College Dropout Built $7.8 Million Empire, Earns $200,000 Monthly

Andres Fernandez, a Florida college dropout, built a $7.8 million Pokémon card business from his dorm room during the pandemic. Now 23, he sources rare cards from Asia and sells to US collectors, earning $200,000 monthly profit. His father, a mathematician, taught him data analysis—now a key skill for predicting card value. He plans to expand globally.