The Ultimate Catch: Intriguing Seattleites

Neil Patel

25 | Seattle, WA

Hometown: Orange County, CA

Occupation: Successful Entrepreneur

Why We Heart Them

At an early age, Neil had a knack for entrepreneurialism. In high school, he was making a few thousand in profit hustling pirated media, but quickly realized there was no long-term career in it, and decided to legitimize his business. At the age of 16, Neil found a niche in reselling after-market automotive parts to his classmates. “I picked up a resellers permit from the State Board of Equalization, which allowed me to buy car parts at a discount and sell them to other students,” says Neil, but his true calling was in the internet business.

Sharp, intuitive and driven, Neil turned his early experience into a full-blown career by creating an opportunity to work as an internet marketing consultant, working with Elpac Electronics as his first client and helping them in strategic online marketing to increase search engine optimization. By the time Neil was 17, he transitioned to bigger and better things and founded ACS, and worked with high-profile clientele including Amazon, Samsung, AOL, GM, Hewlett Packard, and Viacom.

Neil’s genius talents helped these companies make more money from the web by maximizing their online visbility through search and social media. By age 21, not only was Neil named a top 100 blogger by Technorati, but he was also one of the top influencers on the web, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Knowing how to excel and succeed in business, Neil moved on to co-found two other highly-successful internet based companies, Crazy Egg and  KISSmetrics, both are online businesses that help clients increase revenue and life time value of their customers.

When he’s not busy launching new businesses and dominating the world online, Neil loves to travel domestically to New York, Las Vegas, San Diego, and Orange County, and internationally to London, Panama, and Germany, as well as over the boarder to Vancouver B.C. He also donates to See Your Impact,  a revolutionary way to help those in need around the world and next door, which he says is his favorite non-profit.

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