Seb Johnson(@SebJohnsonUK):James Dacombe, the 25 year-old founder of OLIX, has become Europe's youngest self made billionaire 🇬🇧 @OLIXComputing just raised $312m at a $3.3bn valuation, making James' stake (reportedly over 40%), worth over $1bn+. Up to this point the two youngest self made billionaires were swedes: > Fabian Hedin, the 26 year old cofounder of Lovable > Arvid Lunnemark, the 26 year old cofounder AI coding tool Cursor James, a Brit, has become a billionaire a year younger than these two.

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2026.08.11 20:08

James Dacombe, the 25 year-old founder of OLIX, has become Europe's youngest self made billionaire 🇬🇧 @OLIXComputing just raised $312m at a $3.3bn valuation, making James' stake (reportedly over 40%), worth over $1bn+. Up to this point the two youngest self made billionaires were swedes: > Fabian Hedin, the 26 year old cofounder of Lovable > Arvid Lunnemark, the 26 year old cofounder AI coding tool Cursor James, a Brit, has become a billionaire a year younger than these two.