Nick Dobroshinsky

Founders / operators · Software/Tech · milestone at age 16 ·T3 Domain-recognized

Milestone (age 16)

Became the youngest-ever Thiel Fellow at age 16; built EveryTicker, an AI equity research platform with 400,000+ users and 5,000+ stock reports, solo-founded in eighth grade.

Dobroshinsky grew up in Sammamish, Washington. From fifth through seventh grade, he spent five hours a day building a Roblox game that generated some revenue but was ultimately unsuccessful. In seventh grade, he convinced his parents to let him open a Fidelity account and got into fundamentals-focused investing through Warren Buffett. In eighth grade, he built the first EveryTicker MVP in three days after noticing that small and mid-cap stocks lacked quality research. He competed in FTC/FRC robotics (winning multiple alliance awards) and interned at Tencent Robotics Lab. At 16, he was named the youngest-ever Thiel Fellow.

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Starting point

From Sammamish, Washington; parents allowed him to open a Fidelity brokerage account in seventh grade, suggesting some support for his interests; family financial status unknown.

Current position (2026)

Founder of EveryTicker; youngest-ever Thiel Fellow (2026 class); still in high school; plans to move to San Francisco; 400,000+ users.

How this path compounded

01 Starting advantages

5/24 starting-position score

Strongest documented signals: Elite institution pipeline, Frontier geography, Early online platform.

Describes the starting position, not what the person later made of it.

Cohort percentile: 23

02 Built or converted leverage

12/25 multiplying-capacity score

Strongest observed levers:Started serious reps before 20, Prior reps, Elite ecosystem network.

Measures what was present, not whether it was inherited, earned, self-built, external, or mixed.

Cohort percentile: 45

03 Compounding trajectory

5 documented steps

The timeline below shows the sequence of work and transitions around the selected early milestone. It is evidence of a path, not proof that every step was necessary.

Milestone at age 16

04 Observed career standing

T3 · Domain-recognized

Notable and widely recognized within the domain. The tier summarizes documented career recognition through the data cutoff—not Nick Dobroshinsky's worth or future potential.

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Question four · where did the leverage come from?

Nick Dobroshinsky's leverage provenance

Each non-zero lever gets a best-supported origin, evidence signals, and confidence. Unresolved is the honest default when the biography cannot distinguish self-built, advantage-enabled, earned, external, or mixed.

Started serious reps before 201/1

Advantage-enabledmedium confidence

One or more documented starting advantages plausibly enabled this lever.

Elite institution pipeline (1/2)Early online platform (1/2)

Prior reps2/3

Advantage-enabledmedium confidence

One or more documented starting advantages plausibly enabled this lever.

Elite institution pipeline (1/2)Early online platform (1/2)

Elite ecosystem network2/3

Advantage-enabledmedium confidence

One or more documented starting advantages plausibly enabled this lever.

Elite institution pipeline (1/2)Frontier geography (1/2)

Structural wave / timing2/3

Externalmedium confidence

A structural wave is external to the person, even when their position improved access to it.

Frontier geography (1/2)Early online platform (1/2)

Concentration intensity2/3

Unresolvedlow confidence

No current annotation distinguishes self-built, enabled, or earned origins for this lever.

No decisive linked signal

Domain proximity1/2

Advantage-enabledmedium confidence

One or more documented starting advantages plausibly enabled this lever.

Direct domain exposure (1/2)Frontier geography (1/2)Elite institution pipeline (1/2)

Scarce skill depth1/3

Advantage-enabledmedium confidence

One or more documented starting advantages plausibly enabled this lever.

Elite institution pipeline (1/2)Early online platform (1/2)

Native distribution1/3

Advantage-enabledmedium confidence

One or more documented starting advantages plausibly enabled this lever.

Early online platform (1/2)Elite institution pipeline (1/2)

This is a bounded inference from the current annotations—not a claim about private effort, merit, or the percentage of Nick Dobroshinsky's outcome attributable to any origin.

Luck is not a leftover score.

Structural luck, Encounter luck, Event luck, Outcome variance can change every arrow in the path. This successful-only dataset cannot observe the near-identical paths that did not break through, so luck stays visible and unscored.

Within Founders / operators, Nick Dobroshinsky's starting-advantage total is at the 23th percentile. Separately, their built or converted leverage total is at the 45th percentile. Other T3 profiles average 7.0 / 24 starting advantage and 11.7 / 25 leverage. Similar scores appear in other tiers, so these figures describe positioning—not a cause.

Trajectory

2020 · age 10
Began building a Roblox game, spending five hours daily for two to three years
Generated some revenue but was ultimately unsuccessful.
2022 · age 12
Opened a Fidelity brokerage account in seventh grade after convincing parents
Discovered value investing through Warren Buffett.
2023 · age 13
Built EveryTicker MVP in three days during eighth grade
Generating AI-powered analyst-style reports on 5,000+ US stocks.
2024 · age 14
Won FTC robotics competitions (WA Winning Alliance
Worlds Division Finalist, Worlds Innovate Award); interned at Tencent Robotics Lab.
2026 · age 16
Named youngest-ever Thiel Fellow
EveryTicker reached 400,000+ users; plans to move to San Francisco.

Primary leverage engine

Technical depth

Scarce technical / intellectual depth

Secondary engine

Early specialization

Built/converted leverage

12 / 25

evidence: Medium

Built or converted leverage

Multiplying capacity documented later in the path. Measures what was present, not whether it was inherited, earned, self-built, external, or mixed.

Started serious reps before 20

1/1

Prior reps

2/3

Scarce skill depth

1/3

Native distribution

1/3

Elite ecosystem network

2/3

Complementary team

0/2

Structural wave / timing

2/3

Concentration intensity

2/3

Capital safety

0/2

Domain proximity

1/2

Starting-advantage scores (0–2 each)

Access or conditions documented near the beginning of the path. Zero means "no clear evidence in reviewed sources," not "advantage was absent."

Family financial platform

0/2

Parent / family domain

0/2

Inherited audience / network

0/2

Elite institution pipeline

1/2

Frontier geography

1/2

Rare early tools

0/2

Dedicated mentor / coach

0/2

Exceptional peer / cofounder

0/2

Early online platform

1/2

Direct domain exposure

1/2

Prodigy / innate ability

1/2

Adversity / constraint catalyst

0/2

Family context

Not documented in reviewed sources. Dobroshinsky is from Sammamish, Washington, and is still in high school. His parents allowed him to open a Fidelity account in seventh grade, suggesting some level of parental support for his interests.

Parent / family domain

Not documented in reviewed sources. Parents permitted him to open a Fidelity brokerage account in seventh grade, suggesting openness to his financial interests, but no domain expertise is documented.

Archetype & tags

Self-created domain repetitionRoblox game 5hrs/dayFidelity investing at 12EveryTicker in 8th gradeThiel Fellow at 16robotics competitionssolo founder

Evidence summary

Dobroshinsky spent five hours a day from fifth through seventh grade building a Roblox game, demonstrating intense early concentration. In seventh grade, he opened a Fidelity account and got into value investing through Warren Buffett. In eighth grade, he built EveryTicker's MVP in three days, creating AI-generated equity research on 5,000+ US stocks. He competed in FTC/FRC robotics (winning multiple alliance awards) and interned at Tencent Robotics Lab. At 16, he became the youngest-ever Thiel Fellow. EveryTicker has reached 400,000+ users. His dominant pattern is self-created domain repetition with intense concentration. Family background beyond parental permission for the Fidelity account is not documented.

advantage confidence: Low · source count: 4 · audit: not_independently_audited · status: subagent_researched_beta

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