Bangalore: A normal 13 year old spends time watching cartoons or has his nose buried in a manga comic book. And then you have the tech prodigies who are born at a very early age, sometimes as young as 10.When most of us are trying to figure out how to work on a computer these geeks are busy developing programs that would run computers. As difficult as it may sound it is true.We bring you a list of 10 such superstars of tech who shot to fame with their companies even before they turned 21.

1. Dan Shipper

Claim To Fame: Founded Airtime For Email at 20

Dan shipper is a hot commodity in the tech business. The philosophy major at UPenn has already received meaty offers from several start-ups, along with the desperate 42 floor offer that went viral recently.

A prodigal coder he has founded Airtime for email with Patric and Justin from Wharton University. The service lets users market products in an email signature. “It gives you a lot of granularity and control over how your marketing message is being seen and by whom.” said Dan about Airtime’s potential.

This young programmer has always been fascinated with building companies and services. At an early age of 10 he was developing apps for blackberry. He went on to create a entire internet service which lets users control their blackberry using the web.

Dan has already achieved what people double his age cannot, but he is not old enough to enjoy a drink. Kudos to him!