Jayson Meyer was sixteen when he and his younger brother Matthew started their technology company. Jayson lives in Daytona Beach, Florida, in the USA. He looks like any typical university student, buy Jayson doesn’t go to university. He doesn’t need to. He is already a successful businessman. Jayson is a co0founder and CEO (Chief Executive Officer) of Meyer Technologies, Inc.
At high school Jayson spent a lot of time working on computers for the school and local businesses. He didn’t have time for school work, but he could fix almost any computer problem. So when he was fifteen Jayson left school and went into business full time. With his brother he set up a shop at the local weekend market.
The business was successful and quickly went from making $ 4000 in the first year to $ 100000 per year. Soon Meyer Technologies, Inc expanded and was making over $ 500000. The company builds special computers and creates software programs for its clients. Many small businesses in Florida can’t afford in-house computer support. They rely on service companies like Meyer Technologies to maintain their computers, and the company has plenty of customers. In 2000 the sales grew to over $1 million. Not bad for a business whose CEO was not old enough to vote!
Currently Jayson is helping to grow another company called Work Smart MD, which makes special software for doctors’ offices. Jayson now employs a number of technical staff and most of them are older than their boss. Jayson himself works 80 to 100 hours a week and often sleeps at the office. He doesn’t have a lot of free time to do the things that most young people do, but he doesn’t mind. He says, ‘I’d rather be building an international business. I think about my business most of the time – it’s in my blood’.