The tech whizz-kid building apps to save his family from debt
Building smartphone apps aged 12, Michael Sayman was making enough money to keep the family's chicken restaurant afloat.
Michael Sayman loved two things when he was growing up in Miami in the noughties – his Mum's Peruvian chicken and his smartphone. When the family restaurant was struggling under the recession, 12-year-old Michael wanted to help and started creating phone apps. All of a sudden, this child was keeping the chicken business afloat and paying the bills but his schoolwork was starting suffer and the pressure was taking a toll. And then came an email from Mark Zuckerberg that would change everything.
Presenter: Jo Fidgen
Producers: Erin Riley and Andrea Kennedy
(Photo: Michael Sayman; Credit: Enrique Galvaz)
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