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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': [[ShowWithinAShow A show seen on TV]] is "Admiral Baby", about a baby in command of the Sixth Fleet.
** Another show they watch is "Supreme Courtney," about a Tween girl on the Supreme Court.
*** Amazingly, [[LoopholeAbuse there is no law against a child serving on the Supreme Court.]] The ONLY requirement to get onto the Supreme Court is that you must be nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate.

* ''LittleBigLeague'': Preteen boy becomes owner of the [[{{Baseball}} Minnesota Twins]].
* ''TheKidFromLeftField'': Preteen baseball manager.

* ''TheBrainiacsDotCom'': Two kids (using investors' money) bought controlling interest of a toy manufacturing company. Trouble arises when the authorities made inquiries about the microchip the kids told their investors the money would be used to develop.

* ''SaturdayNightLive'' takes this to a ridiculous extreme with "Baby CEO", who has the voice, face, and apparent mental capacity of a grown man, but the body and mannerisms of an infant.

* ''TheSimpsons'': [[ShowWithinAShow A show seen on TV]] is "Admiral Baby", about a baby in command of the Sixth Fleet.

* ''TheJetsons'': The CEO of Contempo Computers.

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* ''LittleBigLeague'': Preteen boy becomes owner of the [[{{Baseball}} Minnesota Twins]].
* ''TheKidFromLeftField'': Preteen baseball manager.
* As mentioned earlier, ''Film/RichieRich''.

* ''TheBrainiacsDotCom'': Two kids (using investors' money) bought controlling interest of a toy manufacturing company. Trouble arises when the authorities made inquiries about the microchip the kids told their investors the money would be used to develop.

* Seto Kaiba in ''Anime/YuGiOh''. He won Kaiba Corp from his step-dad when he was a child, and turned it from a weapons-manufacturer to the major provider of the game's central Children's Card Game.
** Sort-of averted in the [[Anime/YuGiOhFirstAnimeSeries first series anime]], where the iconic "wrest control of Kaiba Corp from Gozaburo" scene takes place not during a flashback, but in present day, where Kaiba is presumably older and of proper age to run the company.
** Sort-of averted in all the incarnations really since it's stated that Kaiba won Kaiba Corp 6 years after his adoption at age 10 (or 12 for dub viewers). On screen or off screen, he was around 16 (or 18) when he became the CEO. Still young, but not as bad.

* ''LightNovel/RentalMagica'' has both Astral and Goetia assigned very youngs 'heirs by blood' -- and in case of Astral, magically inept boy who had to learn on the fly -- as acting presidents after disappearance of their old bosses. {{Justified|Trope}}, as in both cases the alternatives were either worse or unavailable.

* ''TheBrainiacsDotCom'': Two kids (using investors' money) bought controlling interest of a toy manufacturing company. Trouble arises when the authorities made inquires about the microchip the kids told their investors the money would be used to develop.

* Ayla from the WhateleyUniverse. Only in his teens, and he already owns Marvel. Helps that he was being groomed by parents who ran a corportation. Still suffers from the Trust issue. Also, he independently PURCHASED marvel.

* WesternAnimation/DuckTales has Huey, Dewey, and Louie become the head of Scrooge's company after accident happened to Scrooge. Deconstruction as the boys' new ideas take a financial strain on the company, but later lampshaded it to the company board and everything goes back to normal.

* A legally-emancipated minor is eligible to operate a business or practice an occupation, independently from a parent's or guardian's influence.

* Ender, from OrsonScottCard's ''EndersGame'', is a very young fleet commander. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], as he was specifically chosen by the government ''before he was even born''[[note]]they gave his parents special permission to have him because his brother and sister were promising, but flawed in a way that made them unfit for the purpose[[/note]], then educated in a system of schools whose very purpose is turning out little admirals and generals, and finally [[spoiler:commanded his great campaign under the impression that it was all a simulation.]]

* Ciel Phantomhive from ''Manga/BlackButler'' is the head of a massive toy and candy company and only 12 years old. He inherited them after the deaths of his wealthy parents.

* Ciel Phantomhive in ''Manga/BlackButler'' is about twelve years old and runs the Funtom Toy Company. Though it might be justified in that he's a Victorian era aristocrat and rather [[DeceasedParentsAreTheBest prematurely]] forced into the status of Earl of Phantomhive, having a demonically hypercompetent butler doesn't hurt either.

* Might Senpuuji of ''Anime/TheBraveExpressMightGaine'' inherits his family's international transportation empire, The Senpuuji [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concern_(business) Concern]] at age 12, with him being 15 when the series starts.

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* The little girl, Susie, in a Verizon commercial. She uses her father's cell phone to turn her lemonade stand into a thriving corporate business.
* The baby from the E*Trade commercials who acts as a hyper-competent stock guru.
* This seems pretty popular in advertising. In the UK, a series of TV ads for Velvet toilet paper have featured a computer-animated baby as managing director of a company producing that product, lecturing the adult staff on its qualities. The effect is a bit weird.

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* Imonoyama Nokoru from ''Manga/CLAMPSchoolDetectives'', the son of the Imonoyama zaibatsu, is the student council president of the elementary school brunch of a very elite school in which the student council acts almost like the directors of the school. And he also was said to be the head of physics department in his family business.
* Seto Kaiba in ''Anime/YuGiOh''. He won Kaiba Corp from his step-dad when he was a child, and turned it from a weapons-manufacturer to the major provider of the game's central Children's Card Game.

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* ''LittleBigLeague'': Preteen boy becomes owner of the [[{{Baseball}} Minnesota Twins]].
* ''TheKidFromLeftField'': Preteen baseball manager.
* As mentioned earlier, ''Film/RichieRich''.

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* "The Admiral" from ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'' fits this trope, being only 5 years old.

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* Ayla from the WhateleyUniverse. Only in his teens, and he already owns Marvel. Helps that he was being groomed by parents who ran a corportation. Still suffers from the Trust issue. Also, he independently PURCHASED marvel.

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* ''TheSimpsons'': [[ShowWithinAShow A show seen on TV]] is "Admiral Baby", about a baby in command of the Sixth Fleet.

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* 14-year-old Sindhuja Rajaraman is the CEO of Seppan Company, an animation firm in Chennai, India.

* The villains of ''ComicBook/{{X-Men}}: Schism'' are a quartet of obscenely rich kids around 12 years old, the leader of whom takes over for his [[SelfMadeOrphan late]] father as CEO of the company that manufactures Sentinels.
* Averted with {{ComicBook/Batman}}, who as eight-year-old orphan Bruce Wayne becomes a ward - either of Alfred or family friend Dr. Leslie Tompkins, depending on the era - while the Wayne Corporation falls under control of its board. Some stories have it with Bruce dealing with inter-company corruption when he becomes old enough to gain controlling status.

%%Not sure this one counts%%* ''Series/{{Angel}}'': Mesektet looks very young indeed to be controlling a law-firm, though it is unlikely she's actually a young child; she definitely doesn't talk like one.

* The little girl, Susie, in a Verizon commercial]]. She uses her father's cell phone to turn her lemonade stand into a thriving corporate business.

* Imonoyama Nokoru from ''ClampSchoolDetectives'', the son of the Imonoyama zaibatsu, is the student council president of the elementary school brunch of a very elite school in which the student council acts almost like the directors of the school. And he also was said to be the head of physics department in his family business.

* Natsu Tanimoto (aka Hermit) in ''KenichiTheMightiestDisciple'' was one when he was younger, due to his adopted father dying and leaving him with control of the company. In a rather cruel but realistic twist, the company's managers and lawyers immediately conspired together to trick the young Tanimoto into signing over control of the company and its assets to them. It's implied that this stopped soon after Tanimoto was taken in by "The Great Sage Fist", as he's still fairly wealthy at the time of the series.

* Averted with {{ComicBook/Batman Bruce Wayne}}, who as an eight-year-old orphan becomes a ward - either of Alfred or family friend Dr. Leslie Tompkins, depending on the era - while the Wayne Corporation falls under control of its board. Some stories have it with Bruce dealing with inter-company corruption when he becomes old enough to gain controlling status.

* Averted with [[ComicBook/Batman Bruce Wayne]], who as an eight-year-old orphan becomes a ward - either of Alfred or family friend Dr. Leslie Tompkins, depending on the era - while the Wayne Corporation falls under control of its board. Some stories have it with Bruce dealing with inter-company corruption when he becomes old enough to gain controlling status.

A very simple trope. One of the top officers of the MegaCorp happens to be far younger than should be permissible. Examples should be earlier than 12th grade (17 years old or younger, for those of us [[WeAllLiveInAmerica who don't know the American school system)]], which is just young enough that it seems implausible. Often the age is justified by the fact that their parents owned the controlling interest in the company, so ownership of it fell to them upon their death.

A very simple trope. One of the top officers of the MegaCorp happens to be far younger than should be permissible. Examples should be earlier than 12th grade, which is just young enough that it seems implausible. Often the age is justified by the fact that their parents owned the controlling interest in the company, so ownership of it fell to them upon their death.

* In ''MegamanNTWarrior'', 12-year-old Enzan Ijuuin is the vice-president of the IPC hardware company.

* ''RentalMagica'' has both Astral and Goetia assigned very youngs 'heirs by blood' -- and in case of Astral, magically inept boy who had to learn on the fly -- as acting presidents after disappearance of their old bosses. {{Justified|Trope}}, as in both cases the alternatives were either worse or unavailable.

* The little girl, Susie, in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUcpCB7Wls8 this Verizon commercial]]. She uses her father's cell phone to turn her lemonade stand into a thriving corporate business.

Subtrope of ImprobableAge. Related to AChildShallLeadThem, where the kid is the ruler of a country. (The two may overlap if the company is an NGOSuperpower.)

* Ciel Phantomhive from ''Manga/BlackButler'' is the head of a massive toy and candy company.

* ''Series/{{Angel}}'': Mesektet looks very young indeed to be controlling a law-firm, though it is unlikely she's actually a young child; she definitely doesn't talk like one.
* ''{{Dinosaurs}}'': when Earl becomes a TV Network Executive, one show he greenlights is "Baby Cuddlebunny, M.D." It's supposed to be "[[MarcusWelbyMD Dr. Kirk Marcus, M.D.]]" but Earl decides to make a baby the star.

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* RichieRich, possibly. In the film version, at least, he has substantial power within his parents' company.

* As mentioned earlier, ''Richie Rich''.