subject: From 12 to 25: The World's Youngest CEO on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange has evolved in business [print this page] From 12 to 25: The World's Youngest CEO on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange has evolved in business
Perhaps the best way to succinctly encapsulate what makes James Timothy White the successful man he is at the still-tender age of 25 is in his own words:
"As long as I can remember, I have always loved to do everything,"
White says in a brief biography on his own web site.
That covers a lot of areas of potential interest and experience, but for White and especially his customers and clients at least one of the self-made millionaire's fortes involves money and business.
"James is one of the brightest young men I have ever met," said Floyd Anderson of Lay Properties Inc. "Self taught from 10 or 11 years old, he should hold a PhD for all he knows."
The youngest CEO with a company listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange has done everything from operating a small landscaping business to taking companies public; to hosting training seminars and publishing books. And it all started 13 years ago with a snow shovel."I purchased the shovel from the money that I had earned while babysitting," White recalled.
That was the genesis of J & W Lawn Care and Snow Removal, which then became J & W Group Companies a company employing more than 300 full-and part-time staff members, contractors and other professionals while White was still just 18 years old.
White eventually sold off most of his landscaping contracts to competitors and consolidated his company before selling it to his father, Timothy White, who has turned it into a heavy duty mechanical services business based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Now the Canadian entrepreneur has moved on to much bigger conquests, as the now director, president and CEO of Eurotex Finanz Inc., a public company investing in and growing established public and private companies that pay consistent dividends or show promise of returns.
"James has a focus to provide entrepreneurs with the means to grow their business. He's focused, creative and always helpful," says Integral Transfer Agency's Jim Adams.
The man who made his first million dollars at the age of 16 is also CEO of Eurotex Global Savings & Trust SA, a private trust company he founded this year which is based in Luxembourg. Eurotex protects companies' assets and interests, and does so by working with individual clients and by providing Corporate Trust Accounts to hold both common and unique assets. Eurotex specializes in protecting clients from "professional takers" who attempt to steal assets professionally. Eurotex also has experience helping worldwide individuals and corporations with crisis management and asset protection.
As the author of "James T. White's Million Dollar Business Bible, Born to be Business Savvy, 101 Ways to Financial Fitness, Essential Credit Repair Tips" and "My First Million" has come a long way from the young 12-year-old with a shovel and a lot of dreams and aspirations. James has done so in a relatively short amount of time.
White also created the BrennerWhite Foundation (formerly James Timothy White Better Life Foundation) to provide hope and inspiration to individuals and support people and achieve better lives through education, business awareness and personal life development.
"I see James as the smartest, wisest and most brilliant, young value-creating entrepreneur on the planet," says Mark Victor Hansen, investor and author of Chicken Soup for the Soul. "He is destined to create financial freedom for all."
