FORMER Australian schoolboy Nick D'Aloisio is set to become one of the world's youngest self-made multi-millionaires after selling his Summly news summariser app to internet company Yahoo!.
The 17-year-old, born in London to Australian parents, grew up in Melbourne and Perth between the ages of one and seven but now lives in the south London suburb of Wimbledon. Though the two sides have not disclosed the terms of the deal, the acquisition is thought to be worth about $US30 million ($28.65m).
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