--- title: 'How I Became a Millionaire at 16 | My Story' source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=VaR3nPew5o4' video_id: 'VaR3nPew5o4' date: 2026-08-12 duration_sec: 573 --- # How I Became a Millionaire at 16 | My Story > Source: [How I Became a Millionaire at 16 | My Story](https://youtube.com/watch?v=VaR3nPew5o4) ## Summary Oleg, a 16-year-old from a provincial family, shares his journey from a regular schoolboy to a self-made millionaire through YouTube. Starting with game cheats and mods, he leveraged his programming skills and relentless study of the platform to grow his channel to over a million subscribers. His story highlights the power of determination, learning from others, and seizing opportunities. ### Key Points - **Early Life and Mindset** [00:57] — Oleg was an ordinary child, but his drive to be the best at what he liked set him apart. - **First Cheat and First Money** [01:38] — He made his first cheat for a game, posted a video about it, and earned money through link shorteners. - **Learning YouTube** [02:52] — He studied YouTube algorithms daily, read articles, and joined forums to understand the platform. - **Pivot to Mods and Shorts** [04:15] — After cheats were banned, he pivoted to making car mods and posting shorts in English, which gained millions of views. - **Investing in Education** [03:34] — He bought his first training course with his parents' money, which he credits as a turning point. - **First Million** [06:13] — At 14, he earned and saved his first million rubles from YouTube monetization. - **Luxury and Current Success** [07:40] — He bought a BMW 4 Series at 15 and now earns $10,000 a month, with a total of one million subscribers across channels. ## Transcript rubles. What is this even like? What is this? This is a joke. joke. [music] out of school after the ninth grade, became a millionaire? Hi all. My name is Oleg, and at the age of 14 I saved my first million. At 15, I left school and bought my first car, a BMW 4 Series Grand Spec, which I later drove to my graduation. And now, I'm 16 years old, I make $10,000 a month. I live expensive area. In this video, I will tell you in detail about my entire journey from the very beginning to the current point. How, in just a couple of years, an ordinary guy from a poor family, living in the provinces, was able to literally turn his life around 180° and break free from the system that society has imposed on us. No topics, no cam, only based on my knowledge and wild desire. Watch this video until the end. It might change your life. As a child, I was the most ordinary child from the parents are teachers at the institute. I wasn't particularly different from my peers . I went to school, even though I didn't particularly like it. He studied well and was an excellent student. I played games and made my own games using construction sets and dreamed of getting onto the Internet. But there was still something that made me different from my peers. This is my truly liked a thing, I would do everything possible to become the top one in it. I'm not interested in just doing something for fun. I always wanted to be the best. And looking ahead, I will say that it was this quality that greatly I came across a ten-year-old guy like me who had cheated on this game. And thanks to my character, thanks to my determination, I became very fired up and asked myself: “Why am I worse?” some knowledge of programming there. I made games using construction sets. I went to sort it out. And on that same day, I made my first cheat for this game and filmed my next video about it, which got a crazy 1,000 views for me websites like link shorteners that paid for every click on a link. I uploaded my cheats there, and that's how I started earning my first money. I started making videos every day, which already got 3,000 views. already got 3,000 views. It was a lot for me. Car Parking update will be released soon. And then, already at the age of 11, I had my first pocket money. I actually came to the store, filled my basket almost full of goodies and really thought I was the coolest, because my parents never gave me pocket money, but here I have a lot of it. Well, for me, 15-20 dollars was a lot. I took it and, well, in short, it was a real thrill got motivated, got fired up, and completely immersed myself in YouTube. Then I already understood that this was exactly my direction, and I would pursue it. I started studying every day how this platform works, how the algorithms work. I studied everything I comes up in a browser search on YouTube. I read all of this, all the articles. I sat on all sorts of different forums, studied how it all works, and applied channel, my videos, how to make them better, and I did this every day. So, continuing until the end of 2022. During this transition from 2022 to 2023, the developers banned the publication of cheats. After this, my channel was almost deleted. I had to delete all my cheat videos and just film this game. But I didn’t give up work on YouTube, and I continued in the same way. But at the same time, I was stuck in my comfort zone. I was getting some views, earning pennies, and decided to buy my first training. Kotik was always skeptical about this , but I realized that you ca , but I realized that you ca and you need to learn from other people’s experience. I bought it with my parents' money. I was really scared, but it was this action that changed the course of the game. I'm reaching 30,000 subscribers and starting 2023 with confidence. Then the channel had 40,000 subscribers. And then, thanks to my knowledge of programming, thanks to my knowledge of game creation, I went into the code of this game, made a 3D model and added my car to this game, that is, the one that I wanted and that the . These are the so-called mods, modifications, and this is gaining immense delighted. I start taking off my shorts in English, where they show these new cars. And these shorts are simply blowing up YouTube. There are a million views, 2 million views. I already have 50,000 subscribers on my channel, 60,000 subscribers. By early summer 2023, the channel already had 70,000 subscribers. And by the end of channel already had 70,000 subscribers. And by the end of summer there were already 100,000. I am 13 years old and have 100,000 subscribers on YouTube. I'm starting to make very good money with monetization. views. My video is in English, and I was monetizing it for $1,000 a month. For me, it was just crazy money at that time. I then became acquainted with Arsen Markaryan's base and everyone there in the comments throw out what is so and so. I'm 13 years old there, that's how much I earn there. And so you understand, Arsen Markaryan himself noticed this and released this voice message about me into the database. And Arsen's is watched by losers and schoolchildren, although you open the comments in the same Sigma, look at what people post, what they do. In general, to be honest, in all the past years of schoolchildren, I only saw a thirteen-year-old boy who earned 80,000 on a tube. What's wrong with your face? For the Vodchans from Chelyabinsk. The rate at the time was about 2,000 serious amount. You can't even imagine how much that voice torceno motivated me to move on. I continue to work on my channel, but fashion is starting to lose its relevance a little. That's why I'm buying another YouTube training course with my own money. And in the transition from 2023 money. And in the transition from 2023 to 2024, the channel already has 220,000 subscribers. Then I start filming other topics and other games. And the channel continues to grow. Already 300,000 subscribers, already 400,000 subscribers. subscribers, already 400,000 subscribers. I was already 14 years old then. And with monetization I earned and saved my first million. Yes, a million in 14 years. This phrase is really harsh. This is a powerful performance. That's how I actually saved it up. And I kind of remember Arsenault's voice and decide to write it in the proposal. That is, write that this is so and so. I'm the same guy who was in that voice. And I want to get on Arsen's podcast, because a million at 14 years old is a powerful performance. Few people have done this before. The managers passed this on to Arsene, but agreed, but then he left for France, and the podcast didn’t take place. But already in the podcast from France he still mentions me, and this is the excerpt that comes out. A subscriber contacted me . A 14-year-old boy earned his first million rubles. What is this even like? What is this? This is a joke. At 14 years old, a million rubles. earned. This is a joke. It just motivated me like crazy. And I continue to work further. And a year later, the channel already has half a million subscribers. My shorts in English get 30 million views monthly. I earn very well. I've loved cars since childhood and I'm also making a game about had such a large amount of money, I started constantly renting all sorts of a driver, I start renting a Porsche, a Lamborghini, an M5, and a B90, and going to all sorts of paid closed gatherings with a bunch of sports cars. And this is precisely what I spent my money on. Then the school year comes to an end, and my parents and I to this shopping center there is a place where they sell cars from the USA. And there I see her. Beha 4th series, black on red interior. I looked and looked at her, then the car dealer came up and allowed me to get into the showroom. I see a red interior and that's it. On this day I am putting down a deposit for this car. The next day my family and I go to the service station, get checked, everything is okay. I put twenty greens on the table. And on the same day, the whole family is leaving in my Beha 4th series. It was the most powerful performance. And in a couple of days I have graduation, which I arrive at in my BMW fourth series. I just shut everyone's mouths. I showed what I really did after school. It was an even more powerful performance. And I continue to work on this channel. It grows even more. I also start creating other channels, creating a grid. And at 16 years old, I already have a total of a million subscribers across all my channels. I make $10,000 a month. This is truly the income that gives you freedom. I decide to nice apartment, then I rented a the most expensive area, in a residential complex with security, in such a very beautiful apartment with such a renovation. And I'm recording this video now. For me, this video turned out to be extremely meaningful. I'm glad the internet sees my story. I am truly even though I understand that this is just the beginning. The purpose of this video is to show how you can years if you take matters into your own hands. If life, I created my Telegram channel specifically for this. There I break down step by step how real money is being made on YouTube, what niches are currently popular, and what to film. I'm showing all the internals and all my experience over 6 years make money, you need to be there. Link in the description. Switch Link in the description. Switch now.