This 22-year-old startup founder got his college to pay him $200,000: 'Sometimes, you just have to ask'

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This 22-year-old startup founder got his college to pay him $200,000: 'Sometimes, you just have to ask'

cnbc.com/2025/06/04/startup-founder-emil-barr-was-paid-200000-by-his-university.html

It's no secret that college in the United States is expensive — about 43 million people live with student debt and the outstanding federal student loan balance stands at about $1.8 trillion, according to the Education Data Initiative.
But startup founder Emil Barr says everything is…

This story appeared on cnbc.com, 2025-06-03 23:07:28.