Eric Zhu is 16 years old. But unlike other 16-year-olds, who are probably busy preparing for board exams, Eric is the CEO of a company named Aviato, a platform to ease startup funding. Eric juggles school and work and is famous for attending important meetings with investors inside the school toilet and being called to the principal’s office because of it.
According to an earlier report by CNBC, Eric was banned from LinkedIn for being underage when he was 15. LinkedIn requires all its users to be 16 years of age. This news was covered worldwide because it was bizarre how LinkedIn banned the CEO of a company that, during the time, secured $1 million in pre-seed funding from investors such as the founder of GitHub Tom Preston-Werner.
However, today, Eric Zhu is working as an intern for LinkedIn, the very platform that banned him a while back! It’s an “insane plot twist”, as he calls it!
Have a look at his post here:
insane plot twist pic.twitter.com/nbZlaWjTtG
— Eric Zhu (@ericzhu105) October 24, 2023
People online loved how the tables turned for Zhu. Here’s how some of them reacted:
Bro drew the ultimate card pic.twitter.com/QfZbMR11uV
— Abhz 💠(@Aabbhhz) October 24, 2023
well well, see how the tables have turned
— Komalika Neyol (@KomalikaNeyol) October 24, 2023
Yet they leave all the scammers on the platform and let them message you nonstop.
— Chris (@FB_WSB) October 24, 2023
Welcome to cringe world young man.
— driphty.eth (@driphtyeth) October 25, 2023
According to Mint, Eric’s parents are first-generation immigrants. His mother is a doctor and his father is a scientist and both of them are still holding on to the hope that their son will become a doctor one day!
But it seems like Eric is destined for greater things. 🙂