The Chemistry Kid

Posted by Lisa Jarvis on April 8, 2008 in 2008 Spring National Meeting, ACS Meetings

At the tender age of 14, my main preoccupations were boys, Twin Peaks, and making my bangs as high as possible. Cupertino, Calif., eighth grader Anshul Samar is pretty much putting me to shame. He’s the CEO of Alchemist Empire, a company he founded to sell Elementeo, a board game he invented to help teach kids about chemistry. The game will be out by May, and he’s already gotten some 1,200 preorders. At $25 a pop, he’s off to a good start.