<p>-
- Boy Became a Millionaire After Inventing a Popular Card Game at Age 7. Now He Has Big Plans for the Future</p>
<p>Toria SheffieldAugust 9, 2025 at 1:00 PM</p>
<p>Hot Taco</p>
<p>Alex Butler, at age 9, with his parents, Leslie Pierson and Mark Butler</p>
<p>Alex Butler, now 15, created the popular card game Taco vs Burrito when he was just 7 years old</p>
<p>The Seattle-based teen and his parents recently sold the game for over a million dollars to a large gaming company</p>
<p>The kid-friendly strategy game is based on creating the "weirdest and wildest" meal possible with your cards</p>
<p>A teen from Seattle is now a millionaire after inventing a card game when he was barely out of kindergarten.</p>
<p>Alex Butler, now 15, came up with the game Taco vs Burrito when he was 7 years old. His mom, Leslie Pierson, told Geek Wire that he was inspired while going on family walks.</p>
<p>Leslie, a career entrepreneur who has appeared on Shark Tank, told the outlet that she initially thought her conversations with her son would be more educational and theoretical.</p>
<p>"I really did think it was just gonna be a chat about how a product gets made," she told Geek Wire.</p>
<p>— sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.</p>
<p>Amazon</p>
<p>Taco vs. Burrito</p>
<p>However, six months later, they were still discussing and refining the game. This ultimately led to Leslie and Alex's dad, Mark Butler, establishing a Kickstarter to help get the game off the ground.</p>
<p>Leslie and Mark then formally established a business to begin manufacturing the game — and they made Alex the majority shareholder, per The Seattle Times. They began by selling it independently on Amazon, where it sold out in a week and soon became one of the top-ranked games on the site.</p>
<p>Taco vs Burrito — which has sold 1.5 million copies on Amazon — is based on the premise of creating the "weirdest and wildest" meal possible using a variety of gameplay cards, including wild cards like "Food Fight," "Tummy Ache," and "Trash Panda," per the game's official website.</p>
<p>The game is intended for 2 to 4 players, ages 6 and up, and a round takes about 10 minutes.</p>
<p>After over half a decade of overseeing the manufacturing and distribution of the game themselves, the family was ready to take a step back. They decided to sell the company to the Wisconsin-based company PlayMonster in a full buyout. The exact details of the sale have not been released.</p>
<p>And how did Alex feel about the sale of his brainchild? It was seemingly all part of his plan.</p>
<p>"It was never something that I've been attached to or anything. It's not super important to me. I just kind of wanted to get the most money out of it," Alex told The Seattle Times.</p>
<p>"It was never something I wanted to do later in life," he added.</p>
<p>https://people-app.onelink.me/HNIa/kz7l4cuf</p>
<p>Alex — who is interested in sports, music production and video games — is currently working with his parents to invest the money made from the sale — though he jokingly told Leslie and Mark that he plans to buy a Lamborghini, Leslie told PEOPLE.</p>
<p>on People</p>
<a href="https://data852.click/5a32cd58501e613bf372/ee0a75caf0/?placementName=default" class="dirlink-1">Original Article on Source</a>
Source: "AOL AOL Lifestyle"
Source: AsherMag
Full Article on Source: Astro Blog
#LALifestyle #USCelebrities