They are young, wired and starting businesses.
The poster child of this go-getter Millennial generation is Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg who at 26 is the youngest self-made billionaire.
Entrepreneurs of his generation, born as early as 1977 and as late as 1998, are doing more than making money. The baby-faced billionaire was named Time’s 2010 Person of the Year because his company “wired together a twelfth of humanity into a single network.” If Facebook’s social network was a country, it would be the third-largest behind China and India, points out the magazine.
In West Michigan, Millennials — aka Gen Yers and echo boomers — are making their impact on the landscape as the region is positioning itself to come out ahead in a changing economy.
To read the full, original article click on this link: West Michigan Millennials: An innovative and entrepreneurial generation | MLive.com
Author: Shandra Martinez | The Grand Rapids Press
