The Billion Dollar Dream of a Drop Out Entrepreneur The meteoric rise of Olix, a British start up valued at £2. 5 billion ($4.
8 billion), has been hailed as a testament to the power of young entrepreneurs who defy conventional wisdom by dropping out of college to pursue their tech dreams.
James Dacombe, the 25 year old founder and CEO of Olix, has developed faster microchips that can unlock significant advances in artificial intelligence (AI) performance and cost.