Meet This 17 Year Old Investor Who Turned $48K Into $147K In 2 Years

Brandon Fleisher is a 17 year old high school senior who unlike most others of his age. Brandon Fleisher more than tripled his investments in two years — from $48,000 to $147,000. A feat most middle age investors find hard to achieve. When you start young you have an inherent advantage. You are not glued to old cliches and ideas that don’t work. You take the risk of accepting new ideas.

Unlike teens of his age who are more interesting in posting their selfies on their facebook walls. Brandon is a maverick investor and as said above he turned $48K into $147K in 2 years which is something remarkable. Warren Buffet also had started his investing career much earlier at the age of 15 when his read the seminal book, ” The Intelligent Investor” by Ben Graham.

Brandon runs his own investing website and newsletter, The Financial Bulls. The next 10-15 years are going to prove whether Brandon is the new Warren Buffet or not.

Feeling small yet? There’s more.

CEOs take Brandon’s calls. When he bought thousands of shares of mobile-advertising company Inuvo (INUV), Brandon had questions. Inuvo’s CEO, Richard Howe, picked up.

“He would call and ask fairly intelligent and insightful questions even though we thought he was 17 or 18 years old,” says Alan Sheinwald, Inuvo’s investor relations counsel. “He really acts as though he’s a professional investor.”