Imagine being a millionaire at age 18. There are many things you could do with 1 million euros, being so young - that you would not find it reasonable to continue your education.
Erik Finman has this feeling after having sworn to his parents that if he would make 1 million euros up to the age of 18, he would not go to university.
By achieving such wealth at such a young age, Erik is one of the latest success stories that is emerging from the dramatic rise in Bitcoin's value, reports Gazeta Express.
Erik dropped out of high school when he was 15 and invested in virtual currency - Bitcoin - 7 years ago, at a time when these coins were cheaper than a pair of shoes.
Last month, Bitcoin had the Bitcoin Pizza Day holiday - the day when 10,000 bitcoins were used to buy two pizza. Today, a bitcoin is worth about $ 2,500.
Some analysts believe that within 10 years, a bitcoin will be worth $ 10,000 and given that Finman has 403 bitcoins, he is on the way to making a big fortune.
At present, he has shares worth $ 1 million. He has also invested in other virtual currencies such as 'litecoin' and 'ethereum'.
Given that Bitcoin has increased its value so quickly, why did Finman leave school to focus on this currency? Does he know something we do not know?
Indeed no, if what he said about CNBC is true. "Personally, I think Bitcoin will be worth hundreds of thousands and up to millions of dollars per coin," he said.
It all began when he received a gift from his grandmother in the amount of $ 1,000, before these he spent on Bitcoin. Then, two years later, the coins he had bought brought him $ 100,000.
"Teachers at school were somewhat negative," he said. "A teacher told me that if I leave school I will finish working on McDonald's because that was what I would do then for the rest of my life," he added.
He then founded an education company called Botangle in 2015, and received an offer to sell the company for $ 100,000 or 300 bitcoins. He chose Bitcoin when it was just $ 200 a day, reports Gazette Express.
Finman said he did not want to go back to school and he prefers to learn at work. He said: "The way the education system is structured now, I do not like it. Does not work for anyone. I would recommend it to the internet, where everyone is free. You can learn millions more times from YouTube and Wikipedia. "
Erik now lives a life completely different from his generation, thanks to Bitcoin.
