Maurits Neo

Maurits Neo is a South African Gen Z entrepreneur and investor who began his business journey at age 12 selling candy across schools. By 18, he had built a crypto portfolio, launched a content agency, and founded Young Wealth — a global online community designed to help young people build wealth and develop an entrepreneurial mindset. Maurits Neo's entrepreneurial journey started at just 12 years old, when he began…

Maurits Neo is a South African Gen Z entrepreneur and investor who began his business journey at age 12 selling candy across schools. By 18, he had built a crypto portfolio, launched a content agency, and founded Young Wealth — a global online community designed to help young people build wealth and develop an entrepreneurial mindset. Maurits Neo's entrepreneurial journey started at just 12 years old, when he began selling candy across multiple schools in South Africa. What started as a small hustle quickly scaled into a mini operation with friends acting as sales reps — until the school eventually banned it. Rather than stopping, he pivoted, moving into dropshipping fitness equipment online and learning the fundamentals of e-commerce in his early teens. From there, he built a content and social media agency, reinvesting his profits into crypto and forex trading, where he developed a portfolio reported at approximately $770,000 by mid-2024. In 2023, he launched Young Wealth — a free global community for young entrepreneurs — which has grown across platforms including Skool and Whop. Alongside the community, he produced the "Ultimate Forex Blueprint" trading course and has built a combined social media presence of over 373,000 Instagram followers and a growing YouTube channel, positioning himself as one of the most visible Gen Z entrepreneurship figures online.