13-year old youngest entrepreneur at GES

Hamish Finlayson, 13, is the youngest entrepreneur who will be showcasing his gaming and awareness apps at the ongoing Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2017 (GES), in the southern city. The Australia-based entrepreneur, who is studying in the seventh grade, has so far developed five apps including one to save turtles, and is currently working on the sixth one for increasing awareness about traffic rules. "I am super excited to be in India," Finlayson said, adding that though his first love is technology and developing apps, he also focuses on his studies. "Only after finishing my school homework, I work on my apps. I work only in my spare time," he added. Hamish’s father, Graeme Finlayson, said that it all started when he was just eight years old and in the third grade. After contesting in a competition on apps, Hamish got interested and the journey started from there, his father said. The apps developed by him are available on Apple as well as the Google Play stores. "The sixth app he is developing is about teaching people about road safety," Graeme said. With customers in 54 countries, Hamish wants to scale his technology to solve big problems being faced by people across the world, the father added. He further said that at GES 2017, Hamish wants to showcase the plight of sea turtles and raise awareness about the impact of autism on society. LitterbugSmash was his first app which he developed when he was just 10years-old. A multi-media, multi-channel educational tool, it is a game and fundraising initiative designed to protect oceans and save turtles.