In 2005, a college student made a million dollars by selling pixels online

Here&#x27;s a BBC report on him from 2016: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bbc.com&#x2F;capital&#x2F;story&#x2F;20160914-the-man-behind-the-million-dollar-homepage" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bbc.com&#x2F;capital&#x2F;story&#x2F;20160914-the-man-behind-the...</a>

Mirrored FAQ: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;web.archive.org&#x2F;web&#x2F;20060306132156&#x2F;http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.milliondollarhomepage.com&#x2F;faq.php#1" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;web.archive.org&#x2F;web&#x2F;20060306132156&#x2F;http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.millio...</a>

A then he became co-founder of calm.com<p>Not bad.

I&#x27;m sure he made a bit less... Taxes, Operating costs (AWS wasn&#x27;t around back then), etc..