Iman Gadzhi is a high school dropout turned serial entrepreneur and multi-millionaire.
But what is the story behind Gadzhi and what is his net worth?
Who is Iman Gadzhi?
Iman Gadzhi was born in Dagestanskiye Ogni, Russia in 2000 and lived with his single mother – who worked three jobs to pay the bills.
Gadzhi’s father was an abusive alcoholic and packed up and left before he was born.
Gadzhi’s mother then fell in love with a wealthy Russian businessman and the pair moved to London where Gadzhi was enrolled into private education.
He’d gone from a small Russian town living in post-Soviet Union poverty to living in one of the most exclusive areas of London.
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But Gadzhi’s fairytale didn’t last long as his mother and stepdad soon separated.
Aged 15, Gadzhi started buying and selling Instagram accounts but one bad purchase claimed all of his profits.
Undeterred by his first business failure, Gadzhi started making money from doing personal training sessions with his friend’s parents.
Gadzhi then signed his first client, managing his semi-pro football team’s social media accounts for $400 a month.
Gadzhi, still aged 15, then signed his next client for $2000 a month, and within just 14 days went from $400 per month to $4,300 per month with three clients.
Aged 17, Gadzhi dropped out of school to pursue IAG Media and soon started making more than $100,000 annually.
But after struggling to prove his client’s return on investment, he started losing customers.
A YouTube subscriber then reached out and asked Gadzhi how to build an agency.
After charging just $100, the subscriber went on to sign a client for $1500 per month, so on February 1st, 2018 Gadzhi released online coaching program Six Figure SMMA.
Within just 12 months the course had more than 1,100 customers enrolled.
Six Figure SMMA has since morphed into GrowYourAgency – teaching novices and established agency owners how to start and scale their agencies.
In 2020, Gadzhi made millions from trading cryptocurrency, but when the market crashed in 2021, he lost $3.5 million in just four days.
In 2021, Gadzhi entered the NFT market and made over $10 million from multiple investments.
He founded his own NFT collection Gents Croquet Club – which currently sell for around $8,000 apiece.
What is Iman Gadzhi’s net worth?
Iman Gadzhi has a net worth of $30 million.
Gadzhi started making $15,000 per month at the age of 17 after launching his social media agency.
By the age of 20, he had reached $100,000 per month in revenue.
Gadzhi also currently makes over $100,000 a month from his YouTube channel which he started in 2015 and now has more than 2.5 million followers.