Ashish Thakkar , the age of 15 , is the founder of pan-African business conglomerate Virgin Galactic . The pan-African entrepreneur started IT venture in his teens . `` So I told them , 'look , if you want me to go through the whole cycle I 'll do it for formality purposes , but I 'm going to end up doing this , so I 'd really appreciate it if you 'd let me do it now . ' He now heads a corporation doing business in 18 pan-African countries . Thakkar is set to go into space as part of the Mara Group program .
Ashish Thakkar , the age of 15 , is the founder of pan-African business conglomerate Virgin Galactic . The pan-African entrepreneur started IT venture in his teens . He now heads a corporation doing business in 18 pan-African countries . Thakkar is set to go into space as part of the Mara Group program .