Introducing YouTube Millionaires, a series that highlights channels with one million subscribers or more. Each creator has a different success story to tell, and new channels are doing this every week. Read up on earlier parts of the series here.
YouTube Millionaires, a series brought to you by Karat Financial, examines the lives of prominent artists. She finally succeeded in landing a desired position in the tech sector after years of work. Her goal was to establish a successful career in the area. Her efforts, however, were thwarted when she came across YouTube.
Capri started making movies with her business partner Carter Sharer during her first year of employment. Carter, who also worked in a high-profile IT position, became intrigued by YouTube’s algorithm for suggested films and made the decision to use his programming skills to create uncommon, absurd videos with the potential to become viral.
After a few months, Sharer got a $22,000 AdSense check. Soon after, the number of subscribers to his channel surpassed 100,000. This was the sign Sharer needed to quit Silicon Valley and transition to a full-time job in content creation. Capri, who by this time had her own channel, was unsure. Although achieving 100,000 subscribers was no modest success, she needed more convincing before saying goodbye to her ideal position.
It was impossible to dispute her content’s persuasiveness. Both Capri and Sharer’s channels reached one million subscribers and kept growing. Finally, Capri said goodbye to LinkedIn and in late 2017 decided to work exclusively on content development for Sharer.
Our attention is on Capri’s other channel, where she explores YouTube Shorts, even if her primary account currently has over 6 million subscribers. Capri has a reputation for producing long-form material, but she now aspires to perfect the craft of making shorter films, much like last week’s YouTube Millionaire, ZHC.