This Galway teen just QUIT school – now he looks set to make €2m

Now that's determination.

A 17-year-old Galway student has successfully managed to persuade his parents to let him quit school – and it's for a very good reason.

Conor O'Flaherty started his first online business when he was just 14, and in the last year has successfully launched his own YouTube talent agency, Pursue.

Having secured a €5,000 bursary prize to help his business along, Conor is expected to turn over around €2,000,000 in commissions in 2016, according to the Irish Examiner.

So how did he convince his mam and dad to let him abandon secondary school without any Leaving Cert qualifications? Using a PowerPoint presentation, obviously.

"They [his parents] took about a month to decide so I went through six presentation drafts," Conor says. 

"They chatted with successful business people around Galway to ensure my plan was solid – and I was credible. But it took a huge amount of energy to convince them, and also for them to decide as it was a very big and bold decision."

The Kinvara native started making YouTube videos when he was just ten years old, and his first YouTube business, Centure, had "turnover of €250,000 a year" despite him being in school full-time.

"I’ve always been active in the YouTube community and I’ve always been following people," he says.

Here's hoping Conor's plan pays off.