He Sold 2 Tech Companies At 16… Now His AI Company Is Worth $1.5 Billion | John Imah

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John Imah is the youngest millionaire in School of Hard Knocks history.

But before the $1.5 billion AI company, the Meta award, the Snapchat comeback, and the Vogue invites, he was a skinny kid getting bullied for being a nerd.

His parents immigrated from Nigeria, slept in a car, lived on food stamps, and fought to give their family a chance in America.

At 7 years old, John took apart his family’s first computer and put it back together. By 16, he had sold two tech companies.

He went on to work at Samsung, Twitch, Meta, and Snapchat before leaving big tech to build SpreeAI, a fashion technology company now valued at $1.5 billion.

In this episode, John breaks down poverty, bullying, selling companies young, losing his mother, working inside the biggest tech companies in the world, building AI for fashion, attracting elite talent, faith, leadership, and why the best entrepreneurs solve problems instead of chasing hype.


00:00 Intro
00:55 Early Tech Curiosity and First Companies
06:47 Family Background, High School Identity, and College
12:16 Lessons from Samsung, Take-Two, Twitch, and Meta
17:05 Snapchat, Fashion, and Building Spree AI
21:41 Founder Influences and Returning to Entrepreneurship
26:18 Finding the Problem Behind Spree AI
30:28 Customer Research, Fashion, and AI Opportunity
36:28 Early Customers, Trust, and In-Person Sales
42:19 Spree AI Product, Talent, and Long-Term Vision
49:02 Hiring Decisions, Parents’ Lessons, and Support Systems
53:08 Work-Life Balance, Competition, and Faith
58:55 Final Advice to the Younger Generation
1:00:07 Legacy, Closing Remarks, and Outro