The success of young people in fast-growth sectors like app design is acting as a catalyst for people 21 and under to open businesses across all sectors of the economy.
Furthermore, young businesspeople like Jamie Oliver and Nick D’Aloisio – dubbed the UK’s answer to Mark Zuckerberg – have inspired a growing number of young people across the country to start their own businesses. D’Aloisio, a 17 year old from Wimbledon, sold Summly, the news aggregator app he designed, to Yahoo for more than £20 million last year, highlighting the opportunities available to young Brits in the app economy. Youth unemployment may also be playing a part, with 17.9 per cent of people aged 18-24 out of work at the start of 2014, compared with 11.9 per cent at the start of 2008, prior to the recession.
Gen-X directors still outnumber Gen-Y directors four to one
Company directors belonging to Generation X (born 1961-1980) still outnumber those belonging to Generation Y (born 1981-1995) by more than four to one. In fact, there are 2.2m Generation X company directors in the UK, compared with 510,000 Generation Y directors.
Number of young directors – breakdown by age group
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