New York Teen Makes $70 Million While Eating High School Lunch

You know how when you were in high school, you were always trying to borrow money from your parents or friends? Mohammed Islam of Queens definitely does not have to do that. Yesterday, New York Magazine ran a profile of Islam, who has amassed a net worth of $72 million trading stocks on his lunch break. This would be impressive no matter how old or experienced he was. Thing is…he’s 17 and goes to Stuyvesant High School in New York City. “Mo,” as he is known to all, already rents an apartment in Manhattan and owns a BMW (neither of which his parents let him use yet) and is being offered millions of dollars to run his own hedge fund. He made his money investing in oil and gold, and although it’s unclear where he got his seed money (he may have gotten it from tutoring at age nine, somehow). Question: why is Mo bothering to even get a job? If he’s really worth $72 million, couldn’t he just kind of cash out now, live a pretty awesome life, and never have to work another day? UPDATE: Business Insider is now reporting that Islam's stated wealth may be a bit overblown. The Investment Club for Young Traders-of which Islam is a member-issued to following statement to BI: "It has been brought to the attention of the Leaders Investment Club that Mohammed Islam has been rumored to have made $72,000,000 through making trades in the stock market. After performing due diligence and talking with Mohammed Islam himself, we have determined that these claims are false and simply been blown up by the media in the interests of sensationalism." Islam has (probably purposely) remained silent, neither confirming nor denying his rumored net worth. Probably a smart move on his part. Subscribe to Complex for More: http://goo.gl/PJeLOl Check out more of Complex here: http://www.complex.com https://twitter.com/ComplexMag https://www.facebook.com/complex http://instagram.com/complexmag https://plus.google.com/+complex/ Entertaining videos that bring to life Complex Media's authoritative take on trendsetting music, sneakers, style, pop culture, video games, tech, cars, and art—featuring your favorite celebrities from the past, present, and future. COMPLEX is a community of creators and curators, armed with the Internet, and committed to surfacing and sharing the voices and conversations—both multi-culture and multicultural—that define our new America. We make culture pop.

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6. damn i hate how trading stocks is getting big now. then again...
7. Spoiler Alert: It was a lie
8. why do yall report if it's fake dumbass
9. anyone can be him if they try but must sacrifice your time and fun first.
10. this been proven that they lied about it
11. Hes just going to use that money to buy weapons to shoot up more gay clubs
12. Dang , this is wolf of wall street without the drugs and sex...
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14. this was a fake, even the website that reported it, says he lied, 17 yo cant trade stocks
15. This story was a waste of time.
16. Wait, so I know he didn't make 70 million but has he made anything? Or is it ENTIRELY fabricated??
17. The reporters and news people who believed him without seeing any proof at all are stupid as fuck lol
18. He looks like Cleveland Brown Jr.
19. The truth now is that it is a fake news. Come on, how can this ugly jihadi lookalike with a sinister name that includes the word Islam be an investment genius? Hopefully this is the last anyone hears of him unless he does prematurely (possible given the junk diet he has) in a horrible way and makes the news.
20. It's fake people will Believe anything....