A self-made millionaire from “humble beginnings” who taught himself how to code through watching YouTube videos has revealed what he splashes his cash on – including yacht parties, luxury properties and even plans to buy his own helicopter, just for fun.
Most recently, the influencer, who has 2.3 million Instagram followers (@evanluthra) also purchased $3 million worth of NFTs for the “flex” – calling the digital art the “new Rolex” for wealthy people.
Evan Luthra, now 27, who splits his time between India, Mexico, the Dominican Republic and St Kitts and Nevis, made his very first million when he was just 17 years old.
Originally from New Delhi, he now rubs shoulders with the rich and famous, regularly jetting off to holiday hotspots with his model and influencer mates.
“My family live quite humble lives and don’t tend to come along or get caught up in this world – my mum isn’t into money at all,” he told Jam Press.
“But, coming from humble beginnings, I love that I can now get whatever I want, whenever I want it.
“I have spent $3million on six of the ape NFTs, CloneX, XCopy and others.
“Sure, it’s completely a flex. Only people with big money can buy them – it’s the online equivalent of buying a Rolex or art.
“It was my 27th birthday the other month and I bought myself another house and I’m waiting to hear back on a helicopter.
“I enjoy partying on yachts too.”
Evan made his fortune by creating apps and websites, and selling them for a profit, working with shows like Two and a Half Men and Gossip Girl, as well as the ICC Cricket World Cup.
These days, most of his cash comes from trading cryptocurrency.
Although he loves living large, Evan has also reinvested a large chunk of his money.
He is cautious with the cash for a reason, having started from nothing.
Evan said: “I was bitten by the ‘digital bug’ aged around 12 when I started playing around on the computers in my dad’s call centre in India.
“He bought 200 computers but the business went bust so I was able to explore.
“I really pushed the machines to the limits by building microcomputers, really hitting the processor hard and trying new programmes.
“I started taking them apart to learn how they worked then I began looking into code.
“By the time I was 15, millions of people were using the apps I had created.”
“Soon after, Evan, who was making a name for himself on the digital scene, was phoned up by the late CEO of Apple, Steve Jobs.
The CEO, who died in 2011 from pancreatic cancer, wanted the then teenager to give him advice on Apple’s app store.
Evan said: “I was starstruck at the time.
“I was a young from India and didn’t have that much experience at the time and here I was, talking to Steve Jobs.
“He had a group call with all the early developers and asked us for feedback and what we actually thought about the app store. He also shared some advice with us for our own businesses.”
Two years later, Evan joined the big leagues as he sold his company – which had developed over 30 apps – for several millions [exact sum not disclosed].
He was just 17 years old at the time.
Evan added: “A lot of people doubted me and said I wouldn’t do well but when my company sold for seven figures, I got my revenge.”
The millionaire could easily retire but doesn’t want to rest on his laurels – now turning his eye to cryptocurrency as is the founder of StartupStudio.online.
The Instagram influencer regularly shares snippets from his extravagant lifestyle on Instagram, with people blown away by the luxury.
He recently shared a photo of himself at the top of the Himalayas, captioning it: “On top of the world! Literally…. “, with the post racking up over 18,000 likes.
In another post, which got 15,000 likes, he shares a clip from a holiday in Lake Como, Italy, with his model friends lounging by the pool.
“You know the weekend was good when you don’t remember half of it,” he wrote.
Sharing some advice with others who want to become self-made millionaires, Evan, who is also a speaker, added: “You don’t need to start off with a huge amount of money to become successful.
“Join communities, groups and networks to learn. Travel to learn cultures and how business works, I think real world education is key.
“Don’t start by investing money, this is a value-added area made up of very smart people.
“Knowledge truly is power.”
In the past decade, Evan has also built and invested in over 300 companies with a combined market cap of over $100 billion USD and is set to become a billionaire by the time he hits 30.
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