Matteo Achilli was a 22-year-old student when he earned his first million. A young man is often compared with Mark Zuckerberg, because he became the owner of a multi-million dollar fortune and created his own social network. About the Italian millionaire, they have even shot a biographical tape.
Italian Zuckerberg
Everyone knows the story of Mark Zuckerberg, who is the creator of the most popular social network Facebook. Matteo Achilli is called "Italian Zuckerberg" because he also founded his own social network and managed to get rich at a fairly young age.
As a 22-year-old student, Matteo created a social network called Egomnia.
But unlike other popular platforms, it is not aimed at communication, but at finding work and employees. This social network was launched in January 2012, and after 2 months, 50,000 people looking for work and 130 different companies were registered in it.
Social network Egomnia
In order to create a website, a professional programmer was needed, and his work would cost 100,000 euros. Of course, an ordinary Italian student did not have such money. Then he recruited familiar programmer students who took just 10,000 euros for their work. And financial help to create a social network Akhilli was provided by his father.
The social network Egomnia is aimed at finding work and helps to find qualified employees for various companies. To do this, the applicant needs to post his resume on the website, and the employer must provide all the information about his company. Thanks to the Egomnia service, hundreds of people were able to find the desired job, and companies were qualified specialists.
In the early stages of the project, one of the obstacles for Matteo was the lack of knowledge on business development. Therefore, the young man began to attend classes in this subject at the University of Bocconi in Milan. Now Achilles is developing cooperation with such large companies as Google and Microsoft.
Immortalized in the cinema
Matteo Achilli, despite his young age, is a celebrity and, in addition to managing to earn millions, has already been honored to be immortalized in the cinema. About the young man and his path to success in 2017, the Italian film "Startup" was shot.
However, a successful Italian has ill-wishers who criticize his brainchild, arguing that the idea is not new and there are many other similar projects that work just as well as Egomnia created by Achilles. However, this does not prevent the “Italian Zuckerberg” from continuing to work in the chosen direction and earn millions.