Aleksandr Wang was already working as a programmer as a 17-year-old. He got to study at the prestigious MIT, where he dealt with machine learning. In 2016, after the first year of studies, together with Lucy Gao, he founded the company Scale AI. It was supposed to be just a project that they would occupy themselves with during the holidays.
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He was 19 when he dropped out of college. Now he is the youngest billionaire
– I told my parents that it was just a summer project – he admitted in an interview with . However, Wang did not return to the university. At the age of 19, he dropped out of college and focused entirely on business development. Six years later, he was announced as the youngest self-made billionaire in the world. In 2021, Scale AI was valued at approx. USD 7.3 billion. The company has signed a contract with with the United States Army and Air Force, provides artificial intelligence to optimize data.
A recipe for success? First of all, properly engaged employees
In 2020, Scale AI had over 200 employees. It was then that Wang decided to share his “recipe” for in business. As he himself emphasized, the key is the right employees who care about the company and their work. “One thing that scares me is that working at Scale is becoming more a matter of credentials than a cult,” he admitted in an interview quoted by . For Wang, the employee must be sufficiently involved, and not come to work just for a CV entry. And especially if he starts working in a start-up, he has to reckon with sacrifices. Newly hired employees should have some passions or obsessions.
For Alexander Wang, “shocking” is … coming to work at 11:00 and leaving at 16:00. In his opinion, it is impossible to do something important in such a short time. He is similarly surprised by focusing on the company’s external environment. – No benefits tell me anything important about the culture of the company, except that it has no problem spending . The company is the culture, he admitted.
Source: Gazeta
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