when he invested a $1000 gift from his grandmother in Bitcoin in 2011. By the time he was 18 years he had 403 Bitcoins valued at $1.09 million based on a Bitcoin price of $2700.

His Bitcoin investment also helped him win a bet he had made with his parents that if he turned 18 and was a millionaire, they would not force him to go to college.

Finman said, “I can proudly say I made it, and I’m not going to college,” as quoted by CNBC.