BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : MAY 29, 2000 ISSUE
PEOPLE Michael Furdyk BORN Toronto, 1982. EDUCATION Completed 11th grade. BUSINESS Sold his first Web site for more than $1 million, then started a Web comparison-shopping service. Also a Microsoft consultant. WHOM HE REPORTS TO No one, except his dad, whom he brought in as CEO. WHAT INSPIRED HIS LATEST WEB SITE Thought other sites were bad. ''Rather than complain, I create,'' he says. BIGGEST PROBLEMS WITH AGE Must take cabs on business trips because he's too young to rent a car. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _					RELATED ITEMS Teen Internet Moguls RESUME: Michael Furdyk RESUME: Cameron Johnson RESUME: Brad Ogden RESUME: Angelo Sotira RESUME: Paul Dinin RESUME: Rishi Bhat ONLINE ORIGINAL: Microsoft Puts Teens under the Microscope ONLINE ORIGINAL: Girl Geeks Start to Breach the Wired World ONLINE ORIGINAL: From High-Tech Hobby to Big Bucks ONLINE ORIGINAL: Changing the Image of the Inventor ONLINE ORIGINAL: The Legal Pitfalls of Doing Business with Teens INTERACT E-Mail to Business Week Online

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