Wunderkinds
Seventeen-year-old Thomas Suarez is chief engineer at CarrotCorp, a computer software company. What he’s done to this point would be impressive for someone three times his age: taught himself coding at age 7; developed his first iPhone app at 9; gave a TEDx talk at 12 (left) on teaching kids how to program that has more than 4 million views; partnered with a nonprofit to expand the reach of his programming class, AppCity; and is leading the creation of a 3D printer called ORB that will print up to 10 times faster than current models. Thomas, who plays rhythm guitar in a rock band, also has a fun creative side. At 11, he created “Bustin Jieber”—a Justin Bieber Wack-A-Mole app.
