Alan (Left) and Fotios (Right)
Have you heard of entrepreneurs giving back to their culture? Well, Alan Gokoglu and Fotios Tsiouklas are the few entrepreneurs who have made it their business to help their cultures thrive. Alan and Fotios are Australia’s youngest millionaires.
Thousands of kids know them for their gaming apps like Metropolis, General Games, and Tiny Town. Adults know them for their affordable technology/software as well as their immense success in Australia.
The two youths have been in business from as early as 12 years old and became Australia’s youngest millionaires by age 17. In June 2019 they were valued at $5 million at only 19 years old. Yet, they have made it without the help of any investors.
A Glance at Alan & Fotios
Alan and Fotios have been featured in numerous high-ranking news sites such as SBS, News.com.au, Daily Mail, Herald Sun, Courier Mail, and Channel 10 News. These young Australian millionaires have already been featured in Forbes and Entrepreneur at the age of 19 along with over 150 other major newspapers and publications in every niche. Fotios Tsiouklas was a winner in the 7 News 2019 Victorian Young Achiever Awards for Australia.
One of their core businesses is Kickspan, which is Australia’s fastest-growing digital agency. The agency reached over 12,000 clients in under 24 months. They also own Apps4Brands plus 8 other SaaS businesses. One of their SaaS products is InstaBoom.io. This SaaS helps clients get customized hashtags that they can use to increase their following by 10x on Instagram.
Alan and Fotios were already experts in app development by 15 years old. Whereas Fotios built gaming apps, Alan built subscription-based apps and made Shopify plugins. The two earned $10K in the first month that they started their app businesses. Alan had 100 clients at $99 a month and Fotios was selling a couple of apps each month making $10k as well. That is how they partnered to create top-charting apps.
What’s interesting is that when starting out, the two entrepreneurs launched their app products around the time of the U.S. elections. When Donald Trump went viral, they launched Trump Dash and Trump Jump Adventure. Later on, they developed other apps and games such as Downfall – Endless Arcade Descent, Math Academy which sold for $26,000USD and Tiny Town which was super popular amongst children and childcare centers.
Fotios and Alan have left a legacy in the gaming app industry as they are the founders of Clout The Game. They launched this game together with their partner Kuei Kuei. The game immediately developed a cult following and received over 250,000 downloads in under 48 hours. They partnered with celebrities such as XXXTENTACION, YBN Nahmir, and Supreme Patty.
They also own the AF Group which owns their SaaS products. So far they have launched 8 SaaS products that have reached almost 20,000 clients which has helped their clients grow and build their brands.
In addition to this, the pair are owners of the most popular nightclubs in Melbourne including UNI BASH (Melbourne’s Biggest University Party), Mango Friday’s, Club Sacred, and Levels Melbourne.
Helping Cultures Thrive
Alan and Fotios have been interviewed and featured across various of Australia’s largest TV Stations as Australia’s youngest millionaires. They have accomplished many milestones as teenagers and have worked with a number of celebrities including Blac Chyna. Together with Blac Chyna, they built an addicting arcade game app that boosted sales of a specific product. Through their AF Group, they reinvest into building and acquiring businesses. They are only 19 years old but they own properties and offices across Melbourne under their umbrella company the AF Group along with the biggest nightclubs in Melbourne which consistently have over 3,000 patrons Friday and Saturday of each weekend.
It is amazing to see them give back to their cultures so as to help the next generation of youths. Fotios committed himself to speaking to greek schools every week. He also used his app development expertise to build the Greek Metropolis learning app which helps people learn Greek fast. The app has already scaled the charts to become the best app for learning Greek.
Alan is giving back to his culture by taking some time to speak at Turkish schools. His engagement with his Turkish counterparts helped him develop a network and find clients of Turkish origin. This goes to show that you can leverage language and culture to connect and expand your business while at the same time giving back to your culture.
