03-08-2025
- Business
- AU Financial Review
How these founder-led stocks rocketed Ziller to a 50pc return
Since Joseph Ziller was a kid, he's always been fascinated by brilliant business minds. So when the fund manager came across 32-year-old tech whizz Dylan Field last year, he knew he was onto something special.
Field possessed all the signs of a genius, including mastering algebra by age six. At school, he preferred to spend time with a janitor who was also a maths savant – someone with exceptional mathematical ability – and at university, Field received the prestigious Thiel Fellowship – a $US100,000 ($154,873) grant for students willing to leave university to pursue bold ideas.
