31-year-old millionaire has zero sympathy for unemployed Gen Z's ‘excuses’—he says 'it is scarily easy' to build a business and get rich right now

Tim Armoo made his first million before 30, and he’s now telling young people to stop blaming the market. His view is blunt: this is, in his words, “the greatest era of wealth creation ever,” and AI has made it “scarily easy” to start building something that can make money.

Armoo’s argument comes with a personal edge. He spent part of his early life in Ghana with his grandmother, then moved back to London and grew up on a council estate surrounded by gang violence and knife crime. He still started a tutoring business at 14, built it to 65 tutors in six weeks, sold a publication called Entrepreneur Express at 17, and later founded Fanbytes while at university.

That second company became the real prize. Fanbytes landed clients including the U.K. government, Deliveroo and Samsung, and Brainlabs bought it in 2022 for an eight-figure sum, when Armoo was 27. So when he says there are easier paths than chasing a corporate job, he’s not speaking from the sidelines.

He’s also backing the argument with money. Armoo has launched Legon Fund and committed £5 million, or around $6.7 million, of his own cash to support AI startups founded by minority entrepreneurs. His pitch is simple: ChatGPT and Claude are “virtually free,” social media can spread an idea without paying for distribution, and anyone with a working product can use the fund to reach more customers.

The broader point isn’t that corporate jobs have vanished. It’s that a growing number of young people are looking at AI, TikTok, Squarespace and Zoom and deciding the old ladder looks slow, expensive and a bit pointless. Even LinkedIn says “founder” is now the second-fastest-growing job title among Gen Z, and Intuit found that 43% of Gen Z are considering starting a business in 2026.